MYEO

Myanmar Youth Empowerment Opportunities (MYEO) is a social impact-driven edtech. Our mission is to equip all of Myanmars new graduates with the skills to be valuable members of the workforce and community. A large youth population is one of Myanmars major strengths, according to the Asian Development Bank. The country may benefit from a demographic dividend with a large share of the population engaged in productive work and supporting a smaller share of older and non-working people. In fact, 33% of Myanmars population is aged 15 to 35 years old, +18 million people. However, youths in Myanmar are in a vulnerable employment situation, either unemployed or underemployed. At the same time, organizations in Myanmar urge more qualified employees. Despite the challenges in work conditions for youth and low skilled workforce, Myanmar presents an encouraging opportunity on the adoption of mobile technology: +20 million people in the country use Facebook or Messenger. To seize that oppo...