Africa Renewal: April 2018 - July 2018
Cover Story
African youth demand a seat at the table
Voices of young Africans are becoming difficult to ignore
Youth Leadership
The hashtag revolution gaining ground
Africa’s millennials are using technology to drive change
Nurturing young leaders
Training young African leaders can take societies to great heights
Youth can be agents of positive change
— Jayathma Wickramanayake, UN youth envoy
Music: Nigeria’s new export
Naija beats topping international charts, but dividends are “scattered”
Youth Profile
Raphael Obonyo: From poverty to the pinnacles of power
A Kenyan boy’s odyssey
Phumzile Van Damme: A young MP with a mission
Standing up for women’s rights in South Africa’s parliament
Gwendolyn Myers: A peace advocate
Mobilising the young for peace and development
Eric Kaduru: Agripreneur with a passion
Changing youth mindsets about commercial agriculture
William Elong: An ICT innovator
Scaling up drone manufacture for a global market
Gogontlejang Phaladi: A social change activist
“Stand up, rise up and push forward.… Refuse to be silent”
Also
Bringing rural women to the frontline
— Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Women executive director
Africa could be the next frontier for cryptocurrency
Experts say conditions on the continent are great for virtual currency
UN signals new era of partnership with Africa
Increased attention may prevent conflict on the continent
Cape Town water taps running dry
South Africa’s second biggest city averts a water crisis—for now
South African tourism holding steady
Tourists undeterred amid reports of historic water crisis in the country’s second largest city
Liberia
Mission accomplished: 15 years of peacekeeping success in Liberia
As the last contigents of peacekeepers depart, UN promises to remain engaged
How we disarmed Liberian fighters
— Lt. Gen. Daniel Opande
How we disarmed Liberian fighters
— Lt. Gen. Daniel Opande
Women: Liberia’s guardians of peace
The role of women in bringing and sustaining peace lauded globally