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Africa Renewal

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

By Busani Bafana

Youth Leadership

The hashtag revolution gaining ground

Africa’s millennials are using technology to drive change

By Eleni Mourdoukoutas
Nurturing young leaders

Training young African leaders can take societies to great heights

By Franck Kuwonu
Youth can be agents of positive change

— Jayathma Wickramanayake, UN youth envoy

By Zipporah Musau
Music: Nigeria’s new export

Naija beats topping international charts, but dividends are “scattered”

By Franck Kuwonu

Youth Profile

Raphael Obonyo: From poverty to the pinnacles of power

A Kenyan boy’s odyssey

By Raphael Obonyo
Phumzile Van Damme: A young MP with a mission

Standing up for women’s rights in South Africa’s parliament

By Gayane Alikhanyan
Gwendolyn Myers: A peace advocate

Mobilising the young for peace and development

By Gwendolyn Myers
Eric Kaduru: Agripreneur with a passion

Changing youth mindsets about commercial agriculture

By Shu Zhang
William Elong: An ICT innovator

Scaling up drone manufacture for a global market

By Franck Kuwonu
Gogontlejang Phaladi: A social change activist

“Stand up, rise up and push forward.… Refuse to be silent”

By Shu Zhang

Also

Bringing rural women to the frontline

— Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Women executive director

By Kingsley Ighobor
Africa could be the next frontier for cryptocurrency

Experts say conditions on the continent are great for virtual currency

By Pavithra Rao
UN signals new era of partnership with Africa

Increased attention may prevent conflict on the continent

By Lansana Gberie
Cape Town water taps running dry

South Africa’s second biggest city averts a water crisis—for now

By Masimba Tafirenyika
South African tourism holding steady

Tourists undeterred amid reports of historic water crisis in the country’s second largest city

By Kerry Dimmer

Liberia

Mission accomplished: 15 years of peacekeeping success in Liberia

As the last contigents of peacekeepers depart, UN promises to remain engaged

By Kingsley Ighobor
How we disarmed Liberian fighters

— Lt. Gen. Daniel Opande

By Zipporah Musau and Kingsley Ighobor
How we disarmed Liberian fighters

— Lt. Gen. Daniel Opande

By Zipporah Musau and Kingsley Ighobor
Women: Liberia’s guardians of peace

The role of women in bringing and sustaining peace lauded globally

By Franck Kuwonu