12 to 14 August 2020, Mozambique
We are a Regional platform for Youth Organizations and Youth within the SADC region. We believe real transformation is when young people are sustainably part of development trajectory and are at the center of policies
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Africa Gcaba, Speaker
Published author of 11 books, a blogger and founder and CEO of Macher Group of companies/ Founder and project manager at SHEroes of Africa, which is a network that brings together African women empower and honor them across the globe/ Serves women by promoting reading culture through a Non-Profit organization she founded- Virtuous Women Book Club International operating in South Africa and Lesotho/ Serves as Education Secretary for eLearning Africa based in Accra Ghana, which assists a lot of young people with online learning in Sub-Saharan Africa/ part of Editorial Board member for International Youth Diplomacy Conference (IYDC) Magazine/ Ambassador for Youth In Africa in South Africa/ Activist for women and girls empowerment/ Award winner 2017 Sierra Leone Freetown, for Lending a Voivr in the empowerment of Girls and Young Women in Africa.
Facilitator
Pan African, African Philanthropy PhD Student at the University of the Witwatersrand/ Programme manager at the centre on African Philanthropy & Social Investment (CAPSI). Keratiloe leads pan Africanism programmes with the African Heritage programme at MINDS; through the programme she runsat the Wits Business School in Johannesburg.
Facilitator (South Africa)
Katherine V Robinson, Youth Engagement Advisor for ActionAid International: Katherine leads ActionAid's work with and for young people on woman's rights, resilient livelihoods, economic, and climate justice. She is a young queer feminist based in Johannesburg. Her advocacy and media work includes advancing gender justice, LGBTQ+ rights, Palestinian solidarity, and social justice.
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Lead Event Coordinator at the Pan African Non-Governmental Organisation named AfriLabs. Outside of the African Union, AfriLabs has the largest network and reach within Africa, it is a network organization that supports 224 innovation centres across 46 African countries/ Graduate of Law from the University of Nottingham (UK) and a member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). She has lived and worked actively on 2 continents (Europe and Africa)/ Worked with Empretec Nigeria Foundation an agency of The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) / worked alongside the Dangote Foundation to train youth coppers and fresh university graduates on entrepreneurship opportunities and grant applications in Nigeria.
Facilitator
Agri-Prenuer in Horticulture and Herbs/Development Practitioner by default working as a Programs Coordinator for SIYA Trust in Zimbabwe/ Regional Director for the Africa Asia Youth Foundation/ Works with women and girls as a mentor through blogging/ founder and CEO of Arthaven Pvt LTD/ Ambassador for the Women Entrepreneurship Day Organization and promotes young widows and young women living with HIV to run income generating projects. As a widow at 30 she relates well with the plight of young widows and orphans thereby opening up and creating spaces for them to have better lives/ IT professional, under SIYA Trust.
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Educator by profession with 6 years of teaching experience at primary school level. He is the Founder and Executive Director of Young Professional Educators of Zimbabwe (YPEZ-Trust)/ Young African Leaders Initiative Regional Leadership Centre Southern Africa (YALI RLC-SA) Civic Leadership Alumnus 2016/ Pan-African Advocate/ Works with the Transform Education Movement under the United Nations Girls Education Initiative (UNGEI)
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Passionate about social change/ working with slums and marginalized areas since youth, developing several projects for local development/ Deputy Director at Migraflix, a social start-up that promotes economic and social inclusion of refugees and immigrants by promoting cultural entrepreneurship/ Law with studies focused in Human Rights with a master's in "Access to Justice for women living in poverty/ part of the leadership team of the United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth, as Chair of the next Global Youth Forum in Dubai, in 2021, and also holding a one year mandated position as Global Forum and Migration and Development Focal Point/ nominated by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations one of the “150 youth voices of tomorrow". Youth delegate in the V Young Americas Forum in the framework of the VIII Summit of the Americas in Peru/2018
Facilitator (Public Health)
Nutrition Ward Coordinator with Ministry of Health in partnership with UNICEF 2019-to date, also doing Health information dissemination on COVID taskforce team/Worked as Team Leader for Community Distributor Agents at Population Services International Zimbabwe in the Self-Testing Africa program 2017-2018/ Special interests in Public health, Governance and Project Management
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Full Professor and Exxaro Chair in Business and Climate Change at the University of South Africa (UNISA)/ He is a National Research Foundation (NRF) C-Rated researcher undertaking research in the fields of climate change and governance, sustainable tourism, green economy and sustainable development/ Conceptualised and successfully completed nine (9) book projects/ leading two mega research projects on Cyclones, Tornados and Floods in the era of SDGs in Southern Africa as well as SDGs for Society.
Panelist
Pharmacist practicing as a Health Supply Chain Professional and Youth Advocate. He has worked across the public, private and NGO sector in Tanzania developing expertise in health logistics & pharmaceutical supply chain management, public private partnership, capacity building, program management, monitoring and evaluation, communications and knowledge management over the last 10 years. Currently he serves as a Senior Program Officer on the USAID funded SHOPS Plus project and a volunteer for the Youth Leaders for Health Program.
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Director & Co- Founder of Speak Mind & Love Foundation, whose aim is to create awareness on mental health/ Mental Health Advocate and a Social Worker by profession/ Professional Speaker on issues of Identity & Identity crisis – which she believes is an epidemic affecting humanity worldwide and one of the biggest precipitators of mental health issues among the youths/ Worked as a Social Media Director at DTI Group, an image consultant and corporate training company.
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Curator of the Global Shapers Community: Mbabane Hub: Eswatini/ She works in the Human Capital space with bias towards Mental Health /She been part of the Young African Leadership Initiative and is an African Union youth volunteer.
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Pearl Keitemoge (Botswana) is a Senior Lecturer in Information Communication and Technology. She also served for 6yrs as Curriculum Developer team member for Botswana Technical Colleges. I am a researcher/Scholar in Management Science and Engineering field. published research papers. Volunteer as a project planner at Orphanage centres and provide mentorship to other youths. I am qualified YALI Civic Leader, trained and certificated by YALI southern Africa regional Leadership center. I am now serving as the Co-chair and Facilitator of the Education Science and Technology Committee for the 2nd SADC Youth Forum.
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He has over 11 years of experience in policy advocacy, campaigning, youth policy and international development/ Policy and Campaigns Manager for ActionAid Liberia/ worked with ActionAid Denmark as Global Youth Advisor-Youth Programmes Development. He has over 9 years of experience on Climate Change Adaptation Programmes and Environmental Policy and Campaigning/ Zimbabwean currently resident in Liberia.
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Country Coordinator for International Youth Society/ Youth Advocacy Council/ International Youth Council/ International Youth Development Network and African Network of Youth Policy Experts/ Advisor to the Steering for Greatness Foundation, Global Peace Chain, International Human Rights Advisory Council Agents of Peace Kenya and CIVICUS.
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We are a Regional platform for Youth Organizations and Youth within the SADC region. We believe real transformation is when young people are sustainably part of development trajectory and are at the center of policies
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SAYoF-Regional-Co-Chair Ms. Phendulile Zikalal: Eswatini
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