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OUR DECLARATION
Meetings have held, seminars have been hosted, communiqués have been issued but it appears that the face in things in Africa remains the same, if not deteriorating. We believe it's high time we took the bull by the horns and exert the force that will take Africa from its place of inertia, and place it on the path of action and relevance.

Globalization is melting the walls that divide continents and nations, and if Africa does not rise to the opportunities of Information and Communication Technologies, the digital divide will only get wider. With this in mind, we raise our voice as the Young people of Africa, the link between today and tomorrow; one voice that calls for urgent action and not empty boasts and intimidating statistics. THIS VOICE SAYS...


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Passion ... Similar interest ... Opportunity ... and the dream was born. It was late in the night, at the City Lodge hotel, Johannesburg... Read about the African Youth Initiative, the joint effort of 85 young people from 48 countries in Africa. Read the story of the beginning of a New Africa!


Meetings have held, seminars have been hosted, communiqués have been issued but it appears that the face in things in Africa remains the same, if not deteriorating. We believe ... ...read more>>


Meet the 85 young people from the 48 countries of Africa that are behind this initiative. Care to meet us?


While we were in Johannesburg, where most of us met for the very first time, we had some wonderful moments. Do you care to take an eWalk with us?