TEDx Event to Showcase African Youth Leadership

URL for Tedx event information: http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/7379
URL for CO.NX audio broadcast: http://conx.state.gov/af
Phone line for audio: +1-202-659-2781, Conference ID: 5004#

On Friday, December 14, speakers and youth leaders from across Africa will participate in TEDxYouth@Bukoto, to be held in Kampala, Uganda.  This forum will showcase innovative solutions to some of Africa’s most pressing challenges— solutions that have been envisioned and implemented by Africa’s most dynamic and creative young change-makers.  These youth leaders have been working closely with the U.S. State Department to develop leadership, media, and entrepreneur skills.  Using the theme, “Our Moment,” this event will show how young people are harnessing untapped energy and potential to create a new future for themselves and their communities.

Presented by the U.S. State Department’s Office of the Special Representative to Muslim Communities, Office of Global Youth Issues, and U.S. Mission Uganda, TEDxYouth@Bukoto will feature 11 speakers who will share their inspirations, ideas for social good, and vision for the future of Africa.  Many of the speakers have been empowered by one of many State Department programs in Africa, designed to encourage local talent to address local challenges.

Confirmed speakers include women’s empowerment advocate Precious Simba; Nandimobile.com founder and BloggingGhana executive Edward Amartey Tagoe; Emmanuel Bukenya, founder of a company that builds stoves that use low-cost, readily available fuels such as agricultural wastes; Spoken Word Rwanda founder Diana Mpyisi, who showcases poetry and spoken word from young Rwandans; and Sudanese stage actor Nahla Alamin, who teaches Sudanese youth to express themselves through theater.  More information can be found at the TEDx website.

Format:  Hosted by the U.S. Embassy in Kampala, this event will be live streamed as an audio-only webcast in English to a global audience.  Please click on the CO.NX URL above to tune in.  This event will also feature interactive participation on Twitter, using the #TEDxYouthBukoto hashtag, and on Facebook.