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There is an increasing problem of unemployment in Africa. Nigeria, its most populous nation is not exempted from this crisis as  nearly a quarter of its population   is out of work and 20%    underemployed.   Young Heart Vision Africa  is  seeking to change the narrative by getting more Youths empowered to become Job creators.  In an interview with  Attain ,   Mrs Racheal Ginikachukwu Onyemairo , Founder   Young Heart Vision Africa   shares her reasons for creating YHVA and how she  imparts meaning and clarity to the lives of young people within Africa and beyond.  This Interview story is best enjoyed with a chilled drink and snacks. (Lol) Please, kindly tell us about yourself. My name is Rachael Ginikachukwu Onyemairo, a PhD student of University of Nigeria, Nsukka where I study Applied Linguistics. I am a highly influential youth leader, a Thought Leader in Purpose Discovery, Career and Entre...

SkillFiesta, is an event organized by Miracle Ewim, founder of Love Showers with the aim of teaching 100 youths digital skills for free. Chenemi Zekeri an attendee described the event 60% of children under-12 will grow up to work in jobs that don’t exist yet, and it is predicted that the future problem of jobs will not be a lack of jobs, but a lack of skill to fill the jobs. With every new advent in technology, the skill gap is growing decidedly wider, contributing to the already sky-high rate of unemployment. This spurred Miracle Ewim, founder of Love Showers, to convene SkillFiesta, an event organized with the aim of teaching 100 youths digital skills for free. You heard me, FREE. The event held on Saturday, September 14, 2019 at 7, Rasaq Balogun Street, Surulere. The skills taught were: content marketing, graphics design, brand storytelling, social media management, and Instagram and Facebook Ads. Miracle Ewim, Convener of Skillsfiesta   On Saturday, my sister and...

In every society,  there are things that distinguishes one from another. There are things that sets one on the part of inspiration and there are things that causes one to make a difference.  These things differs from one to another  . It is not really about the things but their talents. There are to trade with these things.  A discovery,  development and deployment of that talents not just make an impact but gives positive societal change.  This was the inspiration that lead to GOLD IN YOU SENSITIZATION WORKSHOP across secondary schools in Nigeria. With a slogan of the "The Gold In You: The talent in you" to solve the injustice of motivation amongst youngsters in the use of their talents. From September 19th, - September 27th, 2019. The coordinator,  Precious Azuonwu shares exclusive ways about his passion to help youngsters in this endeavour  The Gold In You Sensitization reached out to schools in the inner-city.   ...

Meet Adebimpe Adebara, Founder of Piece of my Heart Foundation. She shares in this interview with Attain, her passion to help sexual abuse survivors get over depression and anxiety after being a victim as a child. 1. Please kindly tell us about yourself? Adebara Adebimpe is a digital strategist, Girl Child Advocate, Mental Health Advocate, Business Manager, Passionate Teacher and a Trained Child Safety Advocate. She hails from iludun oro, Kwara state but was born and bred in Lagos state Nigeria. Adebimpe has over 5years volunteering experience in nonprofit sector. Currently, She is the founder and director of "Piece of my heart Foundation "  where she leads a team of volunteers in educating children and their caregivers about body safety education. In Just one year of launching, Adebimpe and her team have impacted over 5000 people.  She is a skillz girl coach at Youth empowerment and development initiative where she educate adolescent girls about their sexual and ...

Recently on Attain, we interviewed a young and inspiring entrepreneur,  Precious Azuonwu, CEO Emperovial Business Enterprise. He started while he was an undergraduate at the University and made his first million at age 21. 1. Tell us about yourself?  My name is Precious Azuonwu and I'm  also known as Emperovial. I'm a social entrepreneur,  digital marketer  and reading culture  advocate.  I'm third born in the family of 6 and funny enough I'm  medium of several things that means I have an elder brother,  younger brother as well as elder sister  and younger sister  and I'm  the only one in my family who does.  I was born 19th January,  1997 in the city of Port Harcourt.  When I was born there was no money,  N2000 was borrowed  to celebrate my birth. And after my birth, no child ever experienced  such.  I love researching for information  and  ravenous reading. I love eatin...