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Abuja Global Shapers Hosts First Ever AMAC Chairmanship Debate
The Abuja Hub of the Global Shapers Community will host the first-ever Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) Chairmanship debate on Tuesday, March 5, 2019, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nigeria. The debate will provide AMAC chairmanship candidates an...
read moreStatement on the Postponement of the 2019 General Elections
The Nigerian Hubs of the Global Shapers Community share in the grave disappointment felt by Nigerians at the abrupt postponement of the 2019 General Elections. While we acknowledge the efforts of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in organising the...
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2018 Curator Inaugural Address
Ladies and gentlemen, Abuja Global Shapers, with a deep sense of responsibility, I am profoundly honoured today to serve as the 7th curator of the Abuja Hub. This inauguration is also happening on the 7th day of the 7th month, so I have a trinity of numbers aligning...
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OLAJUMOKE ADEKEYE REPRESENTS YOUTH VOICE AT 2019 ANNUAL WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM MEETING IN DAVOS
The Curator of the Abuja Hub of the Global Shapers Community has been selected by the World Economic Forum to represent the Community and the youth voice at the Forum’s 2019 Annual Meeting in Davos. Olajumoke Adekeye, a trained biochemist and statistician, was elected...
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Abuja Global Shapers Community Mourns Kofi Annan
Members of the Abuja Global Shapers Community have received with grief the sad news of the taking away of the former United Nations Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Laureate, Kofi Annan. We fondly recall his role in supporting democracy across the world, especially...
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Reflections on the Inauguration of the 7th Curator of the Abuja Hub of the Global Shapers Community
Change, an abstract word that describes more than just the physical evolution of people or our world. Change is a premonition to an ever distorted visual image that we are not permitted to even see but are granted to experience and affect. We can affect the course of...
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Abuja Global Shapers Employability Skills Workshop
EEP’s employability skills training calendar kicked off on May 30, 2016 with the first workshop in a 5-module curriculum. The first module, which focused on two topics: writing an effective CV and excelling on job interviews, was facilitated by Jumy Adekeye, EEP...
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Why Amana Matters
Fahimta is understanding in the Hausa language. That is what the Amana participants from the American University of Nigeria define trust to mean. Trust means different things to different people: to the buyer at the market, trust is underscored when he or she picks...
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Ken – Our Torch Bearer Lives On
Death is the great equalizer. We detest it’s occurrence with spite and bitterness. But equality is what Ken stood for: equality in economic terms, between the rich and the poor; education for all; fairness in society; fulfilment of purpose; peace, hope and equal...
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The Abuja Global Shapers Community Holds Fifth Session of the Employability and Entrepreneurship Programme
The Abuja Global Shapers Community, on Saturday, 22 October 2016 held the fifth and last session of its Employability and Entrepreneurship Programme (EEP) for 2016. The Employability and Entrepreneurship Programme (EEP) is the flagship project of the Abuja Global...
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Abuja Global Shapers named among Africa’s selected to attend the World Economic Forum on Africa & Solutions Summit
As the world gathers for the 17th edition of the World Economic Forum on Africa (WEFA) which holds in Durban, South Africa from the 3rd to 5th May 2017, two Global Shapers from the Abuja Hub have been selected to join key discussions. In line with this year’s theme...
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#OpenAfrica – Let’s talk about Intra–Africa Investment
Article by Anita Okemini and Amanda Archibong of the Abuja Global Shapers Africa continues to receive the lowest share of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the world. The UNCTAD investment report for 2016 estimates that Africa’s share of FDI inflow is ~ $59...
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