AFSI Next Generation
African Schools Policy Simulation
Forty to sixty Gauteng learners run a one-day version of the Indaba's method, and their Learner Diagnosis Statement is the first evidence the Indaba hears.
Youth & special programmes
Fourteen ways to take part, not just attend.
Pre-conference events and special programmes for learners, students, young professionals, ventures, journalists and governments. Every call accepts English.
~250young people in the special programmes
~150young people at Day Zero
R550 000in Pathfinder awards
8National Showcases
AFSI Next Generation
Programmes for young people.
AFSI Next Generation
Day Zero (Youth Pre-Conference)
The day before the Indaba opens, about 150 young people meet for the Pan-African Student Assembly, rapporteur briefings, the Youth Rapporteur election and the Future Skills Film screening.
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Pan-African Student Assembly
Elected student leaders commit their own student bodies to action on skills, work-based learning and the green and digital transition, and speak at the Indaba's opening.
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Africa Future Skills Youth Policy Prize
Five young Africans win a seat in the room where the Indaba designs its frameworks, each bringing a policy brief that feeds one Charrette group or Network Working Group.
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AFSI Youth Rapporteurs
Six young writers document the Indaba for the generation it is about, and one of them becomes the Youth Rapporteur.
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Future Skills Film Project
Five short documentaries, one per Value Chain Forum, so every Forum opens with ground-level evidence on screen.
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Young Talent Call
Young African performers open the live-streamed Global Leaders' Summit and the Closing Ceremony.
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Youth Council of the Africa Future Skills Network
Fifteen young Africans take the seats the Network's Founding Charter gives young people.
AFSI Showcases
Pathfinders Practice Track
Five young practitioners with non-commercial innovations bring evidence from the ground into the Design Charrette.
Media partnerships
Young Journalists Desk
Each media partner seconds one young journalist to cover the Indaba from the Media Centre.
Showcases and more
For ventures, governments and volunteers.
AFSI Showcases
Pathfinders Showcase
12 green and digital ventures pitch to investors and compete for R550 000 in awards.
Call to Governments
National Showcases and National Skills Pathways
Eight economies table workforce plans and four government programmes pitch for co-investment.
Get involved
Volunteer
Students and young professionals who make the days run, with training, meals, a T-shirt and a letter of acknowledgement.
Calls open on 2 November 2026. Need help with an application? Email info@apea.international. Applicants with a disability may send a voice note or video link in place of any written answer.