AUSC shares the 3rd African Youth SDGs Summit due in 2020.

The 3rd African Youth SDGs Summit due in 2020.

4th February, 2019 Accra, Ghana. IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The 3rd African Youth SDGs Summit due in 2020. The 2030 Youth Alliance, Youth Advocates Ghana and its partners would like to announce that the next and 3rd African Youth SDGs Summit would take place in June 2020, in Accra, Ghana. This announcement follows series of engagements with the Summit Patrons and consultations held with various partners regarding the next stage of the African Youth SDGs Summit. The African Youth SDGs Summit was launched in 2017 as the largest gathering space for dialogue, networking, learning and celebration of successes and participation of young people in the implementation of the UN Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development and AU Agenda 2063. As an improvement and follow up process from the first summit, the 2nd African Youth SDGs Summit took place in November 2018 in Accra, attracted 1400 delegates from across the globe who declared their readiness to partner with leaders to drive the implementation of the SDGs. Building upon past successes and the growing commitment by stakeholders to strengthen the summit, the organizers have agreed to host the next summit in 2020 in Accra for the following reasons: To allow the organizers to reflect on and document the journey so far and review existing structures, resources and policies to improve upon the summit and its programs. To follow up and take stock on the implementation of the recommendations made in the past two summits and document lessons learnt. To consult key stakeholders, partners and young people on how to capitalize on current commitments and initiatives. To continue to mobilize key stakeholders and institutions on the continent and advocate for further support for young people and the summit. To take advantage of a year-long preparation process leading up to the June 2020 summit. In view of the above, the following activities have been lined up for the year 2019: Organize a multi-stakeholder consultative meeting to solicit views, contributions and inputs from partners and stakeholders in further development of key policy documents on the summit. Hold National Youth SDGs Policy Roundtables scheduled to take place at country level across Africa. Hold Regional Youth CSOs Capacity Building Workshops to improve the knowledge of youth leaders on the SDGs and its accountability processes. We call on all stakeholders, partners, sponsors, alumni and potential delegates to actively get involved. As we prepare towards the next Summit in 2020, we invite African youth to lead by example by embodying the values of the SDGs and Agenda 2063 while working for the development of all, creating and maintaining partnerships, sustaining peace, protecting the planet and contributing to prosperity on the continent. Registrations for the 2020 summit will open in August 2019. For further information on how to participate in the planned events, registration for the 2020 summit or for sponsorships and partnerships enquiries, kindly visit www.youthsdgssummit.org,  www.2030youth.org or email us : info@youthsdgssummut.org THE END Media Contact: Ellen Lindsey Awuku Communications Officer, African Youth SDGs Summit +233-245-734-958; +233 242842833 info@youthsdgssummit.org

Emmanuel Ametepey

The Executive Director of Youth Advocates Ghana and the Convener of the African Youth SDGs Summit,Emmanuel Ametepey has been recognised by The Future Awards Africa 2018 for prize for Advocacy Honoree. The awards, powered by The Future Awards Africa seeks to acknowledge inspiring young people making a difference through social enterprise, social good, and innovation in Africa. Emmanuel has been recognised for his role and contributions towards mobilising and inspiring the active participation of the African Youth in Africa`s development efforts,in particular towards the UN Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development the AU Agenda 2063 implementations. On behalf of the entire community of the African Youth SDGs Summit,we extend our heartfelt congratulations to him. Congratulations!!!

