African Monitor, in partnership with Text To Change and local partners, undertook an initiative titled Voice Africa’s Future using innovative mobile technology to ensure youth participation in the post-2015 development framework. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of 2000 have served as a global compact for poverty reduction and are set to expire in 2015. The United Nations has led processes to shape the post-2015 development framework in various countries and thematic consultations are coming to conclusion and the inter-governmental process has begun.