YOULEAD SUMMIT 2022
Arusha, 12th to 16th November 2022 - MS TCDC and East Africa Community to host the 6th Annual YouLead Summit under the theme "Digital Access and the Future of Work"
The summit will serve as a forum for the examination of the state of digital transformation and the future of work for youth and aim at putting forward solution models for a predictable future of decent employment and work opportunities for African youth.
500+ delegates from across Africa will be attending this year's summit physically at MS TCDC and the EAC Headquarters, in Tanzania and 1000+ online.
H.E. Jakaya Kikwete, former President of Tanzania, also Patron of YouLead, H.E. Fatoumata Tambajang, former Vice-President in the Republic of The Gambia, Hon. Dr Peter Mathuki, Secretary-General of the East African Community, Ms Makena Mwobobia, Executive Director, MS Training Centre for Development Cooperation, and Ms Angelina Ngalula, Board Chairperson, of East African Business Council are among the conveners for the 6th YouLead Summit 2022.
Since 2017, YouLead Summit has been convened annually by the East African Community (EAC), MS Training Centre for Development Cooperation (MSTCDC) and other partners in Arusha Tanzania through their youth engagement initiatives – the EAC Youth Ambassadors Platform (www.eacyap.org) and YouLead – Africa Youth Leadership Program (www.youlead.africa) respectively.
YouLead Summit brings together continental, regional and national policymakers together with youth leaders, private sector and NGO stakeholders to revitalise political ambition, and action on the most pressing youth development issues to craft responses to the continent’s rapidly growing youth population, their challenges and opportunities.