Africa Renewal: Special Edition on Youth 2017
Cover Story
Youth & ICT
Knowledge economy appeals to youth
New educational platforms transfer skills and spur innovation among young people
Interview
Africa’s future rests on its youth
— Ahmad Alhendawi, former United Nations youth envoy
Young people need opportunities to display their talents
—Tonye Cole, one of Africa’s top business leaders
Youth and Political Participation
Youth & Education
Entrepreneurial universities: marrying scholarly research with business acumen
New trend releases the power of entrepreneurship
Youth & Unemployment
Africa's jobless youth cast a shadow over economic growth
Leaders put job-creation programmes on the front burner
Youth Profile
The new face of farming: youth making agribusiness ‘cool’!
Botswana’s Mavis Nduchwa, 33, owns an animal feed farm that grows grains and legumes
It’s time for young people to get political
Zambia’s youngest mayor urges youth to get active in politics
Young women breaking into the male-dominated ICT world
One of Africa’s leading tech start-up spreads its wings
Nollywood star: More than just talent
Award-winning Stephanie Okereke Linus raising awareness on fistula
Also
Who will protect our girls?
More efforts required to end harmful cultural practices and violence against girls
Migration: taking rickety boats to Europe
Poverty and lack of opportunities force African youth to risk all in search of jobs abroad
Reminiscences of a former child soldier
My biggest fear was children, high on drugs, wielding AK-47 riffles
Development goals in local languages
Young leader helps translate SDGs in different African languages
Facebook CEO looks for more ‘likes’ from Africa
Mark Zuckerberg’s trip to Kenya and Nigeria inspired local techies amid scepticism
Public procurement opens doors for youth-led firms
Using government tenders to empower young people
Youth Ambassador
Youth can help achieve SDGs
—Samuel Malinga
Linking smallholder farmers to banks
—Rita Kimani
Youth still under-represented in leadership
—Samar Mezghanni