At Osiane 2026 in Kintele, experts and entrepreneurs mapped out an e-waste recycling industry for Central Africa, framing discarded electronics as a strategic resource and a source of youth jobs.
Youth employment
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From May 25 to 29, 2026, Brazzaville hosted the African Development Bank’s annual meetings, drawing heads of state, finance ministers and investors to debate development finance, energy transition and youth …
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Youth inclusion vision takes shape Brazzaville — The Republic of Congo is moving to accelerate youth employment through the Social Protection and Productive Inclusion Project, or PSIPJ. Meeting for its …
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Brazzaville master class energises youth On a bustling November morning in 2025, nearly one hundred students and recent graduates filed into a conference hall north of Brazzaville’s city centre. They …
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Ouagadougou Gastronomy Week Beckons From 25 October to 1 November, the Burkinabe capital will turn into an open-air kitchen as the second Carrefour International de la Gastronomie du Faso unfolds. …
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72-Hour Business Registration Sets Regional Benchmark Brazzaville’s entrepreneurs can now walk into the Congolese Agency for Enterprise Creation and walk out three days later with a fully registered company, a …
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Waiting Rooms Overflow as Tests Stay Suspended Lines of prospective drivers stretch outside accredited schools in Brazzaville as the country’s year-long pause on driving examinations enters another month. For many, …
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National paving drive takes shape The Congolese government has fixed the first half of November for the start of an ambitious street-paving campaign across the country. Minister of Urban Sanitation, …
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Brazzaville ceremony highlights new graduates In the shade of the National Center for Youth Training in Moungali district, 165 freshly trained young Congolese received their completion certificates on 26 September, …
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Urban Youth Challenges in Brazzaville On late afternoons along Avenue Matsoua, groups of teenagers lounge beside stalls, phones in hand but prospects unclear. Social workers label them “bébés noirs”, a …