outhConnekt Africa (YCA) is an African home-grown solution positioned to provide relevant solutions for the global South and to support the implementation of relevant South-South initiatives to empower youth. The YCA Hub operates as a pan-African platform with the vision of connecting African youth for socio-economic transformation. The YCA Hub aims to contribute to the achievement Africa’s SDGs mandate, the AU 2063 agenda, and AU Youth Charter. Through national YouthConnekt initiatives (YouthConnekt National Programmes), the Hub accomplishes its mandate by: i) coordinating a global network to create a continental ecosystem for African youth; ii) sharing experience and knowledge on program and policy design, youth initiatives, fund setting and reporting; iii) providing a conduit for resources at scale and data on youth to up-skill and finance African youth-led enterprises.