Youth employment is a major socio-economic development issue across the African continent. Africa has the youngest population in the world, yet few of its government programmes are targeted at this demographic.

This week on Change Voices, frayintermedia CEO Paula Fray talks to Misan Rewane, co-founder and CEO of West African Vocational Education, or WAVE.

Misan is one of the social entrepreneurs seeking to change that. Born in Lagos, she returned to Nigeria and became involved in vocational training and youth empowerment after graduating with an MBA from Harvard Business School.

WAVE was started in 2013 and tackles youth unemployment by growing the supply of work-ready youth, while helping to increase the demand for entry-level staff from employers. A Stanford University graduate, Misan is passionate about supporting social innovators in scaling their impact sustainably.

You can find more information about the work we do and the Change Voices podcast on our website, frayintermedia.com, or on our social media platforms @frayintermedia on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn, where our frayintermedia teams involved in the production of this podcast post regular updates and share the lessons as we go along.

If you have any specific women in mind that you’d like to hear from or if you want to support our endeavour, please contact Paula directly at [email protected] or direct message her on social media.