Preparing Africa’s youth for the digital economy and the future of work

A young Senegalese man types on a laptop outside.

By Martin Namaska

|October 24, 2019 

Africa is projected to experience a population growth of 1.3 billion people by 2050. An estimated 15 to 20 million increasingly well-educated young people are expected to join the African workforce every year for the next three decades. Delivering quality jobs to match in order to fully leverage on the continent’s demographic opportunity is set to be one of Africa’s defining challenges over the coming years.

Welcome to Community Engagement Forum(CEF)

Welcome to Community Engagement Forum(CEF)

        …. make impact right where you are

Introduction

Justification/Background:

Today, our communities are faced with development challenges on an unprecedented scale. They include poverty, poor sanitation, lack of access to credit, food insecurity, water scarcity, deplorable environmental and housing conditions, lack of jobs and unemployment, unrepaired roads and other critical services including health and education. In recent times, the scope, scale, and urgency of these problems have all sharply increased.

Community Engagement Forum (CEF)

Community Engagement Forum(CEF)

Introduction

Justification/Background:

Today, our communities are faced with development challenges on an unprecedented scale. They include poverty, poor sanitation, lack of access to credit, food insecurity, water scarcity, deplorable environmental and housing conditions, lack of jobs and unemployment, unrepaired roads and other critical services including health and education. In recent times, the scope, scale, and urgency of these problems have all sharply increased.

Community Participation in Health Programs or Self-care?

Lisa M. Gilchrist

Monday, 14 January 2019

General

Submitted by Maryam Ahmadian
Affiliate Faculty
George Mason University
IACD&CDS Board Member and Director

Community participation does not only represent taking part in an action planned by health care professionals in a top-down approach. The concepts of health promotion, self-care and community participation also developed during in 1970s in the developed countries.

2019 Community Solutions Initiative (CSI) for Students and Fresh Graduates Nation-wide.