This archive report was first published on 5 August 2020.
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta is a Global Leader for Generation Unlimited (GenU), a global multi-sector partnership that aims to address the urgent need for expanded education, training, and employment opportunities for children and young people aged 10-24.
GenU Kenya will be formally launched on Wednesday through a virtual event that will also celebrate President Kenyatta as a global leader for young people's agenda within the global Generation Unlimited partnership.
The initiative aligns with Kenya's development vision, which aims to engage and support young people to fulfill their potential.
Launched in 2018, GenU has generated interest from government, industry leaders, and other stakeholders committed to youth participation.
The 2019 Global Innovation Index (GII) report ranks Kenya as the second leading innovation hub in Sub-Saharan Africa, attributing its strength to access to credit and microfinance loans.
GenU Kenya's launch will focus on six strategic priorities, including ensuring secondary schools transmit skills that young people need for the future of work, providing young people outside the school system with opportunities for training and skills development, and fostering broad-based entrepreneurship as a mindset and a livelihood.
The launch will also explore ways to increase opportunities for marginalized young people to participate in government, address issues of prejudice against young people with disabilities, and change perceptions and attitudes among adults towards meaningful engagement of young people in their communities.
Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for Information, Communications, and Technology, Joseph Mucheru, is among members of the global GenU board.
The Generation Unlimited Youth Challenge is an opportunity to identify solutions that can have a positive impact on education, skills, training, employment opportunities, and empowerment of young people.
