Africa’s youth are looking for jobs: The food system may hold the answer

If International Youth Day is a reminder of young people's shared aspirations, then the Africa Food Systems Forum can become one of the places where some of those aspirations begin to take shape — through connections, investment, innovation and enterprise.” The message is particularly relevant to Africa, a continent where young people live in vastly different economic and social circumstances but share many of the same hopes: decent work, quality education, a meaningful voice in decisions that affect their lives, and the opportunity to build secure and sustainable futures.

Every year on August 12, the world pauses to recognise the energy, creativity and potential of young people through International Youth Day.