The Foundation is pleased to announce its newest Youth Learning initiative – The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program. This $500 million … More
Category: MDG8
What I learnt at the #KofiAnnan Dialogue: Live
By Biodun Awosusi The #KofiAnnan Dialogue just ended. It was deeply inspiring for me to listen to young people from … More
Thirty sub-Saharan African Countries record accelerated progress towards the MDGs
Thirty sub-Saharan African countries appear to have accelerated progress towards meeting the millennium development goals (MDGs) over the past three … More
Progress on the MDGs Requires an Obsession for Tracking Results
In the lead up to the UN General Assembly, the Skoll World Forum partnered with Johnson & Johnson, the United … More
MDGs: FG, States Lift 56, 000 Rural Poor Nigerians Out Of Poverty
A total of 56,000 indigent Nigerians will practically walk out of poverty, while a total of 224, 000 children of … More
Ten Innovations Changing Africa
Ten Innovations Changing Africa Africa is changing so fast and technology plays a key role. In this infograph, Matthew Gloud … More
Debt Relief Savings, Inadequate for MDGs
Ms. Amina Mohammed, United Nations (UN) Secretary General on Post-2015 Development Planning The Special Adviser to the United Nations (UN) … More
UN Secretary General urges greater action in Africa to meeting anti-poverty, sustainability goals
Now is the time for African countries, development partners and the international community to boost action towards achieving the anti-poverty … More
Nigerian House Speaker Urges Africa’s Parliamentarians To Fast-track MDGs Realisation
Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has called on parliaments across Africa to put in … More
Youth Unemployment in Africa: Causes, Effects and Solutions
Addressing the youth unemployment in Africa requires an integrated holistic approach. Shortcuts will not work. The World Bank 2008 report … More
Financing for Development in Africa 