Happy New Year. As far away as 2020 can possibly be mentally shut away, finally, we’ve made it into a new year – a reason enough for gratitude. But what a year 2020 was! What a mess… I’m sure most of us would very much like to forget about last year, and the C word, …
Africa
Who benefits from Malawi’s Mangoes?
I stumbled upon a discussion on Facebook about dried Mangoes originating from Malawi – which are being sold in some UK Supermarkets. I have known that dried Mangoes from Malawi are being sold across the world for some time, but I seem not to have given it much thought until now. Among the comments on …
Creating opportunities for young people.
Many Young people in the third world struggle to access capital because they do not have collateral, they do not have access to seasoned business advice/assistance (to help with things like writing credible business plans and identifying niches) and because they lack the social and political connections to access moneyed folk. Unlike most western economies …
Global Youth Unemployment
Global Youth Unemployment is a serious issue which most countries are grappling with. Unfortunately its something that does not receive sufficient attention that it should. In Africa, the situation is even more critical as even larger economies like those of South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco and Kenya have sizable youth unemployment rates (See here) …
Bicycle Appeal
We have launched a Bicycle Appeal designed to help us raise funds for our programmes. It’s really simple! All you have to do is contact us if you have a bicycle that you do not use (whether it’s in working order or not) or which you wish to donate to our cause! We’ll collect it …