Educational Nonprofit Blog
Our educational nonprofit blog features relevant topics and highlight stories of key youth, educators, and staff from the field. In addition to participants stories, we also accept blog submissions that align with our mission
Monica is Crossing the Technology Gap
Given her rural background, Monica is fully aware that girls from pastoral communities like her own face serious challenges in overcoming the technology gap.
From Girl Access to Girl Success
The current pandemic has schooled the world in many hard lessons, one of which is the necessity and opportunity digital connectivity holds for work and education. That revelation has exposed a sharp divide — a technology gap — between learners who have access to digital technology and those who do not.
Celebrating Generation Equality
International Day of the Girl, Oct 11 2021 ~ Digital technology usage shows a growing gender digital divide within the digital generation.
Digital literacy programs for empowering African Youth
The annual celebration of International Literacy Day (ILD) on September 8th, 2021 presents an “opportunity for governments, civil society and stakeholders to highlight improvements in world literacy rates and reflect on the world’s remaining literacy challenges,” especially in regard to the digital divide.
The LEI Program helps a young entrepreneur tackle food insecurity
In Tanzania, where recently there have been very high levels of food insecurity, it is against this backdrop that a young entrepreneur named Zainab has pursued her desire to start a papaya farm.
International Youth Day 2021: A Celebration of Resilience, Perseverance, and Leadership
In the trade center outside of Kamusenene, Mubende District, in central Uganda, vendors await their final customers as the afternoon begins to fade. Under the shade of her chapati stall, 18-year old Zabayo sits down to tell us more about the business she runs. A...
2020 Impact Report – Building | Leading | Emerging
We are proud to present our 2020 Impact Report,”Building Skills and Resilience, Leading through Adversity, Emerging Stronger Together,” with the numbers and stories to prove how youth in rural Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda communities have stepped up throughout 2020.
Alumni Stand Out On World Youth Skills Day 2021
Asante Africa program participants demonstrated ingenuity and tenacity by starting local, small-scale businesses to support their families and help ease difficulties experienced by their communities during the pandemic. #WYSD21
Celebrating the positive impact of fathers
This Father’s Day, Asante Africa Foundation is celebrating the positive impact dads have on their children’s lives; empowering their kids to grow into healthy, happy women and men through sacrifice and hard work.
Small Steps to Great Entrepreneur Outcomes
Leakey Lenamotina is a successful entrepreneur and leader with a humble background near Maralal, Kenya. Leakey credits much of his current success and business skills to Asante Africa Foundation.