NIGERIA
Photo from: Glow Initiative for Economic Em
Creating Sustainable Jobs
for Rural Women and Youth
in Nigeria
By: Babajide Oluwase
Back in 2014, as a National
Youth Service Corps (NYSC)
member serving in Kwara
State, Nigeria, Glory Chinenye
Oguegbu had wondered why
many people in her host com-
munity were languishing in
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hunger and abject poverty in
the midst of plenty cassava
which is a staple food. Then
the quest for a new narrative
changed everything after-
wards.
“It all started during the man-
datory National Youth Service
Corps at age 23, I conducted
a successful economic growth
and empowerment program
for 200 widows and 24 orphans
in a small community that had