Young African leaders aged between 28 and 40 years in 2023, have also been chose based on competitive performance in various areas and who have commitment to African's development.
As part of their giving back to the society, and in the interest of contributing to the development of this great continent, young leaders identified different areas of interest under the broad theme of sustainable development in which they carried out activities including development-oriented projects and research to catalyze development of the continent of Africa.
An exceptional committee to select the 100 new young Leaders 2021 has been inaugurated by the French-African Foundation program. This year’s edition of the French-African Foundation’s Young Leaders programme involves an ad hoc committee of public decision-makers and business leaders. The call for applications closed on April 5.
These influential representatives of the Franco-African relationship have until May 10 to contribute to identifying the one hundred laureates who will make up the class of 2021. The independent selection committee in charge of determining the composition of the next class of Young Leaders brings together decision-makers from France and both French and English-speaking Africa. These personalities hold ministerial positions and include Romuald Wadagni, Benin’s Minister of Economy and Finance and Ursula Owuzu, Ghana’s Minister of Telecommunications. They also work in development institutions such as Chinelo Anohu, Executive Director of the AfDB Group; B