TRAIN MY GENERATION SURVEY

The New York Forum Africa is launching the Train My Generation Survey, the first pan-African survey focusing on the views of Generation Y in the continent, covering education, jobs and workplace opportunities.

The survey, in collaboration with Global Counsel and Tribal Brands, will be hosted on mPowering Action, the online and mobile platform powered by the UN Foundation and the UNDP that encourages young people to articulate their views on social and economic issues. Through the Train My Generation survey, young people under the age of 26 across Africa will be able to have their say on some of the issues that concern them, and the results will be presented to ministers and heads of state at the New York Forum AFRICA.

Read the complete NYFA 2014 Agenda here.

AFRICAN CITIZENS SUMMIT

For the first time, the New York Forum AFRICA will play host to the first-ever African Citizens’ Summit, in association with Train My Generation. The Summit will showcase the results of the Train My Generation survey, the first pan-African survey focusing on the views of Generation Y in the continent, covering education, jobs and workplace opportunities. The results of the survey will be presented to ministers and heads of state during on the first day of the New York Forum AFRICA. Students will have the chance to voice their ideas in person at the Africans’ Citizens’ Summit, which will also be livestreamed through educational establishments across the continent.

The audience will be a mix of students and young entrepreneurs from Gabon and around Africa and international participants. Together they will have the chance to voice their ideas at the Africans’ Citizens’ Summit, which will also be livestreamed through educational establishments across the continent.