My mind, heart, spirit and soul have a story to tell, a story about the hardships, success, unity,challenges and opportunities, ubuntu, of the youth and people of my land, my fingers itching as they struggle, so eager to drop the finest and very first ink to lay my story, solemly my life proclaims, sharply penetrating my humble past,thru to my present, and swiftly to the future , Oh yes! simply to whisper to me, I will not write my story on paper, but in the life of each of the people I serve...that it may be read and passed on like a folk lore for generations...
"Youths are jobless and them developing Apps is just something to fulfill their hobbies.” Can you imagine? That's the comment that came from one of the Delegates at the ICT4Ag 2013 International Conference, Kigali, Rwanda. Put yourself in the shoes of the the youth, sit your self on that chair, and imagine listening to a respected person, a leader and credible consultant utter those words in the full presence of the youth. Like a sharp double edged sword, they would pierce in your heart, like a sharp stick accidentally plucking your ear they would resonate. This is just an example of many other humiliations youths undergo as they struggle to achieve their career goals. Youths are usually perceived as not so serious folks, who have no direction or clearly set goals. In many cases they are used as rubber stamps, just as some useful idiots not so important. Seemingly, not so important that the world can do without them. Yet, the youth are in the fore front of the gre...
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