African Youth Directory
Connect with AUNYD delegates and youth experts across East Africa working on governance, peace & security, and employment. Join working groups and engage with the broader regional youth advocacy network.
African Youth Directory
AUNYD delegates, fellows, Trainers of Trainers, and youth experts across East Africa working on governance, peace & security, and employment. Search by country, theme, or cohort year to find peers and experts in your core area.
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Kapwani Kavenuke
🇹🇿 Tanzania
Morris Andati
🇰🇪 Kenya
AUNYD Working Groups
Three thematic working groups drive the toolkit outputs. Each group is responsible for developing policy documents, facilitating county dialogues, and feeding evidence into national and international advocacy. Join the group that matches your expertise.
Governance and Civic Participation
Covers electoral integrity, civic education, youth inclusion in governance, anti-corruption, budget tracking, and constitutional provisions on leadership and public service. Leads the development of the National Youth Governance and Participation Mandate.
Key Frameworks
Pact AA17, SDG 16, AU Youth Charter, Youth Bill 2024, Constitution Chapter 6 and 13
Output
National Youth Governance and Participation Mandate
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Youth Peace and Security
Covers conflict prevention, political tolerance, transitional justice, early warning and response, peacebuilding, and youth participation in peace processes. Leads contributions to the AU Continental Framework on YPS midterm review and the UN-Kenya Youth Position Paper on peace and security.
Key Frameworks
UNSCR 2250/2419/2535, AU CFYPS, Pact AA22, SDG 16, National Cohesion and Integration Act
Output
AU CFYPS Midterm Review Input and UN-Kenya Position Paper (Peace and Security)
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Join This Working GroupEmployment, AI and Economic Inclusion
Covers youth employment, labor structures, decent work standards, AI and digital economy, disability inclusion in employment, budget tracking, TVET linkages, and enterprise support. Leads policy inputs on ILO Resolution 205, the Youth Bill employment provisions, and the AI Strategy 2025-2030.
Key Frameworks
ILO 205, SDG 8, AU TVET Strategy, Pact AA20, AI Strategy 2025-2030, Youth Bill 2024, Disability Act 2025
Output
Employment and Economic Inclusion Policy Brief and Youth Bill Supplement
Recruiting members
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Local Policy Projects
See what delegates are doing on the ground across East Africa
Youth engagement in Labour and Peace Processes Forum
by Morris Andati
On 3–4 June 2026, the Kwale Youth Forum on Labour, Peace Processes, and Youth Policy Dialogue brought together 23 participants in Ukunda, Kwale County, for a two-day structured engagement convened by SDGs Kenya Forum, CRISP Africa, and the Embassy of Ireland Kenya under the African United Nations Youth Delegate Program (AUNYD) national implementation framework. The forum was the third county-level engagement in a national series following dialogues in Nairobi and Uasin Gishu, and the first to centre Kwale's distinct context — the intersection of coastal youth unemployment, blue economy potential, security risk, and limited access to governance structures. Participants included youth leaders, civil society representatives, county stakeholders, and community actors who engaged six national and international policy frameworks: the Youth Bill 2024, the Kenya National AI Strategy 2025–2030, ILO Recommendation 205, UN Security Council Resolution 2250, the Pact for the Future, and the National Peacebuilding Policy. Three priority areas emerged from the discussions. Participants called for deliberate investment in Kwale's blue economy and agricultural sector, with specific attention to fisheries cooperatives and the macadamia value chain. They pushed for a streamlined county-level support system for youth-led enterprises, covering SME registration, affordable licensing, financial parks, and county-backed financial models. They also recommended the development of a Kwale County Youth Policy and the localisation of the Public Participation Act and the Access to Information Act at county level. Recommendations were organised under three thematic working groups, Youth, Peace and Security; Economic and Digital Inclusion; and Governance and Civic Participation, which will continue the policy conversations and feed outputs into Kenya's national youth policy process, AUNYD's advocacy at UNGA, and Kenya's SDG and ECOSOC reporting.
Uasin Gishu County Youth Policy Forum: Youth-Led Political Integrity and Electoral Accountability
by Morris Andati
The “Strengthening Youth Leadership and Policy Advocacy in Kenya” project, convened by the African United Nations Youth Delegate (AUNYD) Programme and SDGs Kenya Forum, held a two-day Uasin Gishu County Youth Policy Forum in Eldoret (25–26 February 2026) to equip 24 youth participants—alongside county officials and local administrators—with the skills to translate national and global policy frameworks (including Kenya’s Constitution Chapter Six, the Youth Bill 2024, UNSCR 2250, and the Pact for the Future) into actionable, county-level recommendations on political integrity, governance participation, and peacebuilding. Through structured working groups, policy literacy sessions, and plenary validations, attendees produced a clause-numbered recommendation matrix with clear duty bearers, timelines, and follow-up mechanisms; key outcomes included a proposed County Youth Action Plan, commitments to nominate youth to County Peace Committees and Policing Authorities, a draft Peace Accord to counter political intolerance and organized youth violence, a memo on youth enterprise subsidy mechanisms and Youth Fund integrity controls, and strengthened data protection practices for civic monitoring. The forum’s immediate impact was a validated, implementation-ready roadmap anchored in county systems and national policy cycles, with concrete follow-up actions such as quarterly public tracking of youth participation resolutions, a hybrid accountability toolkit session scheduled for March/April 2026, and agreement from county leadership to explore tax waivers, operationalize Alternative Justice Systems at ward level, and integrate youth voices into budget and planning processes.
Success Stories
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