Our Story
Youthup Global was founded by Dr. Faith, a young man who went through 6 years of job hunting and rejection before finally landing his first professional job with Union Bank of Nigeria PLC. During that time, he saw firsthand the challenges facing youth who were trying to enter the workforce coupled with the findings from his postgraduate research on the causes of youth unemployment and underemployment in developing countries.
In March 2020, Youthup Global was born out of a desire to address these challenges and give young people the tools and platforms they need to thrive. The organization focuses on human capital development through quality education and impact-driven entrepreneurship towards building a sustainable world and the Africa we want.
We are proud of our journey as something that started in a WhatsApp group of Seven young people initially assembled by Dr. Faith has now grown to having a global community of over 50,000+ youths spread across 40 African countries and 2 countries of Asia.
And our focus has remained the same: To address youth unemployment in developing countries.
And we are only getting started!
You’re welcome to join us.
Who We Are.
YouthUp is a fast-growing social enterprise focused on the extrapolation and utilization of human capital deeply embedded in the world youth population toward addressing the issues of youth unemployment. We are focusing on education and entrepreneurship as our drivers to create various economic opportunities either equipping the workforce of emerging markets or by providing job creation opportunities.
As a youth-focused enterprise, we have designed our operations to be attractive to different classes of youths between the ages of 15 and 45 working as an aggregator for various empowerment opportunities focusing on advocating for the 17 SDGs and the 7 aspirations of the Agenda 2063 of African Union.
We understand the impact of technology and the place of digital transformation in driving sustainable growth globally especially in developing countries, that’s why we are partnering with various tech-driven businesses and also launching impact-focused ventures that are incorporating technologies such as blockchain and artificial intelligence to provide global opportunities to our community.
We are also supporting organizations in carrying out various empowerment projects, working together with different Non-Governmental Organizations, charitable organizations, social enterprises, to execute empowerment and social impactful projects towards achieving our mandate of addressing youth unemployment in developing countries.
Vision
To serve as a global reference point for the development of human capital, creation of social impact opportunities and empowerment platforms for youths in developing countries.
Mission
To develop human capital, create social impact opportunities and build sustainable empowerment platforms for youths in developing countries.
Core Values
Impact
Collaboration
Empowerment
Selflessness
Humanity
Sustainability
Empathy
Integrity