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According to a recent World Bank report [1], no more than a quarter of young people in Sub-Saharan Africa will find salaried employment over the next ten years. Most young people will end up working in the same sector as their parents, i.e. on farms and as informal sole traders. This observation is prompting development players to invest in the traditionally neglected informal sector. This public policy shift is being accompanied by a change in the way in which support is provided, with greater emphasis on the need to involve a range of players, including private companies, as part of public-private partnerships (PPP), in line with the new Sustainable Development Goals.