The annual essay contest, open to young Africans aged between 18 and 28, in 48 countries in sub Saharan Africa, aims at soliciting innovative ideas from brilliant African youth on pressing developmental challenges.
Ms Blankson is amongst 32 winners whose blogs were selected from 1,212 entries, for recognition at an awards ceremony on the sideline of this year’s World Bank Spring meeting in Washington DC, last month.
This year’s question for the competition was ‘What will it take to enhance the skills needed to prepare Africa’s youth for the digital economy and the future of work?’
Ms Blankson’s blog post was focused on exposing young Ghanaians to freelance websites like ‘upwork’ and online learning platforms like ‘udemy’ and ‘linked in learning’ as a way of enhancing the skills needed to prepare Africa’s youth for the digital economy and the future of work.
Source: Ghana web