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Michael Ehindero: Teaching Chemistry, Biology After School Funded My Professional Exams
6+ hour, 18+ min ago (662+ words) You started out in microbiology. How did you end up in finance? How challenging was the transition? How did your family respond to this decision? Growing up in Nigeria, what values stayed with you most strongly? You've had an interesting…...
Special Needs Children: Experts Advocate for Inclusive Support Systems
22+ hour, 8+ min ago (18+ words) Special Needs Children: Experts Advocate for Inclusive Support Systems'THISDAYLIVE Special Needs Children: Experts Advocate for Inclusive Support Systems...
Kidpreneur Partners With Wazobia to Empower Young Entrepreneurs in US
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (300+ words) Kidpreneur Africa announced on Thursday a partnership with Wazobia African Market to empower young African entrepreneurs in Houston, Texas, United States. According to the partners, the initiative will culminate in a conference, scheduled for February 28, where participants will showcase their…...
ECOWAS Lawmakers Push Urgent Reforms to Unlock AfCFTA Gains for Women, Youth Traders
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (488+ words) Lawmakers of the ECOWAS Parliament have called for sweeping legal and policy reforms to remove longstanding barriers stifling women- and youth-led businesses, warning that West Africa risks missing out on the full benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Area…...
Global Clusters Targets Digital Literacy for 37m Youths with SparkHubs launch
2+ week, 3+ day ago (558+ words) The Global Clusters has unveiled the SparkHubs digital platform in Lagos, setting an ambitious national and continental agenda to drive digital literacy for 37 million youths in Nigeria and one billion young people across Africa, in what stakeholders describe as one…...
Entrepreneur Calls on Govt to Rethink Youth Employment Strategy
3+ week, 9+ hour ago (458+ words) As Nigeria battles rising youth unemployment and mounting economic pressure, a fashion entrepreneur, Abdusalam Lukman, popularly known as Embroidery Chief, has made a bold case for embroidery and digital garment design to be adopted as a core pillar of the…...
THE POLITICS OF POVERTY NUMBERS
4+ week, 2+ day ago (508+ words) SOLA AFOLAYAN argues'why Nigeria must stop mistaking projections for outcomes, and start governing poverty as a system Nigeria's poverty debate has drifted into a dangerous simplification. A single figure appears, detached from its assumptions, repeated until it hardens into fact,…...
Katsina Empowers 1,000 Adolescent Girls With Skills, Starter Kits
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (348+ words) The Katsina State Government has distributed empowerment kits to 1,000 trained adolescent girls across the state, as part of efforts to promote self-reliance, reduce unemployment and stimulate grassroots economic growth. The beneficiaries, drawn from nine skill acquisition training centres, were trained…...
Mental Health Community Initiative Campaigner Wins Global Kectil Programme Grant
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (298+ words) Felix Omoh-Asun in Benin" Favour Osaretin Evbuomwan, mental health community initiative campaigner has won a $1,000 grant from the Kectil Programme. He emerged top among over 1,000 global participants, after presenting his youth-led mental health project, "Beyond Stigma: Fostering Mental Well-being and…...
DOLO Adoptions Expands Public Education on Ethical Adoption and Family Building
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (265+ words) DOLO Adoptions Expands Public Education on Ethical Adoption and Family Building'THISDAYLIVE DOLO Adoptions Expands Public Education on Ethical Adoption and Family Building Over the years, DOLO Adoptions has become a trusted voice in adoption advocacy, known for simplifying complex processes,…...