This entrepreneur is on a mission to provide every young Cameroonian with employment

As a child and a teenager, I witnessed first-hand the effects of bad governance especially with regards to youth unemployment. I always wondered in the stillness of my mind, how I, a little girl from Bamenda could one day be the change that I sought. Determined to excel in the most competitive international environments, I decided to pursue my tertiary education at the London School of Economics (LSE) after winning a scholarship awarded to one student from Sub-Saharan Africa once every three years.

I'm from one of Belize's poorest districts - This is what I'm doing to support my community

My name is Juan Bol, a Maya youth from Toledo, Belize, the southernmost region in the country. Belize is a country with one of the highest indices of poverty in the world. The poverty rate is highest in the Toledo district, which includes a sizeable population of indigenous subsistence farming families, mine included. This indigenous subset alone accounts for 40% of the nation’s poor (The Caribbean Development Bank Poverty Assessment Report, 2012).

It's Anti-Racism Week in South Africa - are we any closer to ending it?

The end of March will mark exactly a year since icon, struggle stalwart, leader and mentor close to many of our hearts, Ahmed Kathrada, or as many fondly know him,Uncle Kathy, passed on. An imminent void has been left as we mark the annual Anti-Racism campaign aimed at tackling the root causes of divide in South Africa’s democracy over the past two decades.

One Young World & Vanity Fair host Advertising Week Europe Opening Gala event

One Young World (OYW) will co-host the spectacular Opening Gala for one of the world’s most prestigious media and business events, Advertising Week Europe, which takes place in London this week.

In partnership with Vanity Fair, One Young World will host a gathering of some of the world’s most influential media figures who will gather at Vogue House, the British headquarters of publisher Condé Nast tonight. Executives from companies including Google, Facebook, Snapchat and LinkedIn are expected to attend.

Want to make an impact in your company? This Social Intrapreneurship report will tell you how

This article was authored by Lydia Rollinson*

The One Young World Ambassador community comprises some of the most innovative and exciting young minds from all corners of the globe who are changing the way that governments, institutions and corporates approach everything. For the longest time, many have believed that corporate profit-making and doing good for society and the environment are totally antithetical. But at the Circle of Young Intrapreneurs, we want to show the opposite.

Building a generation of entrepreneurs in one of the Caribbean’s poorest nations

Coming from the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti, Marc Alain Boucicault won a Fulbright Scholarship and has had a career in International Development, working with the World Bank and the Interamerican Development Bank. But he has found his true vocation by founding and building Banj, an entrepreneurial hub for his fellow young Haitians.

In this latest #OYW ‘How-to’, Marc shares his 8 tips to building his success:

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