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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

Reaching out to new markets and opportunities requires skills, experience, and networks that are usually developed by those who have studied abroad. Most young people can’t afford to study abroad without government subsidies or scholarships. It is not a surprise that the unemployment rate is 5.20%.

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My Water Pilgrimage:

Austin Startup

I learned that NEWAH was dealing with some bureaucratic red tape (read: government corruption), and that they were having issues getting projects approved. I’ve since formulated a hypothesis that, similar to communication networks, water networks and infrastructure inevitably has to evolve from a centralized to a decentralized topology.

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