Application is open for accomplished African entrepreneurs under the age of 40 to join the Bureau of Representatives (BoR) of the Afrikan Youth Business Council (AfYBC), the continental apex body for individual young entrepreneurs and youth-led private sector entities, institutions and associations.
The Afrikan Youth Business Council (AfYBC) seeks to be the continental apex body for individual young entrepreneurs and youth-led private sector entities, institutions and associations becoming a collective voice and agency working towards a youth-friendly business policy environment, aimed at making AfCFTA Promises to African youth a reality. Therefore, AfYBC seeks to leverage the entrepreneurial ingenuity of Africa’s youth to drive cross- border trade in goods and services and make youth crucial stakeholders and contributors to the continent’s socioeconomic transformation. Among others, the AfYBC will promote young entrepreneurs’ participation in the continental economy especially under the AfCFTA frameworks and processes, by pushing for the removal of major inhibitors such as lack of access to financing, lack of business skills and capabilities, inadequate awareness, and prohibitive policies and practices against free movement of persons, goods, services, skills and talent. By fostering inclusion of young entrepreneurs in all sectors of the economy and at all levels, the AfYBC will usher in increased youth-led commercially meaningful economic activity, productivity, reduced poverty and inequalities, crucial for the realisation of a peaceful and prosperous Africa, as enshrined in Agenda 2063.
ELIGIBILITY
- Be a young African entrepreneur/business owner (Male or Female)
- Own a registered, functioning and verifiable business entity operating in any of the 55 African Union Member States.
- Be under the age of Forty (40) as at March 2024.
- Be able to sponsor personal travel to attend Council meetings and represent the Council at engagements around the continent.
- Be able to contribute their knowledge, expertise and experience as entrepreneurs to the growth and development of the Council.
- Demonstrable understanding of and commitment to the spirit of Africa’s economic integration.
- Ability to get along and work with people of diverse social backgrounds
DEADLINE: April 14, 2024
To apply and for more information, apply here.
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