Tweeting the Facing Africa's Future plenary at #WEFAfrica

In delivering on Africa's Promise, Africa needs an aspirational and inspirational set of youth. The closing plenary for the World Economic Forum event on Africa focused on young people. There were a lot of younger attendees at the event, many of which were like me, Global Shapers. There were also the relatively older set of attendees, many of whom were Young Global Leaders. It was befitting that the closing plenary for the event featured younger panelists, 3 of which were Global Shapers. It was dubbed "Facing Africa's Future Significant challenges to Africa's resilience".

The panelists were Martyn Davies, Chief Executive Officer, Frontier Advisory, South Africa; Young Global Leader; Global Agenda Council on China Anne Githuku-Shongwe, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Afroes Transformational Games, South Africa; as well as Global Shapers Aminata Niang, Manager, Marketing and Sales, Tambaroua Business Farming, Mali; Rapelang Rabana, Founder, ReKindle Learning, South Africa and Younes Slaoui, Consultant, Strategy and Development, Attijariwafa Bank, Morocco. The session was moderated and chaired by Eric Kacou, Co-Founder, Entrepreneurial Solutions Partners (ESPartners), USA; Young Global Leader; Global Agenda Council on Fostering Entrepreneurship.

Here are some tweets I saved from the plenary

The closing plenary of the World Economic Forum on Africa has mostly young people. Now that's delivering on Africa's promise! #WEFAfrica
— Ato Ulzen-Appiah (@Abocco) May 10, 2013

I agree!@africatechie: This young lady @rapelangrabana is amazing. I can easily see her as President of South Africa one day #WEF #WEFAFRICA
— Yawa Hansen-Quao (@yawahq) May 10, 2013

@abocco and 50% of the panel in the last plenary session of the #WEF - Africa are Global Shapers from Africa !What an honor ! #shapeafrica
— Yousra Cherif (@LoveLeeR) May 10, 2013

"4 things African children ask for around human dignity-food, health, education & transparency. Democracy? Not so much"- Slaoui". #wefafrica
— Ato Ulzen-Appiah (@Abocco) May 10, 2013

Global Shaper @abocco from Accra asks a question to fellow Shapers in the last plenary session of #WEF Africa ! twitter.com/LoveLeeR/statu…
— Yousra Cherif (@LoveLeeR) May 10, 2013

U rocked the mic! RT @abocco: Hehe thnx! Pleasantly surprised when they asked us to make statements RT @faraitoday Great comment! #WEFAfrica
— FaraiToday.com (@FaraiToday) May 10, 2013

my man aulzen-appiah killing it & on point! @abocco #wefafrica use africa's youth for positive change! 100% agree. #changemindsets
— kc odonkor (@kcodonkorGH) May 10, 2013

"What you're looking for Sokoto is often in the pocket of your shokoto"- Naija proberb. What you're looking for is very near you. #wefafrica
— Ato Ulzen-Appiah (@Abocco) May 10, 2013

Know the game, create your team, make the move. 3 statements to help you achieve whatever you want to do. #Morevim! #shapeafrica #wefafrica
— Ato Ulzen-Appiah (@Abocco) May 10, 2013

"If I'm doing it wrong, tell me. If I'm doing it, tell others". Encourage, support, congratulate. #shapeafrica #wefafrica
— Ato Ulzen-Appiah (@Abocco) May 10, 2013

10th May 1994 - Mandela was inaugurated as President. Today, Mo Ibrahim said a "United States of Africa" is needed & is possible. #WEFAfrica
— Ato Ulzen-Appiah (@Abocco) May 10, 2013

Major statement that has resonated at this World Economic Forum on Africa, is that we absolutely need African integration. #WEFAfrica
— Ato Ulzen-Appiah (@Abocco) May 10, 2013

Am I the only absolutely enjoying that Elsie Kanza says one thing in multiple African languages every time she addresses #WEFAfrica? Super!
— Ato Ulzen-Appiah (@Abocco) May 10, 2013

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