CAYE Africa is the premier continental network linking, supporting and advocating for young entrepreneurs across the African Commonwealth.
We work to strengthen and support the ambitions of young entrepreneurs in Commonwealth regions. These regional networks ensure you have a combined voice and representation at forums to influence policy development on youth entrepreneurship.
Originally represented as three separate networks (CAYE-East Africa, CAYE-Southern Africa and CAYE-West Africa), the Commonwealth Alliance of Young Entrepreneurs-Africa (CAYE-Africa) was established in May 2019 to merge the work and impact of each former network into one unified alliance for the Africa region.
The alliance was formed by the young entrepreneurs from eighteen African Commonwealth countries. The young leaders recognized that the alliance's current "network of networks" model required a more targeted and engaged approach in order to increase impact, strengthen linkages across the region and embolden a clear unified approach to CAYE's agenda in Africa. This shift will provide a platform for young entrepreneurs to showcase business enterprises and promote trades within the country, region and beyond.
The current CAYE-Africa Coordinator is Joel Bamwise of Uganda.
To be a foremost community of young entrepreneurs who are fully empowered to actively contribute to economic growth and social development.
To link, engage and support young entrepreneurs to build sustainable and competitive businesses by driving trade, advocating for reforms, improving the business ecosystem, and enhancing the entrepreneurship culture in Africa
1. Advocate for policy reform and implementation to strengthen the youth entrepreneurship ecosystem in Africa.
2. Facilitate intra- and inter-regional trade and access to markets for young entrepreneurs.
3. Enhance the entrepreneurship culture for young people, including a push for entrepreneurship education and mindset shift.
4.Provide a platform for sharing best practices and resource mobilization, external partnerships, networking, organize regional events.
5. Facilitate capacity building, information sharing, and mentoring of young entrepreneurs in Africa.
6. Work with relevant stakeholders to facilitate access to credit for young entrepreneurs in the region.
7. Act as a unified force for young entrepreneurs and promote social good.
