Project profile — Digital Livelihoods: Youth and the Future of Work at Scale

The expected intermediate outcomes for this project include: (1) increased scale and sustainability of local partners to deliver empowerment and economic programs to unemployed and underemployed women and youth; and (2) increased participation and leadership of unemployed and underemployed women and youth in the social and economic development of their local communities.

Results achieved as of March 2019 include: (1) the project equipped 485 young leaders (255 female and 230 male) with knowledge, skills and support to deliver economic empowerment and digital skills programming in their communities; (2) the project has reached 50,635 young people (26,820 female and 23,815 male) in communities across Ghana, Jordan, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia; (3) 5,421 youth have registered in DOT digital platforms and digital engagement groups; (4) 103 new partnerships were established with a wide range of partners including government, civil society, and private sector and programming has expanded within existing countries of implementation, as well as four new locations: Ghana, Jordan, Malawi and Zambia. The creation of a robust ecosystem of partners, through which the resources and expertise of diverse actors can be leveraged, is contributing to project scale (through alignment with national priorities) and sustainability (through local ownership and engagement).