Changing youth mindsets about commercial agriculture Post young people would hesitate before leaving a stable job for an entrepreneurial venture. But not for a plucky 34-year-old Ugandan, Eric
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African youth demand a seat at the table
June 5, 2018 No Comment 31 ViewsVoices of young Africans are becoming difficult to ignore A new wave is sweeping across Africa. Elections on the continent are increasingly yielding younger leadership than ever before. From
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Nurturing young leaders
June 5, 2018 No Comment 33 ViewsTraining young African leaders can take societies to great heights Thanks to a unique fellowship at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) as an Ibrahim Leadership Fellow, Marian
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Cape Town water taps running dry
June 5, 2018 No Comment 45 ViewsSouth Africa’s second biggest city averts a water crisis—for now Mohammed Allie’s wife has given up showers while Cape Town, South Africa’s second-largest city after Johannesburg,
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William Elong — An IT innovator
June 4, 2018 No Comment 47 ViewsScaling up drone manufacture for a global market The news wasn’t big enough to excite international media, but it was an exciting development this year in Cameroon when Will&Brothers, a local
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Gwendolyn Myers — A peace advocate
June 4, 2018 No Comment 29 ViewsMobilising the young for peace and development I was born in 1990, a year after the Liberian civil war began, and was only 13 years old when the war ended in 2003. Gwendolyn Myers My mother told
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Phumzile Van Damme — A young MP with a mission
June 4, 2018 No Comment 68 ViewsStanding up for women’s rights in South Africa’s parliament Phumzile Van Damme, one of the youngest members of parliament in South Africa, is also the shadow minister for communications.
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