Joining the YouthConnekt Africa Summit 2022. An article by Sofonie Dala

 The YouthConnekt Africa Summit 2022 Concluded

Hello World!

Welcome everyone to our summit!

Thousands of African youth left the just concluded YouthConnekt Africa 2022 Summit (YCAS) in Kigali, Rwanda with their heads held high, after three-days of discussions and assurances from world leaders and experts on how they can lead Africa’s development efforts. The summit brought together over 10,000 youth delegates representing 98 countries from across Africa and beyond.

“Don’t believe the story that you’re the leaders of tomorrow. Be the leaders of today.”

The digital entrepreneur Sofonie Dala also had the privilege of attending the summit during these 3 fantastic days. She was eager to harness continental opportunities and actively contribute to Africa’s socio-economic transformation.

A little piece of the event

“Young people don't have access to funding they need to run their business. Sometimes for those young people their dreams remain a hobby. Africa’s prosperity needs supercharging with youth as an engine for growth.”

The President of the Republic of Rwanda Paul Kagame opened the largest at BK Arena gathering thousands of young Africans and delegates from other continents and was joined by Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua of Kenya for an interaction with over 9,000 youth from across the continent.

The sharing of knowledge and success stories can enhance the realization of a demographic dividend, namely actions to Empower, Educate and Employ the African youth.”

About YouthConnekt Africa

YouthConnekt Africa is a continental initiative with the mission to empower young people by enhancing their knowledge, experiences and skills while investing in their ideas, innovations and initiatives to harness Africa’s demographic dividend which aims at contributing to the achievement of Africa’s SDGs mandate, the AU 2063 agenda, and AU Youth Charter.

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It was initiated in 2012 by the Government of Rwanda in partnership with the UNDP and is a multifaceted youth empowerment model focused on leveraging youth employability, entrepreneurship and civic engagement through innovation.

In the next few days, we will be posting more content about the 3 days of the summit. Stay tuned on our platform, don't miss out!