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As South Africa is commemorating Women’s Month, key findings from the Ichikowitz Family Foundation’s 2022 African Youth Survey indicate that a vast majority (81%) of young Africans across the continent voice strong concerns about ongoing gender-based violence and femicide. Concern was reported as the highest in Kenya (93%) and Zambia (91%) while 81% of South […]
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For decades, the mass media in the world has packaged and depicted a disturbing pattern on African life. This pattern always highlights poverty, corruption, conflict, and disease as the defining factors of life on this vast continent. Information that does not get highlighted very much is the fact that the region is so vast and […]
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If young people are given more support, they can contribute meaningfully to job creation Teaching entrepreneurial skills crucial in the fight against joblessness Africa boasts the largest workforce in the world. A recent report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) titled 2020 Policy Note on Africa: The Future of Production indicated that […]
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Anzisha Prize, MasterCard Foundation, and African Leadership Academy have released a Report highlighting key lessons learned to navigate a future where youth are job creators Young people’s inexperience is perhaps their greatest asset for being successful entrepreneurs who create jobs for their peers. This is according to a new impact report from the Anzisha Prize, […]
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Despite COVID-19 diverting attention from malaria, two-thirds believe they are the generation to end the disease, says new survey released one month before this year’s World Malaria Day, April 25th New research finds that 9 in 10 African youth want to take personal action in the fight against malaria, with almost two-thirds (61%) believing the […]
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SAP, UNESCO & partners empower 3.85 million youth with basic coding skills in 2019. Africa Code Week 2019 results show impact on sustainable capacity building to support government-led digital skills development. Several African countries started adopting coding skills into school curricula. Africa Code Week (ACW) 2019 has once again exceeded expectations by empowering 3.85 million […]
...Abdoulie Janneh talks to Africa.com about good governance, sustainable cities, and the importance of creating jobs for Africa’s youth The Mo Ibrahim Governance Weekend, hosted this year in Morocco, the latest country to join the African Union, brought together former presidents, leaders from the business sector, investment, finance, academia and civil society to discuss and […]
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