Tag Archives: African youth

The troubles of the African continent raised by the Togolese former Prime Minister, Edem Kodjo thirty (30) years ago in the book « Africa Tomorrow« , are still topical. It is partially the reason that urged the author to republish the work at the Nei-Ceda Editions. In press conference on Monday, 30th …

The youth is nowadays considered as a development key actor. At a time when the emergence on continent matters, the Togolese youth has to benefit from its immense potential in order to be a partner of development and peace. In order to bring this Togolese youth to carry out change …

Created in April 2014 by Total, the Young Graduate Program is an innovative initiative intended for the young graduates of more than forty countries of Africa and the Middle East where we are established. This program gives them the opportunity to discover the employment environment through a real operational work …

The young Burkinabe, Cyrille Guel, won the prize of the African youth launched in 2014 by the Ghanaian, Akpah Prince. The prize rewards the initiatives from the African young people that have impacts on the development of their continent. The works of the young Burkinabe were appreciated in the category …

The prize-winners of the first edition of the international program of social investment by the Shell oil group (national version of Shell Livewire) were rewarded on 26th February 2015 in Libreville. The initiative aims at encouraging the Gabonese youth to be more interested in the entrepreneurship. The funds assigned to …

The problem of employment for the young people will durably be settled with the next establishment of an institution endowed with a fund, announced the Head of State, Alassane Ouattara on Wednesday evening in his new year message. « I know that the problem of employment, particularly the employment for the …

The envelope dedicated by Cameroon to the development of the educational sector for the year 2015 is estimated at about 500 billion francs CFA, according to the Law of the finances passed by the parliament. In this classification, the ministry for the Secondary educations gets the biggest envelope with a …

The last edition of New York Forum Africa held in Gabon bear fruit. According to the on-line newspaper Gabonreview.com, the mobile telephony company, Airtel Gabon and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) ratified in Paris, an agreement concerning the training of 5000 young Gabonese in the sector …

The National Council of the youth (CNJ) of Mali considered that the African youth represents an « innovative force » in favor of the development of the continent. Outside a forum that is held in Bamako on peace and safety in Sahel, gathering about 300 African young people, the chairman of the …

Path difficult of access, very wet zone, thick fog hiding the sun all day long; Kpato a small village situated at some footsteps from Blifou (at 27 km from Kplimé), shows at first sight signs of a hostile environment. Behind this image is hiding a kind population with children whose …

The second edition of « Lomé Basket Camp » started on Monday, 18th August. According to the Basketball League of Lomé Golf, 100 Togolese children (12 – 18 years) will benefit from the two week training organized in support of the USA embassy in Togo. As topical question, the participants will be …

« When an old man dies in Africa, it is a whole library that burns« . This sentence from the writer Amadou Hampâté Bâ, fully summarizes the dominating place of oral communication in the African cultures. In order to immortalize the tradition, Benin is hosting from 14th August 2014, the 9th edition …

The mobilization of this Wednesday, 14th May at Agora Senghor of Lomé was a real success. For a very good reason: the youth, the main concerned by the entrepreneurship and development days that started, hopes to get a job offer. Organized by the Fund for the Support of Economic Initiatives …

Jessica Colaço is partnerships guiding at iHub in Kenya. She attended at Austin in Texas to South by South West (SxSW) world-famous festival dedicated to digital innovation. She is convinced that mobile is going to change everything in Africa. She said it to «Jeune Afrique magazine»: « Our main asset is …