YE,A creates an environment for its participants to nurture their creative instincts, develop their business acumen, and learn about 'opportunity entrepreneurship' by becoming entrepreneurs.


YE, A differs from other not-for-profits in this space for two reasons. Its proposition

	Fosters exchange of ideas between creative youth across Africa by putting YE,A alumni directly in touch with each other
	Influences Africa's long-term development by bringing enabling formal entrepreneurship and bringing it more into the mainstream

The organization offers participants an opportunity to work in small teams to develop ideas and start up and run a business.

YE,A's main objectives are to help its participants to:

	Nurture their creativity and business talent
	Prepare to face business challenges in the future
	Identify pain points and opportunities in their immediate environment
	Instill a culture of effective teamwork in starting up business ventures

The YE,A administration focuses mainly on:

	Recruiting a board by identifying personalities with an interest in entrepreneurship and education for the underprivileged.
	Raising funds to support participants' projects from individuals who believe in YE,A's mission and/or companies who wish to build a partnership/relationship with the organization.
	Targeting schools with high numbers of underprivileged youth by winning the support of the government department/ministry in charge of education.
	Selecting participants based on a 50/50 gender balance of students and a subjective determination of how well they purport to bring at least one element of ultimate criteria to a team.
	Identifying successful entrepreneurs and company representatives to address students by building upon personal relationships from the founders and links from the government ministry in charge of education.
	Recruiting volunteers to mentor students from partner companies and interested individuals committed to social service.

We provide the structure of a practical learning environment through:

	Volunteer professionals who to meet weekly with the groups to offer their expertise and advise the groups without actually making decisions on behalf of the groups;
	Guest speakers comprised of successful entrepreneurs and representatives of private companies;
	Company visits for participants to witness how more established organizations set up and operate.