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    This 82-year-old veteran journalist fulfills his 40-year-old dream, bags Ph.D. in Journalism from UNILAG

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    Wendy Okolo: 26-year-old Nigerian woman becomes first black woman to obtain PhD in Aerospace Engineering from University of Texas, wins US Government award

    Wendy Okolo: 26-year-old Nigerian woman becomes first black woman to obtain PhD in Aerospace Engineering from University of Texas, wins US Government award

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        Bristol Myers Squibb One Young World Scholarship 2023 (Fully Funded to attend the 2023 One Young World Summit in Belfast, Northern Ireland)

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        The Mawazo Institute Fellowship Programme 2023 for African women PhD students

        The Mawazo Institute Fellowship Programme 2023 for African women PhD students

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        Baker Hughes 12-months Graduate Internship Programme 2023 for young Africans.

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        AIMS South Africa/DeepMind AI for Science Master’s Scholarship Program 2023 for young Africans. (Fully Funded)

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        Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Founders Africa Program for women-led tech startups

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        The Jasiri Talent Investor Program 2023 for young East African Entrepreneurs.

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        Commonwealth Split-site Scholarships 2023/2024 (for low and middle-income countries) to Study in the United Kingdom (Fully Funded)

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        This 82-year-old veteran journalist fulfills his 40-year-old dream, bags Ph.D. in Journalism from UNILAG

        Wendy Okolo: 26-year-old Nigerian woman becomes first black woman to obtain PhD in Aerospace Engineering from University of Texas, wins US Government award

        Wendy Okolo: 26-year-old Nigerian woman becomes first black woman to obtain PhD in Aerospace Engineering from University of Texas, wins US Government award

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        32-year-old housemaid bags university degree after 12 years of caring for others

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        Nicole Lynn becomes first Black woman agent to represent an NFL quarterback in the Super Bowl

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        Young Nigerian Lady sets record, bags Bachelors degree at 19, Masters at 22 and PhD at 25 years old

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        Nigeria: Replacing imported baby foods with local production

        Kenyan company seeks to change the skincare game with Korean technology

        Kenyan company seeks to change the skincare game with Korean technology

        17-year-old genius who graduated from high school at age 11 is on set to bags her doctorate this year

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          32-year-old housemaid bags university degree after 12 years of caring for others

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          Nicole Lynn becomes first Black woman agent to represent an NFL quarterback in the Super Bowl

          Young Nigerian Lady sets record, bags Bachelors degree at 19, Masters at 22 and PhD at 25 years old

          Young Nigerian Lady sets record, bags Bachelors degree at 19, Masters at 22 and PhD at 25 years old

          Nigeria: Replacing imported baby foods with local production

          Nigeria: Replacing imported baby foods with local production

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          Kenyan company seeks to change the skincare game with Korean technology

          17-year-old genius who graduated from high school at age 11 is on set to bags her doctorate this year

          17-year-old genius who graduated from high school at age 11 is on set to bags her doctorate this year

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          Apply for the Komseko Social Entreprise program – Capacity Building, Networking, Support

          August 25, 2022
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          Apply for the Komseko Social Entreprise program – Capacity Building, Networking, Support

          GhanaThink has opened the call for applications for the Komseko Social Entreprise Training Program! This is being run as part of the Daring To Shift program by Digital Opportunity Trust. This training program will provide strategic and specialist advice, through a hybrid course with attendant support to upcoming Social Entrepreneurs and help them to establish impactful businesses within their communities and beyond.

          Application Deadline – August 31st 2022

          The Komseko Social Entreprise Training Program is looking to train youth working on a social entreprise idea/solution/organization, youth who want to improve their understanding and abilities as social entrepreneurs, youth passionate about solving societal problems, and others looking to engage others in the social entreprise space.

          GhanaThink’s Director – Ato Ulzen-Appiah – stated: “GhanaThink decided to become a social enterprise in 2013, operating like one at least. We would like to see more young people decide to run social entreprises in order to better sustain social impact work and create wealth for more beneficiaries and others in the impact space”.


          The GhanaThink Foundation is a social enterprise that mobilizes and organizes talent for the primary benefit of Ghana. Its vision is to build a critical mass of young patriotic, passionate, positive, proactive, progressive and productive people in Ghana.  It works in the youth empowerment space and we run mentoring, networking, volunteering and training programs. GhanaThink’s Komseko trains and supports youth in Ghana in various professional, topical and sectoral skills. It began in 2017 through a partnership with the Digital Opportunity Trust. Social entrepreneurs and other participant groups are trained in workshops, through online courses, etc. They are also mentored. The training is free. The program includes competitive aspects where the top ranked trainees are awarded prizes and other benefits. Some of the past trainees include Simeon Martey of Child Dream Foundation, Ivy Barley of Developers in Vogue, Michael Sedinam Tenu of XCel Packs, Fiifi Boahen of Pervita Social Hub, etc. Esperanza Yakubu, a member of the Komseko Program team – mentioned: “Ivy Barley’s social enterprise, Developers in Vogue emerged as the first place winner in 2017. Developers in Vogue received tremendous support from Komseko and DOT. To date, they have trained a significant number of women in tech. This Social Entreprise program is committed to train another batch of trailblazers in the social enterprise space”.  

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          For this 2022 program, 100+ budding social entrepreneurs would be beneficiaries, with support to create business models. The training (peer-2-peer and facilitated) would be via various courses, delivered virtually for all, and physically for a cross-section. A number of the trainees would receive some prototype funding and possible seed funding towards working on their solutions and organizations.

          Beneficiaries would develop the knowledge, skills, and abilities especially around these core competencies

          • Digital Literacy – Functional use of ICT in a professional context (i.e. for a job)
          • Gender Equality – Ability of people to recognise gender perspectives in their work and community, and concentrate on them towards the goal of gender equality
          • Entrepreneurship – The ability to develop, organize and manage a business venture along with any of its risks. It includes key characteristics that should be possessed by a person in order to successfully run a new venture.
          • Social Innovation – Human Centered Design Skills (iteration, testing and prototype), Impact Assessment, Pitching and Storytelling
          • 21st Century Skills – Skills, abilities, and learning dispositions that have been identified as being required for success in 21st century society – (4Cs) – Creativity, Collaboration, Communication and Critical Thinking

          Beneficiaries would partake in 3 broad courses, with attendant modules

          • Explore: Identify your own interests and abilities in the form of your personal compelling vision for change in your community.
          • Impact: Develop facilitation skills in service of delivering community capacity development programs. This learning plan includes a community deployment period.
          • Prototype: Turn your compelling vision for change into a social impact idea, and validate your assumptions in your community using a human-centered approach.

          The program begins on September 10, and runs through December 2022.  Applications are due by August 31, 2022 at 11:59 GMT. Interested youth within the ages of 18-35 can apply via this link – https://bit.ly/2022KomsekoSEApply
          Richmond Anane Elikplim (Komseko program lead) stated: The enterprise of today, makes money, makes the environment a better place and improves the lives of people. That enterprise is a SOCIAL ENTERPRISE” He added: “In 2017, we did 20 entrepreneurs, and in 2018, we did 24. This year, we are scaling bigger and looking to do 80 this september. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to learn more eview what we have done in the past. See you in September”.

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