{"id":14679,"date":"2025-11-06T10:33:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T08:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/african-development-bank-supports-youth-skills-training-in-equatorial-guinea\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:27:10","slug":"african-development-bank-supports-youth-skills-training-in-equatorial-guinea","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/african-development-bank-supports-youth-skills-training-in-equatorial-guinea\/","title":{"rendered":"African Development Bank supports youth skills training in Equatorial Guinea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The African Development Bank has approved a significant loan to help young people in Equatorial Guinea gain practical skills for work and entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The programme will focus on areas such as agriculture, fisheries, technology, and other vocational training, with a special emphasis on empowering women. Officials hope the initiative will open pathways to employment and small business opportunities, tackling youth unemployment in the country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Geopolitical analyst Aaron Ng\u2019ambi commented, \u201cThis is an encouraging development for the region. Giving young people the skills they need is crucial for both job creation and long-term economic growth. The real test will be ensuring these projects are put into practice effectively and reach the people who need them most.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While the funding offers a strong foundation, Ng\u2019ambi stressed that the success of the programme will depend on its smooth and timely implementation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14680,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-14679","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The African Development Bank has approved a significant loan to help young people in Equatorial Guinea","published_date":"2025-11-06 12:32:16","news_description":"The African Development Bank has approved a significant loan to help young people in Equatorial Guinea","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19236,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14679\/revisions\/19236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=14679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}