The Young Women Transform Prize, was made possible through partnerships with USAID, the Volvo Group, and Standard Chartered. A prize competition was launched on March 7, 2018, for innovations that help remove barriers to young women’s economic empowerment. Through this prize USAID and its partners support youth-led or youth-serving organizations in developing countries in creating their own solutions to advance the economic empowerment of young women in their communities.



Asante Africa Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to educating children and transforming worlds, was recognized for its innovative strategies improving young women’s economic empowerment. The Recognition Prize enabled Asante Africa Foundation to conduct a system-level evaluation of their Girl-Led Youth Leadership and Entrepreneurship Program. Critical focus was placed on long term impact of the program in leadership, job readiness, and entrepreneurship skills of youth through extracurricular, collaborative, hands-on activities, and active community engagement by encouraging the sharing of their knowledge within their communities.

This final report is part of Asante Africa Foundation’s ongoing commitment to evaluation and evidence based learning. The study was conducted in support with M&E and data analysis support from Kibandi Ng’ang’a and Alex Kimiri. Successful deployment of the study was realized in collaboration with the alumni of Asante Africa Foundation’s Youth Leadership and Entrepreneurship Incubator Program, partner schools, and district officials in Arusha, Kilimanjaro, and Tanga regions of Tanzania and Narok, Isiolo, and Samburu regions of Kenya.