Africa Rural Connect (ARC)

Africa Rural Connect (ARC) is an experiment in global collaboration. We put our collective thoughts together to assemble the best business plans for agricultural development in Sub-Saharan Africa. We suggest that the people who have lived or worked in Sub-Saharan Africa offer their perspectives or expertise to help women farmers and improve the livelihoods of […]

Digital Lifestyle of Connected Nigerians

Originally posted by Gbenga Sesan, here. Enjoy! In 2000, Nigeria reportedly had less than 200,000 internet users. The number grew to about 200,000 in 2001; about 400,000 in 2002; jumped to 1.61 million in 2003 and, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission, there were 1.8 million internet users in 2004. The most recent figure (2007) […]

Research: Digital Lifestyles of Nigerians

Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN) and Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) are conducting a research into the lifestyles of Nigerians connected to the internet tagged: Digital Lifestyles of Connected Nigerians (DLCN). The research consists of a brief survey in the first instance and may involve several follow up activities to help us identify how […]

Released: Lekan Oshunkoya’s Now that You are a Graduate

Olamilekan Oshunkoya, Nigeria‘s only representative to the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Leadership program in cyprus has completed and released a graduate empowerment manual titled: Now that you are a Graduate. The 227 paged book addresses such interesting issues as success habits to covet, CV writting, Job hunting and Interview tips, all of which are important to […]

Stand Up and Take Action!

In 2006, 23 million people stood up, in 2007 47 million people, last year 116 million people Stood Up and Took Action. Let’s break the record again this year and send a louder message than ever – achieve the Millennium Developments. Why Stand Up and Take Action in 2009? For the fourth year in a […]

Social networks…(I)

I have been meaning to write and share about social networks and how they can be put to advantage by people who work in development but… A friend however recomended for me this link which addresses some of the issues I want to call attention to. Please follow the link and see if you ganer […]

Vanguard online:First public high school web portal for Niger State

By Emeka Aginam   (04 March 2009) Originally posted here.  A batch A 2008 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Mr. Oluwakorede Asuni   has successfully launched the first public high school web portal in Niger State – www.GovernmentSecondarySchoolMX.org.  The system, which was created for the Government Secondary School Minna Niger State, where Mr. Asuni is […]

Official Release

Official Release:   www.OluwakoredeAsuni.com Youth Corp Member Conceived, Designed and Transfers First Public School Web-portal in Niger State, Nigeria Oluwakorede Asuni, a batch A 2008 youth corp member completing his primary assignment at the Government Secondary School, Minna, Niger State has completed the design and implementation of a school web portal for Government Secondary School, Minna. […]

Do you have a good grasp of issues of REPRESENTATION?

What ever your response is, attending the The 4th Global Youth Conference 2009 tagged “Understanding Representation: Legislative, people, power and participation”  scheduled to hold between the 2nd and the 3rd of March 2009 at the British Council Abuja, will sure shore up your knowledge base and set you apart to effect and support change! Please read […]