Welcome to the month of May! Our Young Person of the Month is Malawi’s Peter Yakobe. Twenty-four year old Peter is the co-founder of Center for…
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As the world’s largest platform for providing global opportunities, we ensure to also help our users learn better ways of maximizing opportunities they come across. We…
We are delighted to receive a heart-warming letter from an Opportunity Desk user, Mohi Badr all the way from Egypt! Mohi Badr got selected to take…
Guest Post by Lucy Adams. Many people today are venturing into entrepreneurship due to the high rate of unemployment in the world. Entrepreneurs are people with…
Last year, we published the call for entries for the “Education Youth Video Challenge” by the Education Commission. The challenge invited 13 to 30-year-olds to submit…
On behalf of Opportunity Desk and Partners, Ayiba Magazine and Dobem IT Consults, we are pleased to announce the winners of the OD Impact Challenge. We…
We are pleased to announce our Top 12 finalists for the OD Impact Challenge! Each of these finalists represent leaders and entrepreneurs who are taking great…
Did you apply for the YALI Mandela Washington Fellowship or Regional Leadership Center? Chances are that you might be called for an interview soon. These 10…
Deadline: January 6, 2017 Opportunity Desk (OD) in partnership with Ayiba Magazine and Dobem IT Consults is pleased to invite youth from across the world to…
Deadline: Varies Each year, the Swedish Institute (SI) awards scholarships to promote and develop good, lasting relationships, exchanges and networks with people and institutions in other…
Each year from 2014 to 2018, 60 inspirational young people are selected to receive an Award and become ‘Queen’s Young Leaders’ – one for every year…
Youth to Youth Initiative (Y2Y Initiative) is pleased to announce that a new Youth to Youth Brunch will take place in Paris on September 29, 2016. Hicham…
South African Department of Arts and Culture supported a welcome reception with a group of 80 young African global shapers at the World Economic Forum on…
Guest Post Recently, Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg visited two countries in Africa – Nigeria and Kenya. While on his trip, Mark lost over $200 million in a…
Welcome to September! We recommence our monthly Young Person of the Month feature with a very special person to the Opportunity Desk family. Meet Oyindamola Johnson from…