Bros…#enough-is-enough!
Bros your ranting are seriously resembling that of a sycophant (the same genre of people who have led past leaders astray and currently leading Jonathan). We trusted your vision to provide some sort of direction for young people in Nigeria being one yourself, now, all of a sudden you have gone partisan (there is no […]
Restoring Nigeria
In case you do not know, there is a gathering storm in Nigeria and young people are at the centre of the crusade for a better Nigeria. A simple Google search will reveal a myriad of sources of information on the many things young people are doing to save their fatherland (motherland if you choose) […]
We, the youth of Nigeria…
The following was circulated about an hour ago by concerned young people in Nigeria. I support the demands being a young person myself desirous of change and development in my fatherland. I have included my name in the signature below and I implore you to add your voice and acts to this campaign. Nigeria is […]
Reflections on ‘things’ from the IGF09
Titans from the academe, industry, civil society and the in betweens (we cannt always categorize everybody) are gathered amongst the pyramids of Egypt at the IGF 2009 conference to discuss the future of information managment and sharing – hope google is represented! As should be expected, in a gathering of such magnitude there will be […]
MJ’s THIS IT
Originally written, October 28th and then forgotten until now. Spent a while (and you can add a fortune too :)) seeing Michael Jackson’s This Is It, which premiers from today in cinemas worldwide. I could not help but conclude that Michael was a bunch of talent and deep thinking giving his calculated dance steps, deliberate […]
Message from: Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of United Nations (UN)
The theme of this year’s International Youth Day -Sustainability: Our Challenge. Our Future- is a global call to action for young men and women. Our world faces multiple interconnected crises with severe and far-reaching impacts that fall disproportionately on the young. In 2007, for example, youth comprised 25 per cent of the world’s working age […]
Message from: Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO
In the midst of a series of unprecedented crises affecting the lives of young people all around the world, the theme for this year’s International Youth Day ‘Sustainability: our challenge, our future’ could not be more relevant. Sustainability refers to three facets of life which are all affected by the current turmoil: the environment, society […]
Humanizing Development:
How do you see development? How can you portrait the human face of the development processes? How do you show that development initiatives and programmes improve the lives of people? This Global Photography Campaign, of which CIVICUS is a partner, aims to show examples of people winning the battle against poverty, social exclusion and marginalization. […]
Creating your Soundlides
Soundlide a coinage from the two words sound and slide (as in presentations) is an alternative to video. As you may be well aware it is important to keep documentary records of one’s activities as a social entrepreneur at least to remind yourself someday how far you have come and serve as guide to others […]
Financial Industry Receives 10 Times More Money in 1 year than Poor Countries Receive in 49 Years
Ahead of UN General Assembly’s high-level summit on the economic crisis on June 24-26, UN Millennium Campaign says new analysis indicates that finding money for aid is a matter of political will – not lack of resources – and calls on donors to finally meet their aid commitments June 23, 2009 – The United Nations […]