25 Sep 2025
How businesses can unlock opportunities for young workforce
Participants in our 2025 Youth Skills and Employment Accelerator attended the Horizons: Dare to Be Brave – Jobs for the Future 2025 summit in New Orleans.
News and events
Explore the latest news and events from the Global Business Coalition for Education. From high-level meetings and expert commentary to partner announcements and project milestones, our updates keep you informed and inspired. See how business leaders and partners are driving impact and creating opportunities for young people worldwide.
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From Uncertainty to Opportunity: Unlocking Workforce Potential from Gen Alpha to Gen Z
12:30 - 2:00pm EDT
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Youth Skills and Employment Accelerator Virtual Fair
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Driving Corporate Impact for Global Education
11:00am - 12:00pm EST
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Harnessing the Power of East Africa’s Youth: Skills and Employment for the Next Generation
9:00am - 1:30pm EAT
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Harnessing AI for the Future of Africa
12:30 - 2:00pm EDT
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Public Private Partnership Roundtable
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Act For Early Years: Private sector panel co-hosted with Theirworld, Sesame Workshop and ECDAN
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Unlocking better business partnerships for your nonprofit through ESG
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From early childhood to the climate crisis: Annual luncheon during the 78th UN General Assembly
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Bridging the Gap Together: Empowering Youth for Future Workforce Success
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Ukraine House Reception
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Investing in inclusion
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Crisis briefing for business: education and Ukrainian refugees
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Digital Inclusion: A challenge greater than any one company
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From Billions to Trillions: Investing in the Next Generation
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Youth Skills and Employment Accelerator Virtual Fair: An interactive event for companies, foundations and nonprofits
USAID, HP Inc., Microsoft, and the Global Business Coalition for Education Deliver Laptops to Ukrainian Students
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Year in Review: Top 5 Achievements
This year, the Global Business Coalition for Education continued to build a strong movement of companies committed to ending the global education crisis, working with our network to have the greatest possible social impact.
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Laptops give Ukrainian children a lifeline to education
The Digital Equity for Ukraine initiative is a $30 million partnership and device donation by HP to the Global Business Coalition for Education with Microsoft providing software for the devices.
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Sidekick SMS connects youth with the world of work
Sidekick Education – a runner-up of our Big Ideas, Bright Cities challenge – has built a career advisor chatbot, which has already helped thousands of young people explore future job opportunities.
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Thousands of laptops distributed to teachers in Ukraine
The distribution has begun of thousands of laptops to enable Ukrainian children to continue their education despite the war gripping their country, as part of a joint initiative by the Global Business Coalition for Education, Theirworld, HP, Microsoft, in cooperation with charitable organizations.
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GreenBiz: Can your company leap the great sustainability skills gap?
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ESG: How education can drive diversity, equity, and inclusion
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How can companies position education at the core of ESG?
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UNGA: Business’s role to support the next generation
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“Partnering in good” to support Ukrainian students
Interviews