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The future of Africa heavily relies on its vibrant youth as critical catalysts of change and innovation, First Lady Margaret Kenyatta and her Malawi counterpart Dr Gertrude Mutharika have said.
They said the continent could no longer afford to ignore the immense potential held by its youth and excluding the important segment of its population from key decisions-making processes.
Kenyatta said the youth hold the solutions to some of the most perplexing and pervasive problems that Africa faces. “You are our change catalysts; you are our innovators; you are our present and our future,” she said.
Mutharika said young people need to be involved in decision-making on matters that affect the continent especially on health and education. Mutharika is the current President of the Organisation of African First Ladies against HIV/Aids and officially opened the youth forum as the head of OAFLA.
Kenyatta is a member of OAFLA Steering committee. The two spoke during the opening of the two-day Africa Health Agenda International (AHAI) -2017 Youth Pre-Conference, at a Nairobi hotel.
The Youth Pre-conference forum that brings together more than 200 delegates from various organisations from across Africa precedes the main AHAIC conference scheduled for March 7-9 in Nairobi.
The (AHAIC) conference under the theme of “ Towards a Healthier Africe: People, Systems and Innovation” is sponsored by Amref Health Africa with the support of the World Health Organisation and the Ministry of Health.
The main conference is expected to bring together another 400 experts from around the world to share their expertise, research findings, debate on and share strategies on Africa’s preparedness for SDGs and Resilient Health Systems.
The host First Lady said the world is now waking up to the reality that it’s the youth who will lead the kind of reformative work towards finding solutions for global problems.
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