World Youth Skills Day

Examining how coherent policy frameworks, governance reforms, financing mechanisms, and cross-sectoral coordination can drive skills development for Africa’s industrial growth, productivity, job creation, and economic transformation. This pillar will also spotlight regional cooperation and the operationalization of AfCFTA through skills mobility and policy coherence. Event Highlights The Skills Week 2025 will feature a combination of high-level dialogue, technical sessions, exhibitions, and stakeholder-driven platforms aimed at  catalysing action on industrial skills development.  

Addressing how skills intelligence, demand-driven curricula, and lifelong learning systems can foster high-quality, inclusive TVET responsive to labour market needs. This includes integrating climate-smart, green, and digital skills, promoting gender equality in STEM, supporting vulnerable groups (youth, women, migrants, people with disabilities), and bridging rural–urban disparities in access to training. Event Highlights The Skills Week 2025 will feature a combination of high-level dialogue, technical sessions, exhibitions, and stakeholder-driven platforms aimed at  catalysing action on industrial skills development.  

Africa's youth , comprising the world's largest and fastest-growing youth population, are being empowered to gain skills for economic transformation through initiatives focused on foundational education, vocational training, and digital literacy. Key areas of skill development include STEM, cybersecurity, entrepreneurship, analytical thinking, and sustainability. T o address the skills gap , organizations and governments are reforming educational curricula, providing teacher training, and fostering connections between education and the job market. Theme: “Powering Africa's Industrial Future: Skills for Innovation, Growth, and Sustainability” 13-17 October 2025 | African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia About Africa Skills Week 2025 Africa Skills Week (ASW) is a continental platform dedicated to advancing Africa’s skills transformation agenda. Building on the success of ASW 2024, the second edition will unite policymakers, industry leaders, educators, youth, and dev...