Youth Economic Opportunity

In celebration of International Youth Day, we are sharing stories from a few of the many young people who have graduated from TechnoServe's programs around the world.

In Uganda, TechnoServe and the Mastercard Foundation partnered to scale youth innovations in the agri-food sector, increasing food security and farmer earnings.

As more young people in rural East Africa turn to agriculture, visionaries like Samson Mwaikenda are modernizing their farming operations for a more prosperous future.

Rural youth in Karnataka, India, are learning to treat farming as a business and are reaping the rewards.

In fragile environments like northern Uganda, opportunities for youth are a vital pillar of lasting economic development.

TechnoServe has developed a new interactive tool to share lessons from our work.

We caught up with Gloriose Uwayezu, a rural youth empowerment program participant, for an update on her brickmaking business three years after its launch.

In Mumbai, young people are providing peer mentorship to help other youth join India's workforce and contribute to the country's economic growth.

A young entrepreneur, equipped with a new understanding, provides for his family and inspires a generation through his rock quarry business in Rwanda.

When underprivileged youth have access to the skills and opportunity to break into formal-sector employment, benefits spread to their families and communities.