About the Youth for Tax Justice Network
Youth for Tax Justice Network (YTJN) is a Pan-African youth-led and youth-driven organization advancing meaningful youth engagement and representation in influencing the mobilization, allocation, and utilization of public resources for the benefit of young people in Africa and beyond.
Our Story
Founded in 2017 during the Pan-African Conference on Illicit Financial Flows in Nairobi, Kenya, YTJN has since evolved into a continental movement empowering young people to actively engage in and influence tax, trade, debt, and resource governance processes.
At YTJN, we believe that Africa's youth must not only benefit from public finance systems but also shape them, while ensuring that domestic resource mobilization, public spending, and natural resource management advance social justice, inclusive growth, and intergenerational equity. YTJN pre-dominantly operates across Eastern and Southern Africa, convening youth organizations, legislators, entrepreneurs, researchers, and activists to build knowledge, advocate policy reforms, and drive fiscal governance agendas at national, regional, and continental levels.
Our Vision
A prosperous and engaged youth enjoying their social, political, and economic rights in Africa.
Our Mission
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 to attain equitable and sustainable development for youth in Africa.
Our Strategic Objectives
As YTJN continues to grow its footprint across Africa, our strategy is anchored on advancing youth-led fiscal transformation. We aim to position young people not just as beneficiaries of public finance systems, but as key actors shaping the architecture of equitable and sustainable development. Our strategic objectives reflect a renewed commitment to policy influence, youth empowerment, digital innovation, and institutional learning, ensuring that Africa's fiscal future is informed, inclusive, and just.
Strategic Priority 1
To influence youth responsive domestic resource mobilization and accountability policies and practices in Africa, and beyond.
Strategic Priority 2
To strengthen youth participation in revenue mobilisation and accountability processes at national and regional processes at national and regional levels in Africa.
Strategic Priority 3
To enhance meaningful youth participation in trade and business at national and regional levels.
Strategic Priority 4
To strengthen information documentation, storage and reporting for effective program delivery and learning in the Youth for Tax Justice Network (YTJN)
Our Core Values
YTJN is guided by the values of transparency, accountability, integrity, equity, inclusion, and diversity, which shape every aspect of its work. We emphasize openness, honesty, and fairness to build trust and ensure that public resources are mobilized and utilized responsibly for the benefit of youth. Rooted in the belief that all young people, regardless of background or circumstance, deserve equitable access to opportunities, YTJN places the most marginalized youth at the center of its programs and decision-making.
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Explore Our Work
Discover our programs, research, and initiatives that are driving youth-led fiscal transformation across Africa.