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Analysis: Covid-19 Crushes Career Dreams of Young Latin Americans
Millions of students in Colombia and across Latin America, have been forced to leave higher education due to the economic fallout of Covid-19, experts say.
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- Coronavirus, Education
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- Latin America
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Nestle Announces Innovative Plan to Tackle Child Labor Risks, Increase Farmer Income and Achieve Full Traceability in Cocoa
A cash incentive will be paid directly to cocoa-farming households for certain activities such as enrollment of children in school and pruning among several others.
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- Agriculture
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Analysis: The 6 Ps of Empowering Youth Social Entrepreneurs
Youth social entrepreneurs are becoming pillars of resilience in the COVID recovery period.
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- Coronavirus
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African Development Bank’s Youth Entrepreneurship and Innovation Multi-Donor Trust Fund Provides More Than $7.3 Million for Youth Jobs and Skills
Launched in November 2017, the Fund promotes the creation of sustainable jobs for young Africans by equipping youth and women-led startups, as well as micro, small and medium enterprises with the skills, financial support and enabling environments to run bankable businesses.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: African Youth Are Capable Entrepreneurs, Invest in Them Now
The Future of Production indicated that the continent will, by 2030, be home to a capable labour force of over 1.6 billion, larger than Asia and South America.
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- Entrepreneurship, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: How COVID-19 Is Likely to Slow Down a Decade of Youth Development in Africa
Until COVID-19 hit, the quality of life of youth (age 15-24) in sub-Saharan Africa had been steadily improving.
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- Coronavirus, Entrepreneurship
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Giz and Orange Launch an Orange Digital Center in Ethiopia, the 3rd in the Africa and Middle East Region, to Train Young People in Digital Technology and Boost Their Employability
Occupying a space of 500m2, it is the first center in East Africa that will operate as a strategic network, allowing experiences and expertise to be shared between countries and offering a simple and inclusive approach to strengthen the employability of young people, to encourage innovative entrepreneurship and to promote the local digital ecosystem.
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- Education, Entrepreneurship
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: COVID-19 and the Future of Work in Africa’s Mobile Industry – What the Experts Say
In 2019, the GSMA conducted research on Powering Youth Employment through the Mobile Industry in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2025. Since then, the world’s employment market has experienced unprecedented uncertainties because of COVID-19.
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- Coronavirus, Entrepreneurship, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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