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YIEE
The Youth Initiative for Economic Empowerment (YIEE) is a youth-led nonprofit providing suitable jobs to youths across Africa and making the next generation of successful entrepreneurs.
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Equip youths in Africa with digital skills
The vision of the Youth Initiative for Economic Empowerment (YIEE) is to equip Africans with digital and life skills that foster poverty eradication, economic growth and sustainable development.
“with 35 million youths currently unemployed in Africa and a threat of it increasing by 5X in 2025, there is need for urgent-working solutions to mitigate the rise in unemployment across Africa.”
Provide suitable jobs and make entrepreneurs
The mission of the Youth Initiative for Economic Empowerment (YIEE) is to provide suitable jobs for underrepresented youths across Africa and making the next generation of successful entrepreneurs through digital skills empowerment and advocacy.
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The statement “there are no jobs” has become a cliché in our society today-especially in the job hunting sphere. It has therefore become imperative to have the conversation of how true that statement is.
The SDGs, also called The Global Goals, are a collection of 17 interlinked global goals designed to be a guide to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all.
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We are making a difference
YIEE is birthing hope to the heart of 35 million unemployed youths in Africa and showing them with guidance and our working process, they can get decent jobs. So far, we have:
- Provided suitable job for 20+ youths.
- Inspired 3, 000+ youths to learn digital skills through our events and webinars.
- Connected 1, 000+ underrepresented youths to employees and recruiters working in top companies.
- Trained over 100+ youths directly on empowering them to learn digital skills via the skill up program.
- Trained over 100+ youths directly on empowering them to learn digital skills via the skill up program.
What They Say
Read testimonials on how YIEE is providing suitable jobs for youths.
David Asem
Software Engineer @ Standbic IBTC Ghana
Mahmood Ademoye
Student
Evaristus Lorkohol
Student
Knowing The Problem
According to Qz, One in every two Nigerians in the country’s labor force is either unemployed or underemployed. Over 3 million youths transit from tertiary institution into the workforce. Out of which less than 10% get a job leaving 2.7 million youths consistently added to the unemployment cycle each year.
“with 35 million youths currently unemployed in Africa and a threat of it increasing by 5X in 2025, there is need for urgent-working solutions to mitigate the rise in unemployment across Africa.”
The highlight of the problems are:
- Increasing rate of unemployment in Africa.
- High rate of poverty across Africa.
YIEE's Solutions
The Skill Up Program is a 16-week fellowship committed towards getting unemployed job seekers trained, skilled and hired.
The fellowship is broken down into 12-weeks of skill building and 4-weeks of job acquisition.
Tertiary institutions in Africa doesn’t give their student a working process to getting internship opportunities. These students are just released with little or no guidance.
The Internship Process is an initiated of YIEE geared toward guiding students on acquiring internship placement.
JobAcquire is an initiative of YIEE which was put in place to guide YOU towards securing a job – be it your first or next.
Nigeria universities alone produces an estimate of about 500, 000 graduates annually and 9 in every 10 graduates are unemployed and jobless therefore living in poverty.
Identify With Our Solutions
Amazingly, at YIEE we believe everyone no matter who you are, you have the unique talent, skills and resources to be part of the solution to Africa biggest problems:
- Unemployment
- Poverty
You can identify or support our solutions by:
- Volunteering with us (Click here to join)
- Donating to our cause (Click here to donate)
- Speaking at our events (Click me to express interest)
