• Currently, Nigeria’s youth account for 70 percent of the 217 million population, which stands at a huge 151 million youth.

• The country has the largest population of youth in the world, with a median age of 18.1 years.

• About 70% of the population are under 30, and 42% are under the age of 15.

• Youth Unemployment Rate in South Africa averaged 55.41 percent from 2013 until 2022, reaching an all time high of 66.50 percent in the third quarter of 2021 and a record low of 48.80 percent in the fourth quarter of 2014.

These statistics mean that in the nearest future, the youth will increasingly form the bulk of the country’s population as children grow older into young adults. Therefore, these youth need to be accommodated with education, training, and health care. -(Ndyanabangi Bannet, the UN Population Fund’s Deputy Representative in Nigeria, United Nation, 2017).

Founded in 2017, New Beginnings Youth Foundation (NBYF) is registered as a 501(C)3 non-profit in the United States and as an NGO in Nigeria. NBYF was established to EDUCATE, SUPPORT, and EMPOWER “At-Risk” youth in West Africa