The African Union Commission and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), held the inaugural “Africa Talks Jobs (ATJ)” in 2017, as a dialogue platform to develop a continental answer to youth employment and skills promotion. Amongst the key partners mobilised was Business Africa as the continental body representing private sector employers. To date, through this partnership, efforts are underway to continue to strengthen public and private sector partnerships to improve employment prospects for youth. In 2019, stakeholders at the Africa Talks Jobs Conference agreed to re-orientate the dialogue towards ‘Africa Creates Jobs’ in the spirit of mobilizing and further strengthening partnerships to transform and scale up skills development delivery and employment
creation.