EBENEZER MATHEW

 Letter to My Fellow Youth: All the Support You Need By Ebenezer Mathew Dar es salaam, Tanzania 🇹🇿 •suleimanebenezer@gmail.com

  The African continent is experiencing a development crisis. Despite a positive outlook for some countries, the majority of African nations continue to struggle with high levels of poverty, war, and disease. These significant challenges have led experts to label this period the “African century” or “Africa comeback”—expressions of hope that the current state of affairs is only a temporary setback. There are many reasons why Africa is in its current state, but most experts agree that infrastructure is one of the main problems preventing growth and prosperity. This article explores the problems plaguing Africa and what can be done to improve the situation. Poverty and Lack of Economic Opportunity The first and most significant problem plaguing Africa is poverty. According to the World Bank, around 300 million people in Africa live in poverty. Furthermore, the poverty rate is highest in the sub-Saharan region, where nearly two thirds of the population are living in poverty. Unfortuna...

 In the future, Africa will be a place of paradoxes and contradictions. On the one hand, it will continue to be a source of inspiration for the rest of the world. The resilience and fortitude of its people will continue to amaze us. And we’ll continue to see evidence that Africa is home to some of the kindest, most big-hearted people on Earth. And at the same time, we’ll see some pretty unsettling things as well. There will be moments when we cringe in fear at what might come next—and not because of anything that is actually happening now but because we can imagine so many different possibilities for how things could go terribly wrong in the future if nothing changes soon. The Good News About Africa in the Next 25 Years As the youngest continent on the planet, Africa will still feel the energy of youth in the next 25 years. It will continue to be a place where innovation thrives, where new ideas are born and where the next big thing might already be in the works. At the same time, ...

 There is no universal recipe for development. Not every country needs to follow the exact same path as others, given that their starting points are different. However, there are some common principles that most successful development strategies share. Advocacy and policy evaluation are increasingly recognized as crucial instruments in the hands of local communities and civil society organizations when it comes to improving the lives of people living in poverty – especially given how much governments tend to overlook those who need it most when drafting legislation. However, while both advocacy and evaluation are important tools, they’re not the same thing. This article explores what exactly policy assessment is, why it’s important for development work, and what it entails. What is policy assessment? Policy assessment is a process in which the impact and effectiveness of current or planned policies are evaluated. It is also sometimes known as policy evaluation, and is closely linke...