Youthhubafrica
Presents
International Youth Day Twitter Conference 2013
Theme: ‘Youth Migration, Moving Development Forward.’
Date: August 12, 2013
Time: 3PM GMT
Hashtag: To participate, join the conversation using #IYDAfrica
Panelists:
· Babatunde Rosanwo: @rosanwo is is a PhD Sociology student at the Graduate School for Social Research, Polish Academy of Sciences where his thesis is focused on Ethnicity and National Identities. He was a student union leader in his former life and mostly uses his soap box to advocate for good governance. With a passion for social change and engagement, he has worked and consulted on several advocacy projects for young people and migrants with years of experience in the non-profit sector across several countries.
· Maureen Agena: @maureenagena is a youth activist, communications consultant, trainer and a trained citizen Journalist. She currently is living and working in the Netherlands with CTA’s ICT4D program.She is also undertaking a Web 2.0 and social media training with UNITAR. Her areas of interest focus on using technology to educate,engage,empower and break barriers among people of different ethnicity, gender and race.She therefore focuses on the use mobile Technology, the web and social media.
· Erasmus Mweene: @erasmusmweene is the founder of Youth Activism for Change and also the Zambian National Focal Point of the Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS. Erasmus serves as the country Ambassador for the Global Youth Innovations Network and is a member of the prestigious Global Shapers, a program of the World Economic Forum.
· Dr, Djibril Diallo: @Ddiallo_UNAIDS is a veteran Communications Specialists. He is currently a Senior Adviser to the Executive Director of UNAIDS at the United Nations. He is also the Convener of the Pan African Youth Leadership Summit which commenced in 2004 and has spanned the last 9years. Djibril is also the Coordinator of the African Diaspora Network
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