By 2030, Africa will be home to 25 per cent of the world’s population aged under 25, yet the region continues to experience extremely high rates of youth unemployment.
With funding from Going Global Partnerships, Liverpool John Moores University partnered with the University of Medical Sciences and Teenpreneurs Educational Foundation in Nigeria to launch an innovative new co-creation hub, where students can gain key employability skills and learn to become job creators.
Highlights
- Established a co-creation hub to enable medical science students to embrace entrepreneurship and innovation
- Engaged more than 1,300 undergraduates in training, workshops and mentorship
- Supported new, innovative start-ups having real-world impact
- Developed a model now being expanded across the Innovation for African Universities Network