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Zubair Abubakar: How i Built One of Nigeria’s Most Successful Mobile Applications

With a daunting resume which highlights’ being a web/mobile application developer, a social entrepreneur and a volunteer, Zubair Abubakar has proved to…

John Karanja: Connecting Africans using whive.com

John Karanja, Sociologist and Businessman is founder of Whive.com, a platform for Connecting Africans using technology. He specializes in Research and Development…

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Commonwealth Lecture 2012 by Chinamanda Ngozi Adichie

At the 2012 Commonwealth Lecture in London, Ms Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie spoke about the importance of realist literature, insisting that “the role…

#StopKony: Different Perspectives

I am sometimes amused when i read about my country, Nigeria from a foreigner’s perspective. Sometimes, the issues are seen in a…

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Apply: Campaigning for Change – Jordan

Apply: Campaigning for Change – Jordan

  A 4 weeks intensive course giving youth and volunteers the skills needed to design and plan campaign…

Apply: London School of Economics Program for African Leadership

The Firoz and Najma Lalji supported Programme for African Leadership will enable Africa’s most dynamic leaders access high…

Apply: Activista Nigeria ‘Organising for Change’ Training

Background The ‘Organising for Change’ Training is an annual training established by ActionAid Activista Nigeria to build a…

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Mobile Money usage Spreads in Africa

Mobile Money usage Spreads in Africa

AFRICA is the continent where “mobile money”—monetary transactions on mobile phones—is by far the most advanced. According to…

Young people present first-ever ‘crowdsourced’ recommendations for AIDS response in UN history

  New youth-led recommendations to shape UNAIDS Secretariat’s work on HIV and young people ABUJA, 24 April 2012—Youth…

Nairobi Declaration: Recommendations from the Youth21 stakeholder Meeting

Nairobi Declaration: Recommendations from the Youth21 stakeholder Meeting

If you have been following the recent development at the United Nations, there is an increasing commitment from…