Young 1ove

What Young 1ove does

Youth Impact (operating under the brand Young 1ove) is a Botswana-headquartered nonprofit organization founded in 2014 that delivers evidence-based health and education programs to youth in school settings. The organization operates across six countries — Botswana, India, Namibia, South Africa, The Philippines, and at least one additional partner country — embedding its interventions directly within government school systems through partnerships with ministries of education and health. Its three core programs are: Choices, a 90-minute junior secondary school program using interactive activities and peer-led discussions to reduce HIV risk and teenage pregnancy; Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL), a primary school methodology that groups children by current learning level rather than age or grade to improve maths and literacy; and ConnectEd, a phone-based tutoring program designed for low-connectivity environments that delivers personalized lessons via basic mobile phones with no internet or app required.

The organization's go-to-market is exclusively B2G (business-to-government). Programs are free to schools and students, with the organization funded through charitable donations and grants rather than fees or commercial revenue. As of 2024, Youth Impact reports having served 700,000 youth, conducted 15 rapid A/B trials per year, and accumulated 11 million lessons learned through iterative testing — a methodology the organization has positioned publicly via a Stanford Social Innovation Review article on iterative A/B testing for social impact. Its headquarters is in Gaborone, Botswana, and the entity operates as a registered nonprofit with no disclosed parent company, venture backing, or commercial pricing model.

The organization celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2024 and operates active hiring, donor, and A/B testing support pipelines. No commercial revenue, product pricing, M&A activity, leadership changes, or AI/ML capabilities are disclosed in the available data.

Name

Young 1ove

Legal name

Youth Impact

Website

https://young1ove.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Youth Impact (formerly Young 1ove) is a Botswana-headquartered nonprofit that delivers evidence-based health and education programs — Choices, TaRL, and ConnectEd — to over 700,000 youth across six countries through embedded government school system partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Gaborone

HQ country

Botswana

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: As a non-profit organization, Youth Impact / Young 1ove operates primarily through charitable donations and government/corporate grants. The organization does not charge for its programs delivered in schools.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Young 1ove designs and delivers evidence-based health and education programs for young people, including HIV prevention (Choices), remedial literacy and numeracy (Teaching at the Right Level), and mobile phone-based tutoring (ConnectEd). Programs are deployed in partnership with governments and schools across multiple developing countries and validated through randomized controlled trials.

Product overview

Youth Impact operates as a multi-program platform delivering health and education interventions. The organization offers three core programs: Choices (an HIV prevention and teenage pregnancy reduction program for junior secondary schools), Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL, a personalized math and literacy program for primary school children grouped by learning level), and ConnectEd (a phone-based tutoring program for low-connectivity settings). These programs are grounded in evidence, optimized through A/B testing and ongoing learning, and scaled through government partnerships across 6 countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Choices: A 90-minute program delivered in junior secondary schools. Through interactive activities and peer-led discussions, it empowers young people to make informed, healthy relationship choices and dramatically reduces HIV risk and teenage pregnancy.
• Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL)
• ConnectEd

Products and services

• Choices

Quantifiable outcome

• Choices program dramatically reduces HIV risk and teenage pregnancy

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Government of BotswanacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCore government partnership enabling delivery of health and education programs in Botswana schools. Programs include Choices (HIV prevention) and TaRL (Teaching at the Right Level).
• Government of IndiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment partnership for delivery of education programs, particularly Teaching at the Right Level methodology.
• Government of NamibiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment partnership for program delivery and scaling of health and education interventions.
• Government of South AfricacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment partnership for delivery of evidence-based health and education programs.
• Government of The PhilippinescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment partnership for program delivery and scaling of interventions.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Pratham: Large India-based education nonprofit that co-developed and pioneered the Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) methodology that Youth Impact also delivers. Operates evidence-based literacy and numeracy programs at massive scale in low-income communities, making it the most direct methodological peer.
• Evidence Action: Global nonprofit that identifies and scales rigorously evidenced development interventions using a similar "evidence-to-scale" model. Shares Youth Impact's approach of running RCTs, iterating via A/B testing, and partnering with governments to embed programs at national scale.
• Room to Read: International education nonprofit focused on literacy and gender equality in low-income countries across Africa and Asia. Comparable in delivering school-based literacy interventions through partnerships with ministries of education in multiple partner countries.
• Educate!: Youth-focused education nonprofit operating across Sub-Saharan Africa with government partnerships, delivering skills and livelihoods programs in secondary schools. Highly comparable in mission, geography (Uganda, Rwanda, etc.), and ministry-embedded delivery model.
• BRAC: One of the world's largest development nonprofits with extensive education programs across multiple countries in Africa and Asia. Comparable in operating school-based interventions at national scale through partnerships with governments in low-income settings.

Emerging players

• J-PAL (Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab): MIT-affiliated research lab that co-developed the TaRL methodology and partners with organizations like Pratham on RCTs. Comparable as an evidence-generation and scaling partner, though its primary role is research rather than direct program delivery.
• NewGlobe: For-profit/PPP education company that partners with governments to deliver school-system reforms at scale in Sub-Saharan Africa and India. Comparable in operating large-scale public-private education partnerships, but with a commercial rather than nonprofit model.

Broad incumbents

• Camfed (Campaign for Female Education): International nonprofit focused on girls' education and empowerment across Sub-Saharan Africa. Comparable in targeting youth health and education outcomes through school-embedded programming and ministry partnerships in the same geographies.
• UNICEF Education Programmes: UN agency running large-scale education, health, and HIV-prevention programs for youth globally, often in partnership with national governments in the same low-income geographies Youth Impact serves. Comparable in addressing HIV risk, foundational learning, and school-based delivery.

Others

• Education Cannot Wait: Global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises. Comparable as a donor/funder channel that Youth Impact could partner with to expand crisis-context education delivery; not a direct operator but a relevant ecosystem participant.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/youthimpactorg
• Facebookweb.facebook.com/youthimpact.org
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/youthimpact
• Instagraminstagram.com/youthimpactorg/?hl=en

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Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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