A collaboration between UNICEF's Generation Unlimited and the Standard Chartered Foundation aims to provide 1,500 respectable jobs for young women in Kenya and Nigeria.

Only women from underprivileged families between the ages of 18 and 24 are the focus of the three-year program.

Through a public-private strategy that has already made strides in youth skill development, it supports UNICEF Generation Unlimited's expanding network of international and local partners.

The pool of young women who have finished the skills training programs offered by UNICEF Generation Unlimited will be used to choose participants.

The alliance places a high priority on helping recipients go from training to respectable and long-term work.

UNICEF in Kenya and Nigeria will work closely with regional job placement specialists to connect young women with possibilities in the private sector.


In order to find career options that are in line with community needs, the program will also promote collaborations with local government programs.

Ayodeji Adelagun, the Acting Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Nigeria Limited, stated during the launch ceremony in Lagos that the partnership demonstrated the organization's dedication to generating employment-driven opportunities for youth.

"This partnership demonstrates our unwavering strategic commitment to realising economic opportunities for youth through practical employment initiatives. We are creating a sustainable empowerment framework that connects talent development and real job placement by fusing UNICEF's extensive skilling ecosystem with our employability objectives, which are focused on work preparedness and vocational training.

"We strengthen local economies, demonstrate private sector participation in national development, and foster sustainable, inclusive growth through the creation of dignified work opportunities," Adelagun stated.

Speaking as well, UNICEF Nigeria Representative Wafaa Saeed stated that the program would provide doors for young women who already have the abilities and drive to achieve.

"Young women in Nigeria are capable and motivated; they just need genuine opportunities." They not only improve their own lives when they have respectable professions, but they also empower communities and strengthen families. We can advance Nigeria by unlocking their potential, and this collaboration makes that future feasible," Saeed stated.

In addition to increasing private sector participation in inclusive economic growth throughout Kenya and Nigeria, the cooperation is anticipated to improve job outcomes for young women.