News
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Top 30 teams announced for BeChangeMaker Africa 2021
Over five hundred teams from 40 African countries applied for the popular social entrepreneur competition and training programme.
23 September 2021
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Technical Delegate from Kenya becomes Worlddidac Ambassador
Global education resources trade association Worlddidac appoints WorldSkills Kenya Technical Delegate Peter Monari to be Ambassador for Africa.
21 September 2021
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Entrepreneurs using their skills to upskill refugees
Winners of BeChangeMaker Africa 2020, Invicta adjust their business to help hundreds of refugees.
9 August 2021
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Global Industry Partner Vcom supports skill development in Africa
Vcom, China’s Guangzhou Technician College (GZTC), and the Inter-University Council of East Africa (ICCEA) have begun a new partnership.
23 July 2021
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African Union hosts BeChangeMaker Africa information session on 15 July
Hear from past winners and get first-hand insights to help develop your application for this year’s BeChangeMaker Africa.
14 July 2021
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BeChangeMaker Africa team brings community water testing to Uganda and Zambia
Team RUWAFIKI from Uganda have developed four prototypes of their project and carried out community testing in Uganda and Zambia.
20 May 2021
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Young team of Ethiopian entrepreneurs win BeChangeMaker Africa
The first BeChangeMaker Africa saw entrepreneurs from across the continent share their social enterprise ideas.
24 September 2020
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BeChangeMaker Africa Entrepreneurs make their live pitch debut
Five teams of brilliant and creative young people are about to discover which of them will be crowned the first BeChangeMaker Africa.
17 September 2020
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BeChangeMaker launches in Africa
BeChangeMaker Africa is an online training programme that combines social entrepreneurship and the power of skills to inspire action on global challenges.
9 April 2020
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Skill development takes its next big step in Africa
Next October a group of 150 young men and women will gather in a small but picturesque city on the Atlantic coast of Africa in a test of their vocation skills and training.
20 December 2019