Young African ConneXions Annual Summit 2015
In partnership with the Mandela Washington Fellows
African Youth Leadership and Linkages
Agenda
3:00pm – 4:00pm Registration
4:00pm – 4:20pm Welcome from Mayor’s Office on African Affairs (MOAA)
Heran Sereke-Brhan, Ph.D., Deputy Director
Special Address
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, Delegate to the United States Congress representing the District of Columbia
Anthony K. Wutoh, Ph.D., Provost and Chief Academic Officer, Howard University
Naomi Ferguson, Mandela Washington Fellow, Howard University: Reflection on Youth Leadership, Public Service and Advocacy
4:20pm – 4:30pm Keynote Address
H. E. Mninwa Mahlangu, Ambassador, Republic of South Africa
Delivered by Nowetu Luti, Deputy Chief of Mission, RSA
4:30pm – 5:30pm Panel I: Youth Leadership: Public Service, Community Advocacy, and Entrepreneurship
Jeannine Scott, President, U.S. – Angola Chamber of Commerce
Greg Carr, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Afro-American Studies, Howard University
Menna Demessie, Ph.D., Vice President of Policy and Research, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.
Nangamso Koza, Mandela Washington Fellow, Howard University
Moderator: Krista Johnson, Ph.D., Professor of African Studies, Howard University
5:30pm – 5:45pm Break
5:45pm – 6:00pm Performance by Simunye Dance Group, Washington, DC
6:00pm – 6:20pm Guest Speaker
Pape Samb, Chairman and CEO, Global Youth Innovation Network
6:20pm – 7:20pm Panel II: Strengthening Inter-African Linkages:
Technology, Knowledge, and Information Exchange
Nina Oduro, Founder and President, AfricanDevJobs.com
Semhar Araia, CEO, Semai Consulting, LLC.
Tegene Baharu, Chief Technology Officer, DC Office of Chief Technology Officer
Amadou Daffe, CEO and Co-founder, Coders4Africa
Moderator: Emira Woods, Director of Global Impact, ThoughtWorks
7:20pm – 7:30pm Closing Remarks
Mamadou Samba, Executive Director, DC Mayor’s Office on African Affairs
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