Investing in street youth.
Investing in street youth. Incubating bright ideas. Transforming communities.
We're a small business incubator program that equips street youth (homeless, unemployed, and underemployed young people) to serve as agents of economic development in low-income communities. We prepare youth to be entrepreneurs and employers (not just employees). YouthBank Fellows become independent business owners and create opportunities and jobs for other street youth.
We're a young social enterprise run by youth on four continents and guided by advisors from the public, private, and social sectors. We launched our first incubator in August 2009 in Surelere, Lagos, Nigeria.