The UK Youth Climate Coalition is building a chorus of voices, voices of young people answering the question “What does climate justice mean to you?”. They are seeking to collect heart-felt, personal stories on climate justice to demonstrate that young people have a voice and that it is important to […]
Peace and Social Change Fellowship Program
The fellowship is open to grassroots women activists working broadly on issues of peace and security across Africa and will begin with a three-day workshop in Nairobi, Kenya in January 2019. All costs of travel and participation will be covered. The Peace and Social Change Fellowship is designed to bring together […]
Launch of the 5th grants scheme to assist CSOs to tackle corruption
Since mid-2012, UNODC’s small grants scheme has assisted a number of African-based civil society organizations (CSOs) across the continent in developing innovative anti-corruption projects to raise awareness on the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) and its implementation. With applications now open for the fifth round of funding, the grants […]
Peace and Social Change Fellowship Application
The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) program at Columbia University is pleased to announce the launch of the Peace and Social Change Fellowship Program. The fellowship is designed to generate knowledge, build skills, strengthen relationships and exchange strategies among frontline women changemakers working on issues of social change, justice, and, […]
Entrepreneurs for Resilience Award
The Swiss Re Foundation Entrepreneurs for Resilience Award recognizes entrepreneurial initiatives that take innovative approaches to building resilient societies and realizing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. While resilience is the core theme of this annual programme, its specific focus changes from year to year. Our 2019 award will focus […]
LEADING A TEAM SUCCESSFULLY
Having a successful leadership is always the goal of every responsible leader. This doesn’t come easy with putting tangible effort and acquiring necessary skills to make such happen. Being able to work effectively on, and lead a team is critical. It requires fostering the right leadership qualities in yourself and […]
TEAM BUILDING FOR EFFECTIVE TEAMWORK
Effective teamwork is both profoundly simple and difficult at the same time. This is why so many teams struggle to get the relationships, the interaction, and the task execution right. Their success depends on these factors. A team, whatever its mandate is, comprises of humans with a mix different beliefs […]
Youth of the Week: ABIOLA OLANIRAN
Hello, Happy New Week! This week, we celebrate Abiola Elijah Olaniran from Nigeria. Abiola Olaniran, Nigeria’s highest paid Windows Game developer, is a software developer and founder/CEO of Nigerian gaming company, Gamsole. Olaniran founded the company in 2012, and it has venture backing from 88mph, a Kenyan seed fund. The company’s […]
2018 LCD BLAZES THE TRAIL…
Following the conclusion of the 2018 LCD Tour, in-depth training activity commenced in 14 Schools across the focus LGAs. Led by trained facilitators who are volunteers from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), teenagers are gaining insightful and practical knowledge, skills and experience in leadership and community development efforts. Week […]
$10,000 Prize and Funded Trip to San Francisco: TechNovation Challenge for Girls Worldwide 2019
Every year, Technovation invites teams of girls from all over the world to learn and apply skills needed to solve real-world problem through technology. WORTH Technovation offers girls around the world the opportunity to learn the necessary skills to become tech entrepreneurs and leaders. Girls ages 10 to 18 learn […]
World Bank Africa Regional Blog4Dev Essay Competition 2018 for Young Africans
Technological progress is constantly changing how we work, from automation to artificial intelligence. With these advancements, firms adopt of new ways of production, helping markets to expand, and societies to evolve. While advances in technology can eliminate the need for some jobs, the World Development Report 2019 notes that it […]
Fully Funded Transparency International Competition for Young Africans 2018
If you have a passion for innovation, the ability to devise new solutions to old problems, and a willingness to challenge the established orthodoxy, then we want to hear from you. Who are we? We are Transparency International, the global coalition against corruption. From villages in rural Africa to the […]
$1000 USD Scholarship Contest for Students Worldwide 2018
The PDFelement Scholarship contest 2018 is now open. PDFelement is a simple yet robust PDF editing software that empowers teams and institutions around the world. Their goal is to help you work smarter, not harder! How do you use PDFs at school? What kind of documents do you work with […]
Youth of the Week: MISAN REWANE
Hello, Happy New Week! This week, we celebrate Misan Rewane as the youth of the week. Misan was born in Lagos, Nigeria where she attended her primary and secondary school after which she moved to the UK to do her A Levels, and then afterwards to US to study Economics, […]
#IdeasChangeLives Challenge 2018
Do you have a great digital idea that has the potential to create a better world? If so, please enter the #IdeasChangeLives challenge. You could win a prize of £20,000 and the chance to work with the British Council’s Digital, Partnerships and Innovation team on an initiative to help achieve one of six of the […]
