Youth Aid Development Foundation

  The City of Ibadan witnessed one of the most  impactful  and life-transforming event at the 2016 International Youth Summit and Leadership Conference. The Young African Diplomats Network, a youth and social development organization- established in 2014 with the aim of building the leadership capacity of youths in Urban and rural communities towards making them global citizens and leaders, hosted the maiden edition of The International Youth Summit and Leadership Conference (IYSLC). The conference was held on Wednesday 30th of November, 2016 at the American Corner Ibadan, tagged "The Impact of Good Governance and the Role of Young Nigerians as Global Shapers."

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) will begin accepting requests for the third round of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. The Programme is the Foundation’s 10-year, US$100 million commitment to training, mentoring and funding 10,000 African entrepreneurs. The application portal will be open until   midnight   (WAT),   March 1, 2017 . Entrepreneurs must complete the online application and selection is on a rolling basis, so early application is encouraged.

Youth Aid Development Initiative will be hosting the 2016 International Youth Conference and Leadership Summit for Young Leaders, Professionals, Startups, Entrepreneurs, NGO founders, Students leaders, and Delegates from corporate organizations. The program will be a robust, power-packed and high-level session facilitating Learning, Networking, and Mentorship

Trending Topic: Many people strongly believe that academic qualification is overrated. Why is this important? There is confusion about whether or not education guarantees success in life. Educated or not, everybody has a role to play on earth and the most important thing is we can all strive to make the world a better place (if we choose to). Long Story Popular American rapper, Killermike once said; “education’s become a pipeline to prison, simply a tool used for mass incarceration, call it the new plantation, call it the new era of slavery...” 

Anglican Grammar School Orita-Mefa, Total Garden, Ibadan, Oyo State on Thursday, 11th of February, 2016 witnessed a re-awakening and life-changing moment after experiencing the Career Development and Skill Empowerment Series (CDSES) organized by Youth Aid Development Initiative. With over 350 senior secondary school students in attendance comprising of S.S.S 1,2&3 Arts,Commercial and Science students, Youth Aid Dev.trained students in quintessential reading, writing and study skill as well as providing counselling sevices to help students gain clarity and excellence in different career paths.

On Thursday, 4th of February, 2016, an awareness campaign and training session  on Leadership, Potential Development and Effective Study Habit-the second for year 2016 was held  at Corner Stone International School, G.R.A Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.  Over 200 senior secondary students from the Commercial, Sciences and Art classes participated.

I'm sure we've all heard the story of Jumoke the bread seller who rose from grass to fame. Well, here are 7 top business lessons from her story you could find useful.... 1. Never let your degree limit you. Jumoke learnt the trade of hair dressing. In her home city, Ire, she's known to be a hairdresser. Two weeks ago, she was known to be a bread seller around Sabo, Lagos.

The Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJWBGSP) will begin taking applications February 10, 2016 . The program is open to women and men from developing countries with professional experience and a history of supporting their countries’ development efforts. This program enables mid-career professionals from developing countries to access the latest techniques and knowledge through graduate studies at universities worldwide. It was established over 25 years ago as part of the special Policy and Human Resources Fund set up by the government of Japan to support the development of human resources in less developed countries

‎For too long, access to quality higher education has been limited. Things have now changed. UNICAF Scholarships can help you, do not miss this opportunity!

The Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS) is pleased to announce that applications for the North and West Africa Regional Civic Education Workshop in Elections and Governance are now open. The workshop will take place on the 19th - 20th April 2016 in Dakar, Senegal.

Trending News: Corporate managers now blame the lack of productivity in their organisations on their workforce Why is this important? The earlier the manager/leader discovers the root of the problem, the better it is for the organisation Long Story Short: There are no horrible workers but horrible bosses!!! Long Story There are many unputdownable books on leadership and corporate management

The Young African Diplomats Network(YADN); an initiative that promotes social development, humanitarianism, Youth development and good governance organised the Youth Diplomats Forum and Free Capacity Building for Secondary Schools. This event took place on Monday ,18th of January, 2016 at the Orogun Grammar School,  Ibadan Oyo State, Nigeria. The theme of the training was Effective Communication, Excellent Reading/Writing Skill and Leadership.

Zika is a disease caused by Zika virus that is spread to people primarily through the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito. The most common symptoms of Zika are fever, rash, joint pain, and conjunctivitis (red eyes). The illness is usually mild with symptoms lasting for several days to a week. The Zika virus is a mosquito-transmitted infection related to dengue, yellow fever and West Nile virus.

The Yale Young Global Scholars Program (YYGS) is offering six financial need-based scholarships for high school students from the African continent to attend YYGS this summer at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. The scholarship will cover tuition, airfare and travel expenses to the program. The Yale Young Global Scholars Program is open to students who have one or two years of secondary school remaining, and offers six unique two-week sessions. The program is a rigorous academic experience, featuring lectures from renowned Yale faculty.

Trending News: It is now compulsory for Nigerian corporations (Public &Private) to comply with the Codes of Corporate Governance Why is this important? To ensure the economic stability of the country, to protect the interest of the least person in the society, the corporations, their employees, customers and shareholders

There is one big thing missing in our Society, it’s the one thing which I believe can make our society O.K – the basic truth about these aspect is that this one thing doesn’t cost us nothing, we don’t even have to pay. The explanation lies on the understanding of doing the Right Thing Every day. Yes, we all have failed in the respect of doing the right thing. Explaining this alignment is a simple one, we all have forgotten that we all are the aspirant of making our world a better place (O.K). The Problem I foresee is the inability to choose or do the right thing, things that would better our society. Despite that we all see and acknowledge several things that are bad or incompatible within our society we choose not to correct it, all we do is focus on our very own personal gain.

 For a while now, I have been thinking about writing something on learning to say NO because very often I get to see people say YES to everything and anything. YES to things that get them annoyed, things they do not like. YES to going out with people that they do not enjoy being with.

Lassa fever is caused by a virus that is found in West Africa. It was first discovered in 1969 in Lassa, Nigeria when two missionary nurses died. Lassa fever is mainly found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, and Nigeria and is spread by rats. Other neighboring countries are also at risk because the type of rat that spreads the virus is also found throughout the West African region.

 One of the greatest achievements in life is self-mastery and peace of mind. Your peace is still one of the most important goals you should aim to achieve in life. Oftentimes, we unwittingly starve ourselves of joy and happiness by holding tenaciously to crippling beliefs,  past hurts and ill-fated grievances. For a fact, two things seem constant in life: