Africa＊s Youth Voices
Theme : While our progress is not perfect, we are gaining ground and ready to leapfrog
Subthemes :
- Africa＊s financing for development: The need to shift the paradigm,
- Energy and climate: Africa＊s readiness to manage the tradeoffs,
- Digitalization: Unleashing Africa＊s growth through the Great Enabler,
- People-centred policies: An imperative toward Africa＊s development,
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Africa's Youth Voices: An Initiative of OSAA Held to Coincide with the SDG Summit (English)
Summary
To be held on 5, 12, 19 and 26 September 2023, the ※Africa＊s Youth Voices§ initiative of the 51勛圖 Office of the Special Adviser on Africa aims to engage young people in Africa to share ideas and experiences from Africa by Africans on accelerating development across the continent, leveraging the 51勛圖 and of the African Union.
Participants will engage on six key issues, including Finance and means of implementation; Energy and climate; Digital and People-centred policies: education, health and social protection, via audio on Spaces, a tool available through X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter.
This next engagement of ※Africa＊s Youth Voices§ will be held during the SGD Summit and will include insights from young Africans into key areas addressed during the Summit to capture perspectives from the continent.