Call for Partners/Collaborators-National Youth SDGs Policy Roundtable The 2030 Youth Alliance is a Pan-African coalition of youth-led organisations and Non-Governmental organizations working to mobilize African youth to drive the implementation of Agenda 2030 and 2063 in Africa. The alliance was established in January 2017 in response to calls for the conveners of African Youth SDG Summit to collaborate with like-minded organizations to advance their common objectives and give youth-led organizations a stronger voice in the implementation of Agenda 2030 and 2063 in Africa. Initially made of seven (7) organizations, the Alliance has expanded and has current membership of 44 accredited member organizations in 19 African countries. In the lead up to the 2018 African Youth SDGs Summit, the 2030 Youth Alliance with support from Action Aid Denmark hosted a consultative workshop with members of the alliance dubbed “Pre-Summit Strategic Workshop” to engineer and review the concept and governance structure for the Alliance. This workshop brought together 32 participants from 11 African countries. As a follow up from the workshop and in line with the action plan of the African Youth SDGs Summit, the alliance is proposing to host policy roundtables at country level to mobilize and provide platform for youth engagement and participation in the SDGs implementation processes. Key Objectives Create a national platform for dialogues on the role of young people in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Provide a platform for networking, sharing of best practices and coalition building around mobilizing young people for the SDGs Educate and inform youth CSOs and stakeholders on key SDGs accountability mechanisms such as the Voluntary National Reviews to foster collaborations and partnerships. Expected Outcome Increase awareness of the SDGs among the youth Increase synergies and coordination of youth-related activities on the SDGs at country level Form the SDGs Youth Technical Committee/Working Group to provide technical inputs into SDG related activities at country level Share best practices and innovations as well as key lessons from the 2018 African Youth SDGs Summit Networks and alliances are built among young people and key SDGs institutions.  We are therefore extending invitation to organisations to form strategic partnership with us to host the roundtables in different countries. The partners or collaborators will work hand in hand with the alliance members at country level to host the roundtable. We are looking for national agencies, International Organizations, private sector institutions and local NGOs with focus on youth. Kindly complete the form below to sign up. Partners Form  Approved by H.E. Dr. IRAGUHA BANDORA Yves, MD President and Founder of African Union Students" Council (AUSC)"For The Better Africa We Deserve" P.O.Box: 6998 Kigali-Rwanda E-mail: ausc.president.office@gmail.com Click HERE to read updates about 3rdAAFYC2019 Registration fees details. Click HERE to read updates about 3rdAAFYC2019 Registration fees details.

'Catching Up Along The Global Value Chain' (Catch/Chain EU Horizon 2020).

Prof. Mammo Muchie is in Bocconi University, Milan, Italy on a secondment to carry out the research on 'Catching Up Along The Global Value Chain' (Catch/Chain EU Horizon 2020).

He met distinguished Prof. Franco Malerba, the originator of the concept of 'Sectoral System of Innovation' and Dr. Roberto Mavillas who is directing the EU Horizon 2020 Cat/Chain research project.

DST-NRF SARChI Chair of Tshwane University of Technology is the partner (Principal Investigator Prof. Muchie) from South Africa.

The pictures below show Prof. Muchie along with Prof. Franco Malerba, Dr. Roberto Mavillas and Roberta Pisani of the research project the EU Horizon Cat /Chain.

Call for Donations and Opportunities: 

Please if you have any other important opportunity to share to the African Union Students' Council (AUSC) International Communication Office, write to us from e-mail: ausc.communication.office@gmail.com ,

to be shared on the AUSC International Website to reach many Youth Across Africa and Worldwide.

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Approved on January 25th, 2019 , From Kigali-Rwanda, 
by

Dr. IRAGUHA BANDORA Yves, MD

President and Founder of African Union Students' Council (AUSC)"For The Better Africa We Deserve".

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Announcing the 2019 ADIS Keynote Speakers

Osh. Agabi is the founder & CEO of an early stage synthetic neurobiology company based in Berkeley, California. His premise is as simple as its radical. “The merger of synthetic neurobiology/neuroscience and silicon technology into a coherent, sturdy and elegant device. A device which solves urgent real-world problems anywhere — the lab, industry, and street corner”. This century and beyond is the age of biology. This age will not only transform the fate of all industries and economies. It will do so in a massively profound way. Importantly, the ‘baseline’ manufacturing technologies for shepherding this revolution is already here. Economies must begin to invest in the infrastructure for the coming bio-economy. Osh. and his company - Koniku Inc. is leading the way. As a visiting scholar and during his Ph.D. studies at the Imperial College in London, he built and customized 2 photon microscopes for studying synaptic transmission in the mouse visual cortex.

Ime Archibong is the VP of Product Partnerships at Facebook. His organization builds and manages global partnerships in support of Facebook's mission by driving product and business strategy. For the past eight years, his team has led on a number of key corporate initiatives, including the developer platform, community leaders program, local business product integrations, music and video partnerships, messenger bot platform, Internet.org connectivity efforts, and digital skills & education initiatives. Prior to Facebook, Ime was an Advanced Technology Business Development Professional at IBM. He started his career as a software engineer in the IBM Systems and Technology Group.

