Liberia, Nov. 3 -- Youth and Sports Minister Cornelia Wonkerleh Kruah challenged Gonet Academy on Saturday to grow from a private training center into part of Liberia's national development structure, and offered her ministry's help in tracking graduates from training into work.

By Patience M. Jones patiencejones@frontpageafricaonline.com

Minister Kruah was keynote speaker at the Academy's 15th graduation ceremony on October 31, 2026, at the Harvest Intercontinental Cathedral, where 909 students received certificates and diplomas.

Gonet Academy opened in February 2021, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, when most institutions were closing their doors. It has since produced more than 5,000 alumni, enough, the minister joked, to for...