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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

At the same time, 75% of all university graduates in Kenya and Nigeria are likely to be unemployed for up to 5 years after graduation. Most young people can’t afford to study abroad without government subsidies or scholarships. Kenya: Youth Fund Targets Young People in Business Start-Up Loans Plan.

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Founders Interview: Atlas Group London – ConstructionTech Transforming Healthcare

The Startup Magazine

Governments are prioritizing healthcare projects now, more than ever. Maha : In 2014, we visited the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Northern Kenya as part of a Gates Foundation/United Nations led initiative to build schools & clinics for the community. What is the key question you are addressing? Quality control?

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10 Amazing Microfinance Success Stories

YoungUpstarts

In two years she has hired eight full-time employees, secured lucrative government contracts, and is able to support seven households besides her own in Amman. Joyce Wafukho, Kenya. After five years of being turned down by lenders, she approached the Kenya Women Finance Trust for a $680 loan. Lidia Calzado, U.S.

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Out of the Crisis #19: Revolution Foods co-founders on feeding kids and families, being parent-entrepreneurs, and scaling food security innovations

Startup Lessons Learned

and in the early days of the national school lunch program, when it first was established in the 1940s, it was really a lot about hiring local people to cook onsite at schools. How can people know what the governance is, or how do you address that issue as it's come up, as you've engaged with your community stakeholders?

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

As I watched the new CEO hire and fire 3 regional VP’s I finally sat him down. Although I had worked for many years before, had a degree and now a post-graduate certificate no one was hiring me. I had previously worked at an executive level in the government, specialising in international relations. 13) Promote Myself.

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Neurodiversity: Marie O’Riordan on the sense of belonging

Transformify

‘’Diversity Hiring’’ series features world diversity and inclusion leaders and their thoughts on diversity recruitment, cultural diversity and equality. To me, diversity hiring is about acknowledging the unique strengths of candidates and the value they can add to the organization.