Aishetu’s passion for global finance began in the equities division of Goldman Sachs on the international desk in New York over 20 years ago. She went on to work for a USAID-funded project with the Nigerian government in its privatization program. She worked closely with President Olusegun Obasanjo and his economic team of cabinet ministers in crafting the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy, which drove several successful reforms including the $18 billion Paris Club debt write-off. Her passion for demonstrable development impact and understanding the intersection of the public and private sectors ability to stimulate economic growth led her to the International Finance Corporation in Washington, DC.

Gretchen Sorensen is the principal of Sorensen Group,, a consulting practice focused in biotechnology and global health. She serves as senior strategic advisor to CEOs and organizations globally. Her expertise in strategic communications, reputation management, partnerships, philanthropy and advocacy helps her clients translate paradigm-shifting ideas and discoveries into tangible value for funders, policymakers and the marketplace -- bringing accelerated benefits and return on investment. She is also a member of Arivale's founding team, a groundbreaking company established to launch a new industry, scientific wellness.

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ADIS2019 Session Highlight: East Africa

East Africa: Amplifying Innovation – Investment – Entrepreneurship According to the World Bank, the average GDP for the East African region increased by about 5.9 percent in 2017, with Ethiopia leading the growth by 8 percent followed by Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. These countries are enjoying growth as a result of strong local private consumption, investment in infrastructure, and manufacturing. Additionally, the region stands as a leader in disruptive Fintech, with mobile money led by Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. Yet, in many of the 13 East African Countries, poverty, inequality, and political uncertainty continues. This session will address two specific questions: How can we sustain East African economic growth as we look forward to 2050? What role can the diaspora play (or is playing) in human capital investment, innovation, and entrepreneurship to ensure sustainability?

Zekarias Amsalu, Ibex Frontier Zekarias Amsalu is the Founder & MD of IBEX Frontier / Financial Consultancy Ltd, with presence in Washington DC USA, London UK and Addis Ababa Ethiopia. Zekarias has been at the forefront of providing exposure of the emerging Tech sector in Ethiopia starting from coining the term ‘Sheba Valley’ for Ethiopia’s tech space and representing and speaking on behalf of flourishing Tech-start-ups’ in Ethiopia at various platforms and research papers. Zekarias started his career in the private Banking sector in Ethiopia followed by a regional Finance Treasury role at Shell Oil East Africa Hub leading Treasury & Credit operations, Change Management implementations in East African cluster.

Linda Kamau, AkiraChix Linda Kamau is the Managing Director and Co-Founder of AkiraChix. For eight years working as a software engineer, she found herself being the only woman of color in a leadership position working with people from over ten different countries. With this inspiration, she co-founded AkiraChix. As a way to address poverty, AkiraChix’s mission is to provide hands-on technical training and mentorship to young women, girls, and children to increase the number of skilled women in tech and positively impact the community.  We believe that access to education and training is of paramount importance for young women.

Joachim Ewechu, SHONA Group Joachim Ewechu is the Co-Founder and CEO of SHONA Group, a company that grows impact focused businesses in East Africa. Prior to this, he co-founded Angels Initiatives, a group of socially responsible businesses meeting unmet market needs and tackling critical challenges in Africa. SHONA is transforming East Africa's economies and societies by growing East African Good Businesses. SHONA selects high potential entrepreneurs and surrounds them with the knowledge, tools, capital and connections they need to grow their businesses.

Mel Negussie, Ethio-American Doctors Group, Inc. Mel is COO and General Counsel of Ethio-American Doctors Group, Inc., a company established by 350+ healthcare professionals of primarily Ethiopian origin organized to build a state-of-the-art hospital in Ethiopia. He is also outside General Counsel for ECDC, Inc., an Arlington, VA—based organization that serves the immigrant and refugee community in the U.S. Mel serves on the board of Centennial Power International Corp., a holding company of fully integrated solar energy businesses with a dedicated team in Sub-Saharan Africa. Mel started his professional career as a Chemical Engineer for Dow Chemical Company. Mel obtained his JD from the University of Southern California Law School.

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Approved on January 18th, 2019 , From Kigali-Rwanda,  by Dr. IRAGUHA BANDORA Yves, MD President and Founder of African Union Students' Council (AUSC)"For The Better Africa We Deserve".