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Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator

Economic Opportunity

Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator tackles youth unemployment in South Africa and Rwanda through a youth-centered, demand-led, and technology-enabled approach. Partnering with governments, businesses, and young people, Harambee is building pathways to shift 3 million South Africans from learning to earning by 2025. To date, 2.39 million young people have accessed improved work-seeking experiences, with over 60% being women. 

Harambee has created 876,131 new income opportunities for youth in South Africa and is a core member of the country’s Presidency’s multi-year working group on youth employment.

Sub-themes:

Jobs, Worker's Rights and Social Protection; (SME) Small and Medium Enterprise Support; Higher and Vocational Education

Fund:

Foundational Fund

Grant end year:

2026

Africa

kenya, south africa, rwanda

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