Accenture

About Accenture

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, Accenture offers Strategy and Consulting, Interactive, Technology and Operations services—all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Their 506,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. They embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for their clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities.

Our partnership with Accenture

Accenture is a long standing supporter of Youth Business International and over the last decade it has been instrumental in helping us increase the size and the impact of our network. Today, it is a multi-faceted collaboration that is helping our network increase the number of young entrepreneurs we support. YBI members are providing budding entrepreneurs with access to business mentoring, training and capital, helping to hone their business skills and build their small enterprises.

Accenture acts as an advisor and partner to YBI, providing both funding and the time and skills of their employees to guide our strategic development. In recent years, Accenture and Accenture Foundations have awarded YBI and its country members more than $11 million in both cash and pro bono services. 

As part of its Skills to Succeed corporate citizenship initiative, which aims to equip 3 million people by 2020 with the skills to get a job or build a business, longstanding partner Accenture has provided valuable support to grow and strengthen YBI's global network. Over the last five years alone, we have worked together to skill some 200,000 young people.

In recent years, a key aspect of our partnership has been focused on stimulating innovation and digital approaches for both YBI members and young entrepreneurs, alongside building the capacity of members around the world in core capabilities including mentoring and training. Accenture's support has been critical during COVID 19, enabling the network to rapidly pivot to virtual delivery of crucial support for entrepreneurs, and global delivery of crisis mentoring and skills for young entrepreneurs.