Africa urged to invest in youth as global movement launches in Kenya

Achieng Akumu, the Africa Regional Director for Planned Parenthood Global.

A global movement connecting over a billion youths worldwide to discuss their issues and be at the center of solutions, has established its Kenyan Chapter. The initiative, Billi Now Now, was developed against the backdrop that youth, who form a majority of the world's population, face intersectional physical, legal, and economic barriers in meeting their social and reproductive health needs and improving their livelihoods.

Achieng Akumu, the Africa Regional Director for Planned Parenthood Global, which is providing technical assistance for the movement, said, "This movement has been built to share information, empower youth to have their voice by designing the particular initiatives that they think are important to improve their health rights and future." She explained that the youth are the largest population in Africa but are yet to fully reap benefits.