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Africa: Growing Potential of Digital Jobs for African Youths
October 1, 2013 Editor 0
[allAfrica]Washington, DC -The phrases “impact sourcing” and “business process outsourcing”- or BPO – are just jargon to most people. But they describe a model of doing business that advocates say could provide 780 thousand new jobs in the next two years – many to Africa’s “youth bulge” of unemployed young people – by providing training, […]
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How We Can Create Digital Jobs for African Youth
July 18, 2013 Editor 0
At the Technology Salon on “How Can We Create Digital Jobs for African Youth?” our discussion was led by Lauren Dawes, who leads the GSMA’s Mobiles for Employment team, and Lillian Chege from the Rockefeller Foundation’s Digital Jobs Africa program. The GSMA will release a study on Mobiles for Youth Employment in July, and Rockefeller […]
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Microsoft’s game plan: Help today’s youth prepare for tomorrow’s jobs
May 1, 2013 Editor 0
Microsoft’s Akhtar Badshah will be speaking at Mercy Corps May 2. See below for event details and ticket information. An evolving job market and outdated education system has left millions of youth around the world without the skills or opportunities to get a decent job after graduation. Microsoft wants to change that. There […]
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Identifying Digital Opportunities for African Youth
February 14, 2013 Editor 0
While global leaders met in Davos last month at the World Economic Forum focused on Resilient Dynamism, The Rockefeller Foundation hosted a meeting in New York focused on how African youth can be resilient in a dynamic global economy. We brought together a diverse group of representatives from the information and communication technology (ICT) sector including Accenture, Microsoft, […]
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How Is Technology Causing Breakthroughs in Youth Economic Opportunity?
October 24, 2011 Editor 0
At the Making Cents International’s Global Youth Economic Opportunities Conference, the youth and ICTs panel mentioned a few of the many areas where new technologies can be integrated in youth development work.
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Seven Tips for Successful Youth Technology Programs
October 17, 2011 Editor 0
I am Chris Coward and I recently attended a conference on Youth, Partnerships, Employability: From Innovation to Scale, hosted by the International Youth Foundation. I moderated a session on “The role of technology in helping youth at risk gain access to information, skills and resources.” This session centered on a presentation by Javier Lasida who […]
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