The Challenge
As much as 35% of the population in Ghana is between 15-35 years, and this group is highly affected by the social, political, and economic development in the country. They experience social injustices and inequalities in several areas of their lives, but they are also the main drivers of future change, and ensuring that they have the capacity and supporting structures to participate and influence the development is therefore essential. Economically, the youth constitutes a large share of the labour market. With the Northern Region being primarily a rural setting, they have limited access to employment in the private formal sector and public sector and have to seek job opportunities in the private informal sector or pursue self-employment. The result has been a significant migration of the youth to the southern regions, where they, often unsuccessfully, seek better opportunities