2025 Intake Open University of Kenya
2025 Intake Open University of Kenya

Youth Agenda

Voices Unleashed: Gen Z and the Dawn of a New Africa

In past decades, young people feared authority. The chief’s name alone could send tremors through a village. Police patrols, political rallies, and government offices evoked silence and obedience. Many parents, teachers, and politicians still try...

EAC Youth: Employ us Without Working Experience, we Promise to Learn on the Job

Across countries like Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, and others, many graduates leave universities and technical institutions full of hope, only to face the harsh reality of unemployment. Internship programmes, apprenticeships, and on-the-job training initiatives can...

Africa Youth Day: Youth Gather to Drive 21st-Century Progress

The event was both inspiring and action-oriented, providing a platform where African youth gathered to discuss and exchange ideas on how best to shape the continent’s future. Educating a 21st-century African youth goes beyond conventional...
Young African Entrepreneurs attending a workshop. They explored collaboration opportunities for the youth and personal development. PHOTO/Commonwealth.

Intellectual Growth: Inspiring curiosity, unlocking potential

The organization equips its audience with the tools and strategies to unlock their inner potential, navigate through life’s challenges, and continue growing and bettering themselves.  So many people have lost hope in life and have...
An e-poster of the coming SkillsFire Conference 2023 on December 2, hosted by Elvis Warutumo, a digital creator. The conference will provide skills and a networking platform for aspiring entrepreneurs and young people. E-POSTER/Elvis Warutumo.

From Job Scarcity to Digital Prosperity: Elvis Warutumo’s blueprint for youth entrepreneurship

Warutumo says he rose up the skills ladder singlehandedly and never had the privilege like the one he is giving, of mentorship. In a great extent, Warutumo reminds the young graduates and professionals that learning...

Minds empowered, opportunities unlocked as Top Talent Agency tour winds up

The tour, the second in 2023,  was graced by the presence of nine international speakers from the United States and other parts of the globe, representing a concoction of wisdom, inspiration, new perspectives, and...

How Budalangi jobless graduate transitioned to artwork for a living

By Joseph Otieno The rate of unemployment in Busia presently stands at 66.76 percent.  Despite several interventions, the creation of adequate, productive, and sustainable employment continues to be the greatest economic challenge for Busia. Mbalanga recalls a...

How two NGOs are nurturing youth talents in Busia

By Joseph Otieno Though many youths from Busia County have declined to come out and showcase their talents, a section of them with diverse talents have been banking on the same to earn their daily...

Sankale to Baringo Gov’t: Our future is of today’s youth, involve them for innovation

The occasion was graced by Sankale Ole Keis, a renowned Baringo youth, and the Director General Youth Senate Kenya, who hails from the Ilchamus community in Baringo County.  Sankale pointed out three major points focused...

Youth empowerment takes center stage at international event

According to a report by Youth Alive Kenya, about half of the population in Nairobi are youths.  The occasion was under the theme: Unification of youth voices as a catalyst for development in Africa. The celebrations were...