Aug 04 2014
Speeches
Thank you, Administrator Shah. Your leadership has not only put resilience front and center in USAID's development efforts—it's paved the way for resilience to take hold at the forefront of the …
Jul 21 2014
Perspective
A version of this post also appeared on Fair Observer. While all actors, including the youth, are responsible for transforming employment creation in Africa, this shared responsibility has led to no …
Jul 18 2014
Perspective
A version of this post also appeared on the 100 Resilient Cities blog. As 100 Resilient Cities gears up to launch this year's Challenge, we thought it would be a good …
Jul 07 2014
Perspective
A version of this post originally appeared on 100 Resilient Cities. 1. Your commute options aren't limited to a car. You can take advantage of bike sharing... Bike share programs make short-term …
Jun 25 2014
Perspective
Results for Development (R4D) has recently published a report with the support of The Rockefeller Foundation, Training Models for Employment in the Digital Economy. A core component of our Digital …
Jun 24 2014
Perspective
A version of this post originally appeared on 100 Resilient Cities. Around the world, our first 32 cities are kicking off their 100 Resilient Cities Challenge engagements with workshops, and we've …
Jun 09 2014
Press Releases
Lagos—The Rockefeller Foundation has announced a grant of $500,000 to Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN) for the expansion of PIN's Ajegunle.org project. Since 2007, the project has worked from Ajegunle, an underserved community …
Jun 02 2014
Press Releases
Johannesburg—The Rockefeller Foundation has announced a $1 million grant to EOH to spur job creation in the ICT sector for South Africa's disadvantaged youth. The grant comes to support EOH's Youth …
May 08 2014
Press Releases
Abuja—The Rockefeller Foundation and Elance-oDesk will join forces to unlock the potential of online work for disadvantaged youth in Africa. Today the internet offers millions of job opportunities to a …
Apr 22 2014
Perspective
A version of this post originally appeared on 100 Resilient Cities. Green cities are resilient cities. We asked the 100 Resilient Cities community to share what their cities need to increase …