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SUMMARY:MEA Institute Emerging Leaders Forum
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DESCRIPTION:Africa’s Transformation Crossroads\; Youth as Policy Drivers
 \nAfrica stands at a defining inflection point. The convergence of demogra
 phic momentum\, technological possibility\, and shifting geopolitical tide
 s is reshaping the continent’s trajectory. The theme Africa’s Transfo
 rmation Crossroads\; Youth as Policy Drivers captures this pivotal moment
  with urgency and resolve\, centring the voices\, visions\, and agency of 
 Africa’s most powerful and abundant resource: its youth.\nAcross Africa\
 , young people are no longer waiting at the margins of governance. They ar
 e entering its engine rooms\, contesting its assumptions\, and rewriting i
 ts rules. From grassroots movements to legislative chambers\, from digital
  policy platforms to pan-African institutions\, a new generation is assert
 ing not merely the right to participate\, but the power to lead. This them
 e challenges the long-held framing of youth as beneficiaries of policy and
  reimagines them as its drivers\, moving beyond representation as performa
 nce toward leadership as an institutional norm\, one that makes space for 
 dissent\, not only applause\, and recognises young people’s lived insigh
 t and moral contributions as indispensable\, not optional.\nThe crossroads
  is not metaphorical. Consequential decisions are being made now\, about c
 limate adaptation\, food sovereignty\, artificial intelligence governance\
 , debt architecture\, democratic consolidation\, and intra-continental tra
 de. At each intersection\, the question is the same: who gets to decide? T
 his Forum insists the answer must structurally include young Africans\, as
  genuine partners with meaningful authority over outcomes that will define
  their lives.\nIn this spirit\, the Forum seeks to foster substantive poli
 cy dialogue between African voices and Swiss and European institutions\, b
 uilding the intergenerational bridges and policy pipelines that a transfor
 ming continent demands\, and anchoring Africa’s strategic priorities wit
 hin a broader and more informed European public discourse.
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ORGANIZER:MEA Institute for Strategic Studies
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