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    Skills make the difference

    With 65% of Angola’s population under 24, youth face daunting challenges, including a youth unemployment rate exceeding 32%. Many young Angolans work in the informal sector with little opportunity for skill development or upward mobility. Young Africa’s focus on vocational training and entrepreneurship empowers youth with practical skills and opportunities, transforming their potential into sustainable livelihoods and contributing to Angola’s long-term economic diversification.

    The situation in numbers

    65%
    of the population is under the age of 24.
    >32%
    The youth unemployment rate exceeds the national average of 32%.
    >80%
    of working population has informal employment. 
    <50%
    of youth complete secondary education. 

    Affiliate information

    • NameSkills2Live Angola
    • Active since2024
    • Young Africa CentresLuanda / Cazenga-Mabubas
    • TVET Training No information yet
    • Integral trainingIndustrial Welding, Catering, Electricity, Cold course

    YA in Angola

    Young Africa currently operates in Zambia under the name ‘Skills to Live’. In Angola, the Dom Bosco Professional Training Center, in partnership with Young Africa, has been carrying out various social activities, including vocational training, entrepreneurship training for women, and education on the environment, specifically regarding the recycling of paper and bottle caps and the repair of household appliances.

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    YA’s integrated youth development approach

    The approach of equipping youth with Technical Training and Life skills training is aimed to prepare them for the Angolan job market. The unique integrated approach to vocational training is to prepare the individual comprehensively, technically, personally, and practically, so that they are ready to work or to start their own business.

    Máximo David Herrera – General Manager
    Garcia Francisco – Pedagogical Director
    Andreia Kaya – Business Director 
    Arminda Seabra – Secretary

    Dom Bosco Professional Training Center
    Luanda-Cazenga/Mabubas

    Máximo David Herrera – General Manager
    Garcia Fracisco – Pedagogical Director
    Andreia Kaya – Administrator
    Benjamin Franco – Salesian Assistant

    Young Africa Angola

    ya.angola@youngafrica.org

    Contact:+244-949305138/952752434

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