Date: Friday, 12 June 2026
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 p.m. EAT (EAT)
Venue: Room CR2, UN Conference Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Africa’s workforce is young and rapidly expanding, yet the continent continues to face a persistent skills-jobs mismatch that limits productivity and employability. Many young Africans are either unemployed or underemployed owing to a misalignment of their skills with the demands of evolving labor markets. Education and training systems often lag behind the pace of technological, industrial, and digital transformation.
Ensuring demand-driven, inclusive, and future-oriented skills and curricula, as well as reforming technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and strengthening industry linkages, are essential to equipping Africa’s youth with the competencies needed for productive and meaningful work. Addressing the skills-job mismatch by identifying effective models for TVET reform, dual training, and demand-driven curricula that equip young Africans for productive work is vital.
Building on the discussions and insights emerging from the “Skills Development, Education & Workforce Preparedess” held on 26 May 2026, hosted by the @UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Africa Development Impact Forum (ADIF), in collaboration with @African Center for Economic Transformation the thematic plenary session focuses on “how” and will identify proven models or case studies effective skills development and workforce preparedness solutions aimed at addressing the skills-mismatch and employability challenges in Africa.
Registration: https://lnkd.in/eBZJHPK9