Hands Across the World Launches with Heartfelt Donation to Ghanaian School, Pledges Brighter Future for African Youth

Cape Coast, Ghana – In a moving display of commitment to education and community development, the newly established non-governmental organization, *Hands Across the World*, officially launched its operations by donating a set of chairs and tables to St. Augustine’s Practice Junior High School (JHS) on Thursday, January 23rd, 2025. The donation marks the beginning of…

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Driving Change Through Innovation for the Africa We Deserve: Musings from 2024’s Youth Connekt

  By Prince Amedor, Project Assistant (UNV) in Ghana Every year, the largest youth gathering in Africa brings together thousands of young people from across the continent to connect, collaborate, and drive change. The 2024 Youth Connekt Summit, held in Kigali, Rwanda, saw about 20,000 youth delegates from 30 African countries in attendance. Under the theme “Jobs for…

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African youth are committed to democracy but express greater dissatisfaction than their elders, Afrobarometer inaugural flagship report reveals

  African youth prefer democracy to any kind of authoritarian alternative but are more likely than their elders to be dissatisfied with the way democracy works in their countries, Afrobarometer’s inaugural flagship report shows. The report, the first in what will be an annual series on high-priority topics, distils findings from data spanning more than…

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