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New Program to Equip 18 Million Youth and Enable Jobs in Eastern and Southern Africa

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WASHINGTON, February 26, 2026 – Millions of young people across Eastern and Southern Africa stand to gain skills they need to thrive through a new regional program that is designed to support job creation at scale. By 2034, 18 million young people in the region are expected to receive better education and skills, unlocking opportunities in key economic sectors through the program that will also contribute to millions of new jobs.

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Transforming Education Across Eastern and Southern Africa

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Expand Systems, Equip with Skills, Empower Allburundi-3-1430x953Building forward-thinking systems to turn the tide on learning poverty

In Eastern and Southern Africa, about 89% of ten-year-old children are unable to read and understand a short text, reflecting a high percentage of learning poverty that was exacerbated during the pandemic. Globally, Sub-Saharan Africa continues to have the lowest participation rate in tertiary education despite enrollment doubling globally between 2000 and 2013 across all regions of the world. And in many parts of the region, especially the fragile and conflict-prone countries, societal barriers continue to persist, keeping many girls and boys out of school and preventing women especially from being educated and becoming equal members of society.

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eC2: Market Assessment for Distributed Generation in the Commercial and Industrial Sectors in Southern Africa

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Deadline: 18-Feb-2019 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)industry-sunrise-clouds-fog-39553.jpeg

With improvements in technology, particular solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery storage, there are increased opportunities to reduce energy costs and transition to a low carbon economy through distributed generation (DG) in emerging markets. However, there remain some critical obstacles to the scale up of distributed generation (embedded generation) in the commercial and industrial (C&I) space in the southern Africa region (multiple countries), stemming from regulatory barriers, a lack of appropriate incentives as well as information asymmetry related issues. 

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