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

africapublicityDecember 5, 202406 mins

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…

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

africapublicityAugust 13, 202406 mins

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…