Empowering Dreams: Decoding PIND Foundation's Youth Employment Business Challenge Fund

PIND's Youth Employment Pathway (YEP) model, implemented in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, addresses the challenge of skills mismatch in the Nigerian workforce. It is a demand-led, evidence-driven, and competency-focused approach to youth employment.
The YEP model has shown a 60% success rate in linking young people to paid employment, internships and enabling them to start their enterprises. The model involves research and analysis to understand the job market and identify the occupations and skills in demand within a particular state or area. It then designs interventions tailored to the specific state's economic environment
In 2022, through the Business Challenge Fund, PIND supported 66 youths in Delta State with grants to scale up their businesses and is launching the pilot phase of the YEP Program in Ondo State.
Visit the link to learn more about the impacts of YEP in the Niger Delta bitly.ws/KHIt.