Born and raised in Nigeria, Misan Rewane is no stranger to the challenges of education and social mobility in West Africa. When her parents, unable to ignore the education system's breakdown, were compelled to send her to the US for college, Misan resolved to play a role in transforming the region's education and skills development …
As a child, my friend Fola was good at math and excelled in the sciences and he wanted to be an engineer. But losing both his parents before the age of 15 changed everything. He was forced to adapt to a new and limited scope of opportunities available to him, both academically and financially. As …
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/t1BrvQ-Y5x8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Academic success and past job experience are not strong indicators of job performance, but it generally opens doors for individuals to acquire job interviews. Through the difficulties of life, individuals learn traits such as perseverance, creative thinking, communication and other critical skills that are difficult to indicate on a …
Earlier this week, we went on a speed date — yes, a real speed date — with some of the most talented change-makers from the developing world. It's the quirky way the Aspen Institute, an international leadership organization, introduces the global development champions from their New Voices Fellowship to the U.S. media every year. Journalists get 7 …
Each year, hundreds of thousands of graduates join a growing pool of unemployed and often unemployable young men and women in Nigeria. It is the greatest challenge of our era: creating jobs for the largest segment of our population. We know that the youth make up 65 percent of Africa’s population. What we, as a society, often …