IDB Announces Build Forward Initiative To Advance Technology And Resilience In Caribbean
Press Release: Effort includes multi-donor facility expected to mobilize $1.5 billion
The Caribbean Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank-backed Build Forward, a $3.5 billion multi-year program to help Caribbean countries sustainably recover while making technological...
Youth Parliamentarians on Bridging the Digital Divide
With an increasing need for a digital presence intensified by the constraints of the global pandemic, Covid-19 has acted as a magnifying glass exposing the weak pillars on the bridge of digital transformation within...
Social Media: A Blessing Or Curse? Pt 2
Last time we opted to leap into the prolific and controversial topic of social media’s place in society; largely focusing on the less stellar and redeeming features of its existence. These ranged from privacy...
Social Media: Blessing or Curse?
The last decade has witnessed an enormous growth in the popularity of social media. Where some networks merely had a couple million users at the turn of 2010, these numbers are now in the...
E-Learning As A Standard For Caribbean Education
Recent events have shone somewhat of a spotlight on the development of e-learning. Forced to either stay indoors or avoid group contact, COVID-19 saw classrooms move to the digital realm for a time across...
Youthtime Application Call for Summer School 2020
Youthtime Application Call for summer school 2020 - Future Skills for Workplace Sustainability: Preparing for Transition.
Even amidst the challenges of covid-19 globally, planning for a future with a sustainable workforce to cope with new...
Education As A Regional Northstar Part 2
In our last piece, we delved into the potential to develop human capital through educational reform. By assessing the success stories of economically diverse, advanced and successful nations, we saw how simple initiatives to...
Education as a Regional Northstar
The northern star has, for centuries, served as a guiding beacon for travellers and explorers finding their way. In much the same way, developing economies need their own inspired focus upon which to chart...
Not Too Young to Run a Business
Suhas Gopinath is an Indian entrepreneur and the Founder and CEO of Globals Inc., a multinational Web and IT solutions company that he created at 14 years old. He was once recognized as the...
Morals and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
This year the Youth Global Forum will celebrate its fifth year anniversary. Under the theme of "Industry 5.0 vs. Inclusive Development: Where is the future?” in Amsterdam. Professor Liaoyuan Zeng an Associate professor at...