Approximately 121 million young Africans between the ages of 15 and 35 are either unemployed or categorized as not in education, employment, or training, with the formal sector providing less than 20% of youth employment. In Nigeria, 93% of schools lack dedicated career counselors, and professional coaching costs from $50 to $350 per session. The Kayode Alabi Leadership and Career Initiative (KLCI Africa), a nonprofit headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, built Rafiki AI, a WhatsApp-based generative AI career advisor that delivers personalized career guidance in under 2 minutes. Founded in 2017, KLCI has trained over 10,000 young people across 14 Nigerian states. In February 2025, KLCI was selected for the AWS Education Equity Initiative, receiving $51,000 in cloud credits to build the solution on Amazon Web Services.