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Press Release: Leila Janah Foundation Announces Winners of Sixth Annual Give Work Challenge
The challenge reflects the Foundation’s mission to create equal opportunities for women and youth in low-income communities in East Africa.
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- Agriculture, WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- nonprofits, poverty alleviation, waste, youth
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Report: International Youth Day: It’s Time to Empower Youth with Skills for the Future
This report outlines the concrete progress 10,000 young innovators, activists and entrepreneurs made over the year to deliver on projects.
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- Environment, Technology
- Region
- Global
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African Development Fund Approves US $16 Million for Youth Entrepreneurship Investment Bank in Liberia
The bank anticipates supporting over 30,000 youth-led businesses over the next 17 years.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Italy Contributes Eur 5.5 Million to African Development Bank Group’s Youth Entrepreneurship and Innovation Multi-Donor Trust Fund, to Foster Job Opportunities, Economic Growth
The African Development Bank founded the Youth Entrepreneurship and Innovation Multi-Donor Trust Fund in 2017, to promote innovation and entrepreneurship as well as to create durable and sustainable jobs for youth on the continent.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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New UNICEF-WHO Report Reveals More About Water Burden on Girls
In world quest for universal access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene, gender inequalities persist.
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- WASH
- Region
- Global
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- gender equality, water, youth
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Seedstars Youth Wellbeing Ventures Mandate to Invest $20 Million in Small African Companies
The aim of the funding is to improve the well-being of young people in low- and middle-income countries across the continent.
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- Finance, Health Care, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- employment, housing, philanthropy, sanitation, water, youth
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Press Release: World Bank Approves $100 Million to Support the Integration of Social Protection Services, Economic Inclusion and Resilience in the Dominican Republic
The loan will focus on youth and households headed by females.
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- Investing
- Region
- Latin America
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Press Release: Groundbreaking Fingo Africa App to Bring Financial Inclusion to Africa’s Youth
The new app, powered by Ecobank, is set to revolutionize financial inclusion for young people in Kenya and across Africa.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa