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Africa Code Week And Partners Equip 17 Million Youth With Digital Skills

SAP Africa Code Week (ACW) in partnership with UNESCO, the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), and Irish Aid, has successfully empowered 17 million young people across 54 countries, since 2015. This is according to the program’s latest impact results. The initiative has also helped integrate coding and computational thinking into the national curricula of seven African countries, advancing […]

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Africa Must Prioritise Decent Work For Its Youth

African employers and policymakers need to embrace the Decent Work Agenda for Africa to establish equitable and dignified working conditions for all people, turn around the dire youth unemployment situation and grow the regional economy, says the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation (AGOF).  Nontando Mthethwa, AGOF Head of Public Affairs and Communications, made the remark at […]

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Without Young People’s Voices, The Global Stage Is Missing Key Contributions

By Imani Henrick As a young Tanzanian woman who manages a radio station, I have long been passionate about championing youth across the continent. From digital rights and inclusion to gender equity, youth have a powerful voice in driving the agenda, and as they’re soon to make up 42% of global youth, young Africans’ voices […]

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Questions Arise About Youth Commitment To Democracy After Nigerian Elections

By Abdullahi Jimoh As Nigeria’s newly-elected president Bola Tinabu seems to be making his mark by undoing many of his predecessor’s policies – another battle is being waged in the courts between him and one of his rivals Peter Gregory Obi. Obi has alleged the election was rigged in favor of Tinabu and is in court […]

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#WorldStoryTellingDay: When The Youth Write And Read, They Can Better Own Their Stories

By Lea-Anne Moses, Executive Director, and Trustee at Fundza Literacy Trust When I was 10,  my uncle gifted me a Reader’s Digest subscription, which was renewed annually until well into my 20s. If I’d listened to my friends, who thought it was the definition of uncool, all of those renewals probably wouldn’t have happened. That […]

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