Employment, entrepreneurship, education & STEM, inclusion — for Africa's youth and women.
We work at the intersection of human capital development, economic empowerment and systemic reform — partnering with governments, development institutions, the private sector and communities to equip youth and women with the skills, opportunities and environments they need to succeed.
“Where knowledge leads to opportunity, and opportunity leads to inclusion.”
We measure success by employment outcomes, enterprise growth, learning gains and stronger national systems.
Young people & women in decent work
3-year ambition
Youth- & women-led businesses created or scaled
3-year ambition
Learners trained in leadership, digital & STEM
3-year ambition
An integrated theory of change: we don't treat challenges in isolation, we build ecosystems where education, markets and policy reinforce one another.
01Vocational and technical training, digital and soft skills, apprenticeships, job placement and rural employment programmes — connecting youth and women to the labor market.
A generation ready to work, thrive and lead.
02Incubation and acceleration, business development services, access to finance, market linkages and support to MSMEs, cooperatives and social enterprises.
Turn ideas into enterprises, and enterprises into engines of inclusion.
03Leadership academies, STEM (coding, robotics, AI basics), digital literacy, future-of-work skills and programmes for girls and young women in STEM.
Youth equipped for the industries of tomorrow.
04Community empowerment, support for rural and marginalized youth, young mothers and vulnerable women, social cohesion and civic engagement.
Communities where everyone has a voice and a chance.
05National employment strategies, youth / TVET / STEM policy, reform of delivery systems, M&E and data, and training of public officials.
Strengthen the systems that create and sustain opportunity.
Real impact on the ground while strengthening national capacities.
Programmes designed side-by-side with national authorities, aligned with national plans and strategies.
Ownership, policy relevance and sustainability.
Diagnostics, labor-market analysis and global best practices ground every intervention in real needs.
Smarter programmes, stronger outcomes.
We combine institutional work with field-level implementation through community organizations and youth networks.
National impact rooted in community realities.
We strengthen public delivery systems, technical teams and monitoring structures.
Institutions that keep delivering after we leave.
Robust systems measure employment, enterprise, skills, inclusion and institutional progress.
Clear evidence of change for partners and beneficiaries.
Stories from the youth, women and communities we work with across the continent.
“The programme gave me the skills and the confidence to launch my own business. Today I employ four people in my community — that is the change OPERI makes possible.”
Turning Africa's demographic potential into real prosperity takes collaboration. Join us as a partner, a supporter or a donor.
