Share Your Story, Tips And Expertise With Our Community!
It is a difficult task to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic as a business owner, as trade is unreliable, customers are less likely to visit in person, and there is a lack of demand for products; however, it is possible that by following these recommendations, you and your business can become resilient and flexible as the world begins to recover and rebuild.
The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) held a town hall meeting on August 27 in which participants engaged in a lively discussion about the recent civil rights movements in the United States and across the world. Held over an online meeting platform, this event provided a unique means for various experts around the globe to come together and discuss the growing civil rights movement in America and its reverberations in other countries.
Today Deborah, a 2019 Mandela Washington Fellow and creative director of the KidsABILITY Initiative, is applying her talents to help the most vulnerable in Nigeria. In this blog post, Deborah shares four steps any budding professional can take to build a better future today and for years to come.
Among potential solutions to unemployment, transforming the agricultural sector is the most promising with a possibility to create 40 million jobs in Africa within the next decade (ADBG, 2016). However, agricultural practices are predominant in rural areas, which are experiencing labor force exit to non-farm employment according to a recent FAO report. Reversing urban sprawl by incentivising the youth to migrate back to the rural areas and contribute to agriculture and rural development is therefore key in attaining sustainable development goals. This has been a prominent topic among diverse stakeholders as the youth present the potential to transform the sector through their rich technological know-how and provision of innovative workforce based on a (Government of Kenya study. Thus, this article highlights 5 key ways through which youths can be incentivized to actively engage in agricultural development and mitigate adverse effects of unemployment:
The first ever public corruption scandal in Kenya was in 1965, less than three years after independence. It was famously known as the Ngei Maize Scandal. Paul Ngei, the Minister of Marketing and Cooperatives then was accused of meddling with the Maize Marketing Board and smuggling the crop occasioning a huge shortage in the country.
The coming into force of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 broadened the scope of protection of children rights in Kenya. Being the supreme law, constitutional protection bears more weight than statutory provisions. The Constitution recognizes children as being among the vulnerable groups in the country in need of special care and protection from the state.
