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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
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Ghana becomes 81st Member of WorldSkills
It is with great pleasure that we announce Ghana as the 81st Member of WorldSkills International.
18 June 2019
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WorldSkills and African Union improve access to skills development
An exciting new vision for skills training in Africa is at the heart of a historic agreement between WorldSkills International and the African Union.
11 February 2019
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WorldSkills Kigali Africa 2018 Regional Competition - first continental platform for Africa
WorldSkills Kigali Africa 2018, the first ever continental Competition in Africa, brought together young skilled professionals from six countries for two and half days of intensive competition.
28 November 2018
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Skills Development in Africa
When Bruno Karaerua was in his house in rural Namibia doing his homework by candlelight he used to dream of bringing electric light to his village.
12 November 2018
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African Union Launches Digital Skills Drive
Africa is facing a demographic explosion which will see its population double to more than two billion people in the next generation. To meet that challenge the African Union has partnered with WorldSkills to transform skills across the continent.
28 May 2018