Thread by @olaideolawuwo

Dear Youth,
In light of #AfricaYouthDay yesterday, and throughout #Africa Youth Month, I will be supporting the @_AfricanUnion's call on all young people to view their #natural spaces as opportunities to influence their #communities and consequently the #African...

@ToyinSaraki

... continent with the aim of encouraging young #Africans all over the world to see themselves as integral to achieving Agenda 2063.

To build a community of youth experts and voices on key #development issues to drive the promise of African achievement
@ossap_sdgs @estherclimate

I support the @wellbeingafrica For Women Africa's Youth Initiative, which has mentored and provided micro-grants to support over 63 youth partners in global #development, from 18 African nations in building a body of over 194 published research editorials in the last four years

and I have watched in admiration as a wave of young #women and men in development have risen to #leadership in their fields and #careers.

Wellbeing for Women #Africa Youth Partners have done the hard work in creating hard-hitting, insightful and entertaining advocacy editorials.

They have developed Action Points for Changing the World. They have opened their minds, worked at their craft and used their voices. We have put their insights into the hands of #leaders, policy-makers and influencers by publishing our inaugural Youth Voices Book, launched at the

@UN General Assembly in September 2018, and the WaWimbi Report launched at the #WomenInDev Conference in March 2020.

As we join the @_AfricanUnion in reinforcing commitments to the #development, dignity and agency of our youth, viewing youth as an asset to be leveraged,

@IDS_UK

not a problem to be solved, we celebrate the young Africans who are contributing daily to Africa’s progress, laying the building blocks and bridges for our sustainable growth and development. We hear your voices, we see your actions, we welcome your #engagement.

@absfoundationng

This month and beyond, we commit to working with you as partners as we march on to realizing #Africa We Want.

- Barrister @ToyinSaraki-Ojora

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