Our e-learning platform and flagship programme equip African youth to learn, build, lead and recover stronger — convened with global partners and distinguished young leaders.
We give African youth access to multiple opportunity streams and support novel innovations — an app, website, game or something else entirely — that help address the long-term challenges following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Our programmes are organised under the banner of the United Nations and in partnership with distinguished global partners. In the spirit of “for youth, by youth,” the organising committee includes distinguished young leaders, and we assemble partners, media and personalities for maximum visibility.
— OLSD mission mandate
Our digital e-learning platform removes geographic and economic barriers, giving African youth structured access to multiple streams of knowledge and opportunity. Learners build the foundational, digital and professional skills needed to thrive in a post-pandemic economy — at their own pace and alongside a supportive cohort.
We support young creators to develop novel innovations — whether an app, a website, a game, or something else entirely — that respond to long-term development challenges. Through challenges, labs and partner mentorship, ideas move from concept to working solutions that serve communities.
Great leaders are developed, not simply discovered. Our workshops, summits and mentorship circles cultivate strategic thinking, ethical judgment and public voice — placing distinguished young leaders on stage and on organising committees, where they shape the agenda itself.
Recovery is local. We work with communities on sustainable livelihoods, economic resilience and action toward the Sustainable Development Goals, ensuring that leadership and strategy translate into tangible, lasting improvements in people's lives long after the pandemic.
Distinguished young leaders sit on our organising committees, shaping programmes rather than merely attending them.
We convene distinguished partners across civil society, academia, media and industry under a shared international banner.
We assemble media and personalities so that youth-led innovation reaches the audiences it deserves.
We welcome partners, mentors, educators and young participants from across the world.
