Benin Digital Skills Development for Vulnerable Youth : Completion Note

Overview & Synopsis

The Government of Benin has designed a specific program called “Azoli” to provide a comprehensive set of self-employment and wage employment services to vulnerable youth (under-employed and undereducated youth aged 15-30), to ensure greater economic inclusion. The Azoli program, supported by the Bank under the Benin Youth Inclusion Project (P170425), seeks to include training in basic digital skills to help vulnerable youth fill the digital skills gap and boost their employability. As a matter of fact, the vulnerable youth - who have no or little education (with a maximum of lower secondary education) - are currently left behind, lacking the basic digital skills while there is a large body of evidence showing the positive impact of digital skills on youth employability.