Tens of thousands of young Nigerians joined ONE’s #VoteYourFuture campaign in the run-up to elections, and it's just the beginning...
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From Lagos to London to Los Angeles, a new style is taking dance clubs and music charts by storm. Chances are, you’re already familiar with the sound, even if you haven’t heard the name.
Afrobeats, a music genre from Nigeria, is shaking up the global music industry. Growing since the early 90s, the genre really took off in the international music scene with Drake’s 2016 hit “One Dance,” featuring Nigerian artist Wizkid. Other US artists, including Ciara and Major Lazer,...
To celebrate International Day for Rural Women, women across Senegal gathered at a three-day event to share their success stories and challenges and learn from each other.
ONE joined the celebrations organised by Group of Initiatives for Social Progress/West Africa Region (GIPS/WAR), alongside Oxfam, village leaders, religious leaders and local authorities.
Water -- the stuff of life
The festivities kicked off with a visit to Thiar village, about 70km east of the capital Dakar. We saw the ground-breaking work of a group of...
Three thousand young people from across Nigeria gathered in the capital Abuja in October to launch #VoteYourFuture and tell Nigerian leaders “we count”. And they’re going to prove it during presidential elections in February 2019 when they cast their votes.
#VoteYourFuture is about young people creating the future they want to see. It’s about making every vote count by understanding the issues that affect Nigeria. And, it’s about voting for a President based on their policies, not who they are.
There...
Photo credit to ETAN COMICS, from their video "ETAN COMICS presents JEMBER | The first Ethiopian Superhero Comic Book"
2018 proved to be a big year for heroes. From the page to the screen, loved and loathed characters alike captivated audiences and left us all wanting more.
Superheroes made a big impression at the box office with Disney’s Black Panther. The film introduced audiences to Marvel Comics’ first African superhero with a star-studded cast and plenty of action! In case we...
In 2005, Nelson Mandela gave his now famous speech at the Make Poverty History rally in London’s Trafalgar Square, and called on world leaders to make poverty history.
Addressing a staggering crowd of 22,000 people, Nelson Mandela, along with Bob Geldof, outlined the three demands that underpinned the Make Poverty History campaign, carving the way for the eradication of extreme poverty to be realized. He said:
"The steps that are needed from the developed nations are clear. The first is ensuring...
Women and girls in remote rural areas in South Africa seem to have been left behind
This story was originally reported by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani and edited by Claire Cozens for the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Whenever the all-female Nigerian biker group D'Angels hit the streets, people would stare in amazement at the sight of women on motorbikes. So they made up their minds to use the attention for a good cause.
Enter the Female Bikers Initiative (FBI), which has already provided free breast and cervical cancer screening to 500 women in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos.
This August, D'Angels...
This blog is co-authored by Razaq Fatai, Fiona Robertson and Anita Okemini of ONE’s policy team. For nearly a decade, Nigeria’s government has indicated interest in increasing its focus on agriculture, with the aim of ensuring food security and sustainable development. There are obvious reasons for doing so, as agriculture accounts for about a quarter of the country’s GDP and nearly half of its workforce. Aside from representing the largest share of non-oil exports in Nigeria, agriculture has the...
With just one day left before the closing of our Girls Count competition, we want to hear from more young people on what would work best for girls’ education. As you think about your big idea, here are ten amazing quotes which tell us the importance of educating girls.