Voice for the Favelas
According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, 11 million people in Brazil live in favelas. These favelas are urban ...
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Dorcas Apoore
- May 19, 2018
- 3 min
Breaking the Cycle of Poverty: Sustainable Skills Development and Financial Diversification
Upper East is one of the regions in Ghana that is engulfed with poverty, especially among women. The population of the region is over one...
Dorcas Apoore
- May 18, 2018
- 3 min
Breaking the Cycle of Poverty: Sustainable Skills Development and Financial Diversification
Upper East is one of the regions in Ghana that is engulfed with poverty, especially among women. The population of the region is over one...
Nishchal Banskota
- May 30, 2017
- 3 min
Corporate Social Responsibility: Then, Now and...
EDD Young Leader 2017 introduces his upcoming high level panel at the European Development Days 2017 on 7th June. "The basic idea is that...
Esenam Amuzu
- May 29, 2017
- 5 min
Future of Ghana: Rights and dreams of its youth
A personal story reflecting on how Ghana must realize the rights and dreams of its youth for economic acceleration. Six years ago, I was...
Richard Dzikunu
- May 26, 2017
- 4 min
Demographic Dividend - The Basic Argument for our Development
It was close to midnight. The horde of young people was charged up as they tried their skills at all the most recent dance moves. The...
Shakira Choonara
- May 25, 2017
- 6 min
#AfricaDay2017- The Rise of a United States of Africa
After a whirlwind of recent travel across Southern Africa, the realities of the continent hit home and pretty much keep me awake at...
Nestor Dehouindji
- Mar 3, 2017
- 2 min
"After EDD16, I was awarded the Benin’s OUTSTANDING YOUNG PERSON of the year ..."
Before attending EDD, one of the important projects, I and others youths were closely working is to create an African startup specialized...
Pilirani Khoza
- Mar 3, 2017
- 1 min
"I would frankly say EDD was the turning point for me to move from Zero to a greater level"
I would frankly say EDD was the turning point for me to move from Zero to a greater level. I did not know that i left a mark during my ...
Nestor Dehouindji
- Feb 14, 2017
- 4 min
Bénin : Peut-on encore rêver de la fin de la faim ?
Alors que l’agriculture constitue un atout majeur pour réduire la faim et la pauvreté en Afrique, plusieurs paysans continuent de...
Ruba Ahmad
- Sep 26, 2016
- 5 min
The Development Dilemma: What is holding us back from achieving the SDGs
To truly begin thinking about global goals, we must find ways to interact with power, privilege, and politics without sacrificing our...
Shakira Choonara
- Aug 18, 2016
- 5 min
“Our work, our research and our actions matter!” Shakira Choonara’s keynote address at JuPHASA confe
A very good morning young researchers, practitioners and activists! Given the extremely difficult circumstances which I grew up under, I...
Sana Afouaiz
- Aug 2, 2016
- 3 min
You can’t manage what you can’t measure: How to transform the youth policy environment in Africa
If governments are serious about a sustainable world in 2030, youth angles, perspectives and voices must be central to their plan of...
Shakira Choonara
- Jun 9, 2016
- 3 min
Attending the Historic Sustainable Development Summit at the United Nations Headquarters
At at a number of youth events, anti-apartheid struggle icon Ahmed Kathrada always emphasizes that youth should not take our...
Marion Osieyo
- Jun 1, 2016
- 8 min
A crisis of leadership: The next Secretary General and the SDGs
None of the candidates who have submitted their bid thus far, have articulated a clear understanding of the sustainable development...
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