An exciting initiative to support young African scholars engage their research with policy on youth employment in Africa.
This week the Matasa Fellows Network is launching a call for young African researchers to apply to become a fellow. The chosen theme of this year’s fellowship is Youth Employment and Private Sector Growth in Africa.
7 November 2017
Samir Khan from the Mastercard Foundation reflects on the first meeting of the Matasa Fellows Network and it's ultimate goal to make a contribution to policy discussions about youth employment within countries and across Africa.
23 September 2016
This newly launched Matasa Fellows Network will develop cohorts of African researchers with the skills and commitment to bring research into policy processes that address the challenges of young people and employment in Africa.
14 April 2016
IDS Bulletin 48.3
Who are the youth and what is the problem? Are entrepreneurship and self-employment the solution? And what about youth aspirations? Such questions are addressed in this issue of the IDS Bulletin, drawing from the literature on how development research affects policy and noting that it says...
22 May 2017
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Who are the youth and what is the problem? Are entrepreneurship and self-employment the solution? And what about youth aspirations? Such questions are addressed in this issue of the IDS Bulletin, drawing from the literature on how development research affects policy and noting that it says...
22 May 2017
IDS Bulletin 48.3
This article frames and introduces the ten other contributions to this collection. First, the dominant narrative around Africa’s youth employment challenge is set out, as are four key points of debate and discussion that are subsequently addressed by the various contributions. We then draw...
22 May 2017