The Arewa Youth Convention is a robust platform that effectively facilitates knowledge sharing & continuous interaction between aspiring entrepreneurs/leaders in Arewa and key industry players, mentors and other relevant stakeholders in the youth Sector; thus creating opportunities for Arewa youths & links to invaluable networks of people and resources. The AYC is convened by Khalifa Dankadai Company (KDC) Nigeria Limited together with its collaborators.
The maiden edition of the AYC was launched last year at Bris...
Today our society has been on rampage of drug abuse; youth of different age groups engage in drugs for one reason or the other. Our university students, college students, secondary school students, and even our graduates and married women are into drugs. When you find yourself among youth that are supposed to be discussing issues that are of national interest, the sad truth is that their minds are on drugs and self-destructive ideas that will lead to counterproductive behaviour. In addition, our students’ union representatives, who we practically look up to as our role models are drug...
Social entrepreneurship can be understood as the entrepreneurial zeal that drives social innovation and transformation in various fields such as health, education, environment, enterprise development, etc. Social entrepreneurs push the barriers of culture and conservatism that obscure human capacity to drive change by building tremendous and sustainable organisations that are either not-for-profit or for-profit companies.
Social entrepreneurs must focus on their aims, goals, and objectives by delivering services proficiently in the society and also obtaining top slots in the...
Every April 26th, the world celebrates World Intellectual Property Day (WIPO) to learn about the role that intellectual property rights play in encouraging innovation and creativity. According to the World Intellectual Property Organization, Intellectual Property (IP) refers to creations of the mind, such as inventions, literary and artistic works, designs and symbols, names and images used in commerce. IP is protected by law, for example; patents, copyright, trademarks, geographical indicati...
Countries were classified as first, second , and third world during the cold war based on their membership to either NATO or Communist bloc; therefore, the first member countries were classified as the first world, whereas the second countries were called the second world, while the ones that are neutral or not members were classified as the third world. During the cold war, this classification was basically political, and not all African countries were third world countries even though the majority were.
After the cold war, the classification of countries as first, second, ...
An environment can be defined as a habitat or condition in which a person, animal, or plant lives in. Hence, environmental pollution can be described as the introduction of a substance that has contaminating or harmful effect that can make the environment unconducive to the habitants. It can also be described as the damage a natural environment causes itself while getting rid of poisonous elements. In this article, we are going to discuss 3 types of pollutions which causes more harm to the habitants of an environment because they need these elements to survive, which are; air, water and soi...
Tourism is the act of leaving your home country, state or community to another destination for the purpose of relaxation and exploration for not more than a year. It could be for the purpose of business, vacation, or visit to family and friends. There are also several types of tourism which includes domestic, inbound, and outbound tourism. Domestic tourism has to do with people of a particular country, travelling to states within their home country for the purpose of tourism. Whereas, inbound tourism is when people of other countries give a visit to your home country for a purpose, and last...
United Nations is an organization founded in 1945 that consists of 192 member nations where the problems of the member countries are solved in a peaceful manner. The organization was created primarily to ensure peace after the episode of the world war 2 so as to prevent world war 3 from occurring even though due to globalization and the expansion of the international system, its objectives has broadened to include activities such as humanitarian (UNICEF), economic, and cultural (UNESCO). So far there have been great achievements by the organization such as saving the Egyptian pyramids, elim...
Naturally, we become more independent as we progress through life, we move away from our family, and the nexus that once supported us from childhood will slowly vanish as we move into the “The Real World”.
There are many reasons why we should be independent:
Independence increases self-value and self-esteem; it is import to have satisfaction in the way you feel about yourself and the way others look at you. This gives you a better sense of responsibility and accomplishment ...
Fascinated by your response to my previous article on this blog titled “turning your passion into a profession part 1”, I feel obliged to not only deliver on my last week’s promise (which is to discuss the practical steps in turning your passion into a profession) timely, but also to give it my best.
Practical steps in turning your passion into a profession
The last time I was on this platform I wrote about the best way (at least according to me) to get a business idea for wanna-be entrepreneurs. Now, for those that have gotten the business ideas (especially the ones that got their ideas using the technique I recommended in my previous article - which is by finding your passion); I also strongly recommend that you read this short article on turning your passion into a profession.
The English word passion originated from a Latin word "passio" which means suffering. Li...