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A Brief Perspective of the Sustainable Development Goals

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WRITTEN BY: Asanya Boluwatife Ndidi The unanimous agreement of the 193 member states of the United Nations General Assembly to the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development in 2015 produced one of the most ambitious and inclusive global aspirations in history. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a collection of 17 interlinked global goals designed to be a blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. Targeted at committing members states to ensure greater inclusivity, end poverty and push the world to a more sustainable path. The SDGs are broad and interdependent thus begetting the question as to how well these broad global aspirations are likely to result in implementable developments especially in developing countries. The inclusion of so many goals without a hierarchy of priority and without reference to inherent contradictions that are likely to result in conflict between the goals may have unintended negative consequences which may inhibit the timely/e...
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STAND UP AFRICANS

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Have you ever been in a situation where you think you are feeling cheated or you don't get enough or you are tired of your current state of being? Let's take a look at a short story of a boy: There was a small town that practices the monarchy system of government (1800s). Most of the things they use most are unkept which has lead to an outbreak of diseases. Most of the diseases are airborne and waterborne diseases that are highly dangerous to the health of every villager. The king of the village was baffled at the huge outbreak of diseases in the village. Virtually, every day they lose close to 10 villagers. There was a boy in that village. The boy has witnessed the death of many people due to the outbreak of the disease. The boy woke up on a very good morning. Thinking about how he could stop the outbreak of the diseases. Then he took it up as a responsibility to put an end to the outbreak. He embark on a small journey to find a cure to the disease and to put a stop to the hig...
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TIME

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  The first gift that was given to you, the day you are born is TIME  Every man is given a time frame to attain his purpose, to discover his passion, to maximize his potential. You might be thinking that things are not going at it were or you have worn away in decision making but the most significant thing a man has is TIME  So, what is time?  Time is the indefinite continued progress of existence and events that occur in apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. (Wikipedia)   From the definition, there are some factors we need to consider; • Time is indefinite. • Time measures progress. • Time is irreversible. • Time occurs in phases which are: the past, present, and future.  This is a quote from a well-known cartoon Kung Fu Panda "Yesterday is a history, tomorrow is a mystery but today is a gift": Oogway  Every day of our life is a gift given to us by our creator. Every day is an opportunity to restructur...
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IMPOSSIBILITY

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There was a boy who loves to watch cycling but he didn't know how to ride a bicycle. For months all he could do was to think of ways to ride a bicycle.  Then, he chooses to tell his friends about is love for cycling. His friends were like "it is not possible for you to ride a bicycle, it is not for amateurs like you".  That thought discouraged him from giving cycling a try but yet he kept on watching cycling until the day he believed in himself that he can do it.  He said, "there is nothing bad in trying again and again". This was the conviction he had that walked him throughout his cycling career.  From the story, we could point out two things, which are: • Disappointment from friends • Conviction leads to a belief  He was left with a choice to listen to his friends or to his belief. Now, the question here is "what are your beliefs?"  Your beliefs are what led to a deep conviction within yourself.  Myles Munroe said  "a leader is made through a s...
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AFRICAN REALITY

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Some African citizens have looked down on their selves to the point that their mindset has focused on them thinking low of themselves as nothing. That they can't make the impossible happen. Well this is a short information about why Circles of Africa was created Circles of Africa was basically created to organize talk shows and conferences for young Africans and also to empower young Africans who are not privileged enough to study and crater for themselves.  We hope we could do more to help young Africans, which has made us believe that we could change the narrative of Africa.  Our organization was coined out of the social beliefs among young Africans that "we are not as intelligent as the foreign countries, they only know what's best for us". Then we choose to create an awareness on leadership education as a way to shape the African mindset that "we can do more than we can ever imagine because all things are created in the mind and through the mind, the world wa...
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THE PROCESS

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There was a boy that was born and his parents throw him away to the ditch, a place where they were hoping that he could die because his parents were poor. So they had to give him up to the ditch.   After some days, a woman who was working at a waste management company saw the boy laid in a carton where he could have died. This woman took him and raised him has her son despite the odds she had in her family which basically means that she was poor as the moment she was raising the boy. She raised the boy throughout is kindergarten, teenage years, and till his adult years.  When this boy was in his teenage years, his teacher calls him "a blockhead" basically because he didn't have a good grade. He was humiliated in school to the point where he started thinking that he didn't amount to anything.  His adopted mother have always know him for his dream to be the best radio host in the whole of America.  His mother saw him after school hours at home. She met him crying ...
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AFRICAN NATURE

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 Africa is a continent located at the South of the equator to cover more than 12 million square miles, making Africa the second largest continent.  Africa is a continent that is full of different languages.  Africa is made up of people who are dark in complexion. What binds us gobasically is the color of our skin.  Africans are unique people in their own being. They posess a good sense of humor. They are intelligent. What Africans are known for, is that they are hardworking and are creative people. Let's Evaluate Africa a little bit; From research we could find out that there are some similarities in all African countries flag. The common feature they have are; •White •Red •Green •Black.  Now let's interpret these from the aspect of graphics and branding. The major factor in graphics is that "whatever element you use in graphics has a message it is communicating". Now let's interpret the colours to identify what makes Africa, Africa. •White: a colour of perfect...
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Competence

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What is that ability or skill that you have? What are the qualities that makes you different? When we are talking about competence which is stated in Merriam-Webster dictionary as "the ability to do something well or well enough to meet a standard" It is an ability to be competent, which is having the necessary skill. For me I will say that "competence = excellence" What makes a leader, a leader are his ability and qualities. What qualities do you have? Now let's take a look at "competence vs excellence" Excellence develops when an individual recognizes his own adequacies and inadequacies, and is willing to grow by following, learning, and failing. If “Failure is not an option!” – then the best you will get is competence. If you must “prevent them from making mistakes” – then the best you will get is competence. In Africa the mistake make is that "we don't want to fail". We want everything to workout exactly the we expected it to be. We c...
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