Articles on Education
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"Reiterating the Relevance of Mental Health DISCOURSE in Uganda and Sierra Leone” “Mental illness is gradually becoming another Corruption or Governance Crisis in Africa”. Understanding the adverse effect of mental…
An Inter-Generational Governance System: Securing Young People’s Future
Over the years, young people in Uganda have been referred to as dreamless dreamers, impulsive, entitled, hedonistic, impatient folks. They have been sidelined and diminished to beneficiaries- flouting their legal…
How To Use The Internet To Improve Your Skills and Finally Find a Job
Image by RF Studio Finding a job is not easy for Rwandan college students and graduates. You spend years in school hoping that by the time you graduate, you will…
The Ones We Left Behind : A Case For Education Accessibility In Refugee Camps.
(Source: Flickr-Yothin Insuk) "Education, for me, has been the only hope that continues to drive me forward. It has been the only thing I look to, to change; my life,…
We Need to Talk! The Indigenous Way
Trio Da Kali are Griots from the Mande culture During the pre-colonial period, oral stories in the form of folklores were familiar amongst many African households. The stories told had ancestral…
Unemployment Crisis within the Giant of Africa
Image source: Nigeria, popularly known as the giant of Africa, has seen its fair share of Glory and trouble. Renowned for its massive economic growth, Nigeria (which is currently the…
Learning Disabilities: What is there to know?
“I can’t change the direction of the wind, I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination”- Jimmy Dean. (Schoeman, 2018) As we grow up, we are often told…
Adolescent Pregnancy: What the High Rates Reveal about Our Society
“He pressured me to drink and introduced me to drugs. We then had intercourse, and he impregnated me.” Source: UNICEF What do we know about adolescent pregnancy? First, let’s understand…
Future Class Norm #1: All Hands on Tech!
Students in Somalia ( @HelpYateem twitter, 2017) The conversations discussing digitization (part of the third industrial revolution), Artificial Intelligence (herein also referred to as AI), and other technologies referred to…
Workforce Development in Africa: The Race of Our Lifetime
(Source: Africa Renewal) Demographic indicators and predictions tell us that Africa's population is bursting with the largest proportion of its people classified as youth. As technology adoption on the continent…