MINDS – Shaping Africa's future through its youth
With a culture that tends to place high emphasis on experience and age, one of the areas in which young people in Africa tend to be significantly under-represented is within the remit of politics and nation shaping. The Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS) seeks to tackle this through its 2015 Annual African Youth Dialogue on Elections and Governance.
To be hosted in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe on 7th and 8th August and open to participants from all over Africa, interact as they interrogate and deepen the understanding of issues of mutual interest pertaining to the development and transformation of the continent. In doing so, the event seeks to foster an increase in the number of young people peacefully and actively participating in African elections and governance processes based on an appreciation of the significance of their demographic superiority.
Again respect has to be shown to MINDS for the boldness of the idea and its potential for impact. Movemeback looks forward to seeing the fruits it harvests.