The Problem We Solve!
78% of Ugandans are below 35 years, implying a ‘young’ nation. It’s the same across Africa; 70% are below 30 years, and by 2030, young Africans will account for 42% of the global youth population and 75% of Africa. Great, right? Unfortunately, most of these are unemployed (57% of 18-30 year Ugandans aren’t employed – UBOS, 2022), and self-employment (business space) is in shambles as more than 54% of small businesses fail before their 3rd year; only 8% last up to 15 years. Miklah Life is addressing this triple challenge of youth unemployment, unsustainable business practices, and climate vulnerability in Uganda and similar contexts
Our Story
The story about Miklah is an ever-developing one! Since 2014, Miklah (formerly, ‘The Complete You Ministry’) has been at the forefront of the inspiration and practical empowerment of young people (youth and adolescents) for socioeconomic transformation. Started as an inspirational blog in 2014, Miklah has evolved into a focused tech-driven sustainability-focused social enterprise solving challenges across health, education, technology, green business, and governance through the power of training, research, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Miklah is a Hebrew word for fulfilled, complete, holistic, or perfect. And that is what we are all about: a holistic approach to challenges and life. Yes, sustainability.
In 2019, following the win of the 2019 Total Startupper Challenge of the Year with our first-ever project called SWAPafrica, Miklah Life was formalized, incorporated, and began this journey of sustainable development. As of today, we have trained and empowered youth in launching more than 75 SDG-focused initiatives, empowered 300+ businesses in going green, connected more than 7 green startups to funding, and participated in more than 20 local and international climate and sustainability policy processes, including UNEP, UNFCCC, and UN HLPF processes.
Our initiatives have been recognized and awarded various awards, including the Total Startupper of the year (Total), Tony Elumelu Foundation (Nigeria), UNCAP (Germany), NTF (UK and Uganda), UNDP Youth4Climate, Arab Youth Center Smart Agriculture Awards, and many more.
Vision, Mission, Strategy
Vision:
To build a world where young people lead sustainable solutions that transform communities, protect the planet, and drive inclusive economic growth.
Mission:
To empower individual youth and institutions for socioeconomic transformation through evidence-based, tech-driven, and sustainability-focused innovations.
Strategy:
To design and launch life-transforming, evidence-based, and sustainable initiatives addressing specific issues in education, health, entrepreneurship, technology, and governance. To train and empower others to do the same or even more.
Explore our Initiatives
1. We DESIGN and DEPLOY sustainable and technology-backed solutions or initiatives to solve specific challenges. In other words, we identify specific challenges using design thinking, design amazing projects or solutions, and execute.
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2. We TRAIN & EMPOWER others to do the same or even better. At Miklah, we know that we can never design and deploy enough solutions to solve people, planet, and profits challenges. Additionally, some of our solutions may not be great and fail to deliver! Hence, the 2nd strategy!
