Youth for Tax Justice Network (YTJN) is a Pan-African youth-led and youth-driven organization advancing meaningful youth engagement and representation in the mobilization, allocation, and utilization of public resources.
Founded in 2017 during the Pan-African Conference on Illicit Financial Flows in Nairobi, Kenya, YTJN has evolved into a continental movement empowering young people to influence tax, trade, debt, and resource governance.
We believe Africas youth must not only benefit from public finance systems but also shape them to advance social justice, inclusive growth, and intergenerational equity.
A prosperous and engaged youth enjoying their social, political, and economic rights in Africa.
To empower youth through informative, interactive and knowledge-based avenues to advocate for just and fair tax systems and optimum natural resource management and utilization for equitable and sustainable development.
Our strategy is anchored on advancing youth-led fiscal transformation and positioning young people as key actors in equitable and sustainable development.
Influence youth-responsive domestic resource mobilization and accountability policies and practices.
Strengthen youth participation in revenue mobilization and accountability at national and regional levels.
Enhance meaningful youth participation in trade and business at national and regional levels.
Strengthen information documentation, storage, and reporting for effective program delivery and institutional learning.
YTJN is guided by transparency, accountability, integrity, equity, inclusion, and diversity. These values shape our programs and center marginalized young people in decision-making.
Transparency
Accountability
Integrity
Intergenerational Equity
Inclusion and Diversity
Discover our programs, research, and initiatives driving youth-led fiscal transformation across Africa.