'Femi Balogun
‘Femi Balogun is a researcher and impact expert with nearly a decade experience leading the design, implementation and evaluation of youth development interventions that support job creation, employability, social innovation, entrepreneurship, youth education and impact investing with footprints in Nigeria, Kenya, Senegal and Ghana. His experience also includes advancing evidence for development policy making, leading thought leadership strategies, establishing policy communities, and partnership building to strengthen dialogue and uptake that supports youth transitions, city transformation and more recently Gender Lens Investing (GLI). His work was recently recognized by the global 100 under 40 list of the Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD), 2021 Edition in the Activism and Humanitarian category.
'Femi's work has supported program evaluation, development communication, knowledge production, and evidence-based policy engagement on projects/programs in collaboration with development partners including the MasterCard Foundation, Ford Foundation, INCLUDE, Citi Foundation, Hewlett Packard Foundation. His thematic area of work includes Youth Transitions, Labour Market and Skills Gap Analysis, Police Reform, Job Creation in Agriculture and Agro-processing, Social Protection, Social Innovation, New forms of Social and Political Action, Urban Governance, and Evidence for Policy Uptake.
'Femi holds a Master's degree in Security, Leadership, and Society from the prestigious King's College London, a Master's degree in Public and International Affairs from the University of Lagos, and a BSc in International Relations from Covenant University. He is an alumnus of the African Leadership Centre (ALC) Nairobi/UK, a 2015 fellow at the International Peace Institute (IPI) New York, and a member of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA).
'Femi's work has supported program evaluation, development communication, knowledge production, and evidence-based policy engagement on projects/programs in collaboration with development partners including the MasterCard Foundation, Ford Foundation, INCLUDE, Citi Foundation, Hewlett Packard Foundation. His thematic area of work includes Youth Transitions, Labour Market and Skills Gap Analysis, Police Reform, Job Creation in Agriculture and Agro-processing, Social Protection, Social Innovation, New forms of Social and Political Action, Urban Governance, and Evidence for Policy Uptake.
'Femi holds a Master's degree in Security, Leadership, and Society from the prestigious King's College London, a Master's degree in Public and International Affairs from the University of Lagos, and a BSc in International Relations from Covenant University. He is an alumnus of the African Leadership Centre (ALC) Nairobi/UK, a 2015 fellow at the International Peace Institute (IPI) New York, and a member of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA).
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This report attempts to advance a common understanding on targeted labour market issues and the areas that YNW is best placed to impact, while also recognising that youth employment will also be shaped by the broader demand and growth dynamics that public and private actors can contribute to.
These studies presents emerging perspectives on the present landscape of the Nigerian creative sector as well as the shifts occurring within it and what this means for job creation. With a focus on Lagos, Kano and Kaduna, this study provides useful knowledge on how to understand Nigeria's creative sector and attempts to advance an understanding of the factors promoting growth as well as the dominant issues within the sector as well as what this means for job creation and related labour market dynamics.
These studies presents emerging perspectives on the present landscape of the Nigerian creative sector as well as the shifts occurring within it and what this means for job creation. With a focus on Lagos, Kano and Kaduna, the skills gap report highlights the jobs in-demand within the creative sector and tries to identify where gaps exist between jobseekers’ skills and what employers require.
This report is the first part of a broader study that attempts to provide an understanding of labour market realities in three focus sectors (Digital, Creatives and Agriculture) and three states (Lagos, Kano and Kaduna)
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This report attempts to advance a common understanding on targeted labour market issues and the areas that YNW is best placed to impact, while also recognising that youth employment will also be shaped by the broader demand and growth dynamics that public and private actors can contribute to.
These studies presents emerging perspectives on the present landscape of the Nigerian creative sector as well as the shifts occurring within it and what this means for job creation. With a focus on Lagos, Kano and Kaduna, this study provides useful knowledge on how to understand Nigeria's creative sector and attempts to advance an understanding of the factors promoting growth as well as the dominant issues within the sector as well as what this means for job creation and related labour market dynamics.
These studies presents emerging perspectives on the present landscape of the Nigerian creative sector as well as the shifts occurring within it and what this means for job creation. With a focus on Lagos, Kano and Kaduna, the skills gap report highlights the jobs in-demand within the creative sector and tries to identify where gaps exist between jobseekers’ skills and what employers require.
This report is the first part of a broader study that attempts to provide an understanding of labour market realities in three focus sectors (Digital, Creatives and Agriculture) and three states (Lagos, Kano and Kaduna)