The issues of public policies and aspirational incompatibilities first caught my interest during the Nigerian 2015 election cycle. At the time, trending social media hashtags (mainly on Twitter, now X): #babawhenyougetthere, #babanowthatyouarethere, and, on inauguration day, #changeishere, were used to articulate the aspirations and expectations of youth. I was interested in understanding the diverse aspirations …
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In July 2006, at the 7th ordinary AU summit held in Banjul, the Gambia, two months following the first ordinary session of the conference of Ministers in charge of Youth in the African Union (COMY 1), the Assembly of Heads of State and Government endorsed the African Youth Charter and declared the year 2008 as …
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- By Jocelyne Kamwanya Mwabi In South Africa, after nearly two decades of democracy there is a fear that the quality of education has decreased despite the huge investments made by the local and national government into the educations systems from the primary to the tertiary level. It is possible that in trying to rectify …
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Okolobi! 