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When COVID-19 hit, YBI immediately leveraged its experience and rallied its network to respond to the pressing needs of millions of young entrepreneurs around the world. Thanks to the support of Google.org and partners such as Accenture, YBI was able to respond rapidly and catalyse a global response. The Rapid Response and Recovery Programme was launched offering COVID-19 focussed services in […]

 Entrepreneurship can promote self-reliance and help youth on the move overcome barriers to integrating into society. It offers them an opportunity for meaningful work, helping them lead their lives with dignity and give back to their communities. Our research suggests that, on average, they are more likely to start businesses than their native-born peers, and […]

Executive Summary of our latest report Beating the odds: Supporting youth on the move to become successful entrepreneurs.  Entrepreneurship can promote self-reliance and help youth on the move overcome barriers to integrating into society. It offers them an opportunity for meaningful work, helping them leadtheir lives with dignity and give back to their communities. Our research suggests […]

Investing in young entrepreneurs’ resilience, business pivots and digital solutions is critical to supporting a generation whose economic futures have been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, according YBI’s latest report, Refocus, Retool, Reset: Insights from Youth Business International’s COVID-19 Rapid Response & Recovery Programme.  As the devastating economic impact of COVID-19 exacerbates the global youth unemployment crisis, millions of young people […]

Shaping A More Inclusive, Equitable and Sustainable Future: Supporting young social and green entrepreneurs When people start businesses, they create income, jobs, and economic growth. Young people are the entrepreneurs of the future and working to solve some of the greatest social and environmental challenges of our time. They are reimagining business, bringing new ideas to […]

In 2018, Youth Business International (YBI) commissioned a series of research studies, Insights for Success, to gather learnings on priority themes in order to inform the work of the YBI network and share this with others supporting young entrepreneurs globally. Gathering evidence and knowledge from YBI member organisations, the young entrepreneurs they work with, and other relevant sources, the […]

Between 2018 and 2021, Youth Business International (YBI) implemented the first High Flyers programme in cooperation with our members Enterprise Uganda and Cordaid Uganda. High Flyers I, funded by the Argidius Foundation with the Government of Uganda, aimed to enable underserved youth in Uganda to scale poststartup businesses and drive waged job creation in local communities. The programme supported 1,509 young entrepreneurs […]

Our three-year ‘Accelerating youth-led businesses in the digital era‘ programme, funded by IKEA Foundation, supported young entrepreneurs in India and Bangladesh to build and sustain thriving businesses and boost their economies. The programme ran from 2019 until 2022 and focussed on digital skills training and decent work. This report was published in December 2022.

Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs is a report produced by Youth Business International in partnership with The Entrepreneurs Network.  It has revealed the enormous potential for young entrepreneurs in the UK. Often dismissed as ‘generation side hustle’ as many pursue their business passions alongside other work the new report makes clear that these businesses could be a force for good in […]

Our 2022 Impact Report is here. In 2022, our Global Network supported over 123,000 young people to develop their entrepreneurship skills. With this support: Throughout the year, we focused our efforts on empowering our members to deliver inclusive and impactful support and unleash the power of youth entrepreneurship as a force for good. Read our […]