Young Entrepreneurs, Africa (YE,A) is a not-for-profit organization that empowers young Africans to develop themselves and Africa through entrepreneurship.

In 2010, we set out to influence Africa’s social and economic destiny through its promising youth. We would offer them the tools to do two things:

First, to partake in driving our continent’s economic future by creating new businesses

Second, to set these young people on a path to improve their own and their community’s standard of living

We set up YE,A to maximize the educational benefit for our participants. We developed content; we sought out passionate and learned friends to mentor the participants; we found seasoned entrepreneurs from various industries to share their experiences of starting businesses

We challenge our participants to see needs that exist in their community and  to turn these into opportunities with creativity, discipline, and hard work.

What really sets us apart though is the application of theory into practice. Students are given the theory, mentorship and resources to build a business plan, and the opportunity to realize the dream through a business grant.