The School of Transnational Governance (STG) organises high-level lectures by leading experts addressing Africa's specific challenges. The Africa's Potential series is part of the Young African Leaders Programme (YALP) and is open to the EUI community, YALP alumni and the YALP network. Speakers will cover a wide range of topics, including governance, peace and security, democracy, gender, digital policy, economics, sustainability, and migration.
This week's high level conversations will kick-off with a discussion on gender and leadership in Africa, led by Prudence Nonkululeko Ngwenya and Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.
Prudence Ngwenya is the current Acting Director of the Women, Gender and Youth Director and also the substantive Head of the Division of the Youth Development and Engagement Division at the African Union Commission (AUC).
Her main responsibilities include leading and providing strategic guidance on the AUC’s mandate on Youth Development while providing strategic oversight on the implementations of programs within her Directorate.
The task involves maintaining a robust, innovative and results oriented AUC Youth Programme aligned to key AU frameworks such as Agenda 2063. She works directly with Ministers in charge of Youth Development in all AU Member States. She led the team which conceptualized the 1 Million By 2021 Initiative of AUC Chairperson H.E Moussa Faki Mahamat, and continues to lead in that work.
The event is part of the Africa's Potential series, carried out at the School of Transnational Governance, as part of the Young African Leaders Programme (YALP) funded by the European Commission, and is open to the EUI community, YALP alumni and the YALP network. Please register to receive the Zoom link to the event.