UNESCO Invites Young People to Help Reimagine Education and Learning

Reimagining Education and Learning from Youth: “How can education contribute towards just, healthy, sustainable and peaceful futures for all?”

Rahama Wright, the Female Entrepreneurship Icon at Promote 2019

The 7^th edition of the International Fair of Enterprise, SME and Partnership (Promote 2019 Tade Fair) was held from February 16 to 24, 2019 at the Yaounde Congress Centre, under the patronage of President Paul Biya, with the generic theme “Business Trend and Sustainable Development, Energy and Societal Economy”.

This is how Nigerian Youth is building a more Inclusive Society via Civic Technology

Since 2018, a research, development and maker’s hub known as Vilsquare Global Resources Ltd. is running a community program called National Hackathon Series, an example to reinforce the “living together” in societies with huge diversity.

Digital Literacy in Africa: Empowering the young age for a stronger next generation

The fast evolution of ICTs foreshadows a future of the world with digital preponderance, but the digital divide remains large, especially in the Global South. This makes it urgent to adopt good strategies for achieving in the near or distant future, a digital world that is both inclusive and equitable for all the humankind’s layers.

How will Open Data help building a more Sustainable society in Africa throught Internet Freedom? Insights from FIFAfrica18

“Open Data remains a luxury reserved for better connected communities, and people having free access to internet.”

As the UN World Data Forum 2018 is currently taking place, hosted by Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority, of United Arab Emirates from 22 to 24 October 2018, it is accurate to  question the impact of data on building better societies.

Les enjeux d’un Cadre juridique spécifique aux énergies renouvelables au Cameroun

La question de développement est étroitement liée à celle de la maîtrise de l’énergie dont les contours modernes intègrent le concept de durabilité. Très longtemps, dans les civilisations anciennes, la priorité était donnée aux énergies conventionnelles telles que le charbon, le pétrole et les grands barrages hydroélectriques qui ont toutes montré des limites en termes de la protection de l’environnement et de l’économie des ressources naturelles.

By Carlos NGOUFACK, Environmental Law Expert, Sustainable Development Policy Analyst

Cameroon: Tackling Energy Shortage and Poverty by regulating Renewable Energy

POLICY BRIEF

“Despite the developments contained in the law N ° 2011/022 of 14 December 2011 governing the electricity sector, a real legal vacuum can still be indexed regarding renewable energies, for the section devoted to it in the law is followed by neither implementing texts nor a real operational impetus from the government.”

By Simone Toussi Tiofack|

REDUCTION DU DEFICIT D’ENERGIE au Cameroun : réorienter les initiatives sous le prisme des OMD

“Il suffirait simplement d’accorder de la primauté aux projets qui visent une exploitation du potentiel national en sources d’énergies propres, non rares et renouvelables, d’orienter les projets vers la mise en oeuvre des prescriptions du PANERP, en adoptant de mesures peu coûteuses, concrètes et accessibles en termes de technologie.”

By Simone Toussi Tiofack

“Power. Progress. Change.” Advancing Debate on Gender Equality

Women Deliver 2019 Conference, world’s largest conference on gender equality and health, rights, and well-being of girls and women will take place from 3rd to 6th June 2019 in Vancouver, Canada. From keynotes to social enterprise pitches, workshops to film festivals, it will give countless opportunities to engage, gather inspiration, and build a more gender equal world.