Enlisting and Engaging African Young Women?
. . . Young African Women Leadership Summit (YAWLS) 2017, Durban South Africa
At the Margins of the 2017 World Economic Forum on Africa (WEFA) in Durban-South Africa, on May 4th 2017, the Centre for Economic and Leadership Development (CELD), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN-ECOSOC), is putting together the Young African Women Leadership Summit (YAWLS) 2017 with the aim of x-raying the ways and paths towards turning the Youths of Africa to an Asset, for Africa’s development.
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