Why We Exist

Every year, 3 million students graduate from Africa's over 2,389 universities, but half of them do not find work.

VarsityMentor is changing this.

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What We Do

We connect college students in Africa with carefully vetted African professionals and allies for mentoring,skills development and career pathway guidance.

Mentoring

We carefully match college students in Africa with verified well-educated African professionals and their allies for long-term mentoring that lasts the entire duration of a student’s college journey and often beyond. Through strategic mentoring, we guide our students to learn from the experiences of those before them as a way to empower their future.

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Training

We run monthly and quarterly workshops and hands-on training programs to equip our students with a self-help mindset and demand-driven skills that lead to world-class success. Our training focuses on both technical and soft skills necessary to thrive in the 21st century workplace.

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Pathways to a Career

We partner with industry-leading companies within and outside Africa to develop and match students to internship programs and work opportunities. Through our Pathway to a Career program, we offer insights and support to empower the students to develop methods and habits that lead to professional and leadership growth.

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Community Innovation

We sponsor our students to work on collaborative projects for social impact and innovation. Through our Community Innovation program, we support them to design and implement solutions to problems in their local communities, which is geared to equip them to become change makers, expand economic opportunities, and contribute toward a more resilient future for Africa and the world.

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How We Make A Difference

Watch our impact video to see how we inspire, challenge and support students in Africa to build their best futures and aim for world-class success

How you can Help

Are you looking for an opportunity to make a difference by sharing your career experiences to inspire and help another person succeed in life? Your experience and advice could be the only career guide a student in Africa might have.

Become a Mentor

Do you know that why 2040, Africa will be home to the world's largest workforce?

Join with us to equip students in Africa for this future. Through our programs, we challenge and support our students to rediscover themselves, and equip and guide them to grasp employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for world-class success. We strongly promote the UN Sustainable Development Goals, especially SDGs 4 and 8, and the Africa Agenda 2063, especially Goals, 2, 4 and 6

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