VISION2IMPACT AFRICA

A project that helps African youth turn their ideas into registered, fundable ventures through training, legal support, and EU–Africa innovation partnerships.

VISION2IMPACT AFRICA is a strategic, multi-country initiative designed to address one of Sub-Saharan Africa’s most pressing structural challenges: the widespread inability of young people to package, structure, and formally register their ideas into credible, fundable, and scalable projects. Although millions of youth possess strong visions and community-driven innovations, they remain excluded from national and international funding streams due to limited project development skills, weak formalization pathways, and limited access to innovation ecosystems—particularly those in Europe.

The project provides a fully integrated support mechanism, enabling youth to transform raw ideas into implementable, EU-standard project concepts while receiving direct assistance to register their initiatives as startups, social enterprises, cooperatives, or civil-society entities. This shift from informal vision to formal economic actor is the foundation for youth-led job creation.

At its core, VISION2IMPACT AFRICA establishes an EU–Africa Youth Innovation Hub, a digital and physical platform that links African youth with European universities, municipalities, NGOs, SMEs, researchers, and investors. The Hub facilitates mentorship, partner matchmaking, proposal development, innovation testing, and access to relevant EU calls such as Erasmus+ KA2, Horizon Europe, NDICI–Global Europe, LIFE, and Global Gateway initiatives.

Through hands-on project development bootcamps, legal and compliance clinics, registration accelerators, and real-world demonstration pilots, the project aims to train over 10,000 young people, formally register at least 3,000 youth-led entities, and generate 2,500 high-quality, bankable project proposals aligned with EU priorities in green transition, digital transformation, food systems, and social innovation.

The intervention directly contributes to reducing youth unemployment by enabling young people not only to gain skills, but to create new jobs through the enterprises they establish. It strengthens institutional cooperation between Africa and Europe, enhances the quality and competitiveness of youth initiatives, and builds a pipeline of innovation capable of attracting long-term investment.

VISION2IMPACT AFRICA delivers measurable, scalable, and sustainable impact by embedding project-packaging curricula into universities, strengthening national registration systems, and sustaining the Innovation Hub as a continent-wide resource long after EU funding ends. This initiative offers an actionable pathway to empower Africa’s youth, accelerate economic development, and deepen EU–Africa cooperation through co-created, high-value innovation.

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Project overview

VISION2IMPACT AFRICA is a project by
Twende Kazi

taking place
from 2026 till 2028

This project relates to:
Strategic Partnerships, Capacity Building

and is focusing on:

Anti-discrimination
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Sustainable development
Unemployment/employability

This project can include young people with fewer opportunities like

Social obstacles
Economic obstacles
Disability

1. Disability This project actively includes youth with disabilities, encompassing physical impairments, sensory disabilities (hearing or visual), intellectual or cognitive challenges, mental health conditions, and long-term chronic illnesses that may limit participation. To ensure equitable access, the project will provide accessible training materials, inclusive digital platforms, and tailored support services that accommodate the diverse needs of participants. 2. Economic Obstacles The initiative targets youth facing economic barriers, such as poverty, low household income, unemployment, or underemployment. It also supports those unable to access funding for business start-ups or project registration, as well as individuals living in low-income or remote communities. By offering free-of-charge capacity-building sessions, registration assistance, and pathways to economic empowerment, the project ensures that financial constraints do not hinder participation. 3. Social Obstacles Youth experiencing social exclusion or marginalization are a key focus, including individuals from minority or stigmatized groups, those affected by gender, ethnic, or socioeconomic discrimination, migrants, and young people from unstable family environments or with early school dropout experiences. The project promotes social inclusion through targeted outreach, mentorship, and community integration initiatives, ensuring all participants can fully engage. 4. Educational Obstacles Participants with limited access to quality education, skills gaps in project development, digital literacy, or entrepreneurship, as well as those with interrupted schooling or low qualification levels, will be supported. Structured training modules and personalized mentorship will address these gaps, enhancing employability and project development capacities. 5. Geographical Obstacles Youth from rural, remote, or hard-to-reach areas, and regions with weak infrastructure and limited access to innovation ecosystems, are prioritized. The project will employ hybrid and mobile delivery models, combining in-person and digital methods, to ensure broad coverage and equal opportunity for all participants. 6. Cultural or Linguistic Barriers The project will include individuals facing cultural or linguistic barriers, such as limited proficiency in dominant languages or challenges accessing mainstream programs due to cultural norms. Localized and multilingual materials, coupled with culturally sensitive facilitation, will help mitigate these obstacles and foster meaningful participation.

Short URL to this project:

http://otlas-project.salto-youth.net/18871