
The Songhai Entrepreneurial Leadership Fellowship (SELF) Program was established in January 2012 through a partnership between Phelps Stokes and the Songhai Regional Center of Excellence, an ecologically-sustainable agriculture business in Benin, West Africa. The program promotes a culture of entrepreneurship among college-aged youth participants through professional mentorship and direct exposure to successful models of sustainable business like those of the...
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The International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimates that 75 million young people between the ages of 15 and 24 are unemployed.[1] On average, 72% of that population lives on less than $ 2 per day[1]. Furthermore, 65% of global youth are low-wage earners in the agriculture sector. Given the increasing reliance on self-employment in developing countries, there is a considerable need...
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