Government officials, researchers, civil society representatives, and youth advocates met in Accra on Wednesday August 6, 2025, for the Ghana inception workshop of the African Youth Pathways to Resilience and Systems Change (AYPReS) programme, an initiative aimed at tackling the continent's persistent youth unemployment challenge.
The event was part of a ten-country research effort by the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) in collaboration with the Mastercard Foundation.
The programme seeks to identify what drives youth resilience and how lived experiences can inform more effective and inclusive employment policies.
Theodore Mawuli Amezah, Senior Planning Officer at the Ministry of Labour, Jobs and Employment, noted that youth unemployment in Ghana and across Africa manifests in precarious work, outright joblessness, and limited economic opportunities.
