Opportunities: The Fourth Annual SANKOFA54: African Youth Empowerment Conference

Each year, the Yale Undergraduate Association for African Peace & Development (YAAPD) hosts the SANKOFA54: AfricanYouth Empowerment Conference, a two-day event that aims to provide students with the necessary tools, networks, and mentor relationships needed to effect change. The theme of this year’s conference is: The Next Chapter: Africa in the Global Context. This year’s conference will be aimed at assessing Africa’s social, economic, political, and cultural capital in a global context. We will take a look at Africa’s interactions and exchanges across all corners of the globe, what Africans are producing for the rest of the world, and the value of the African voice in international discourse.  This year, we will provide key networking and recruitment opportunities with top companies and NGOs on the continent including groups such as PricewaterhouseCoopers. We are also very excited to announce that the senior adviser to Dalberg and author of Success in Africa: CEO Insights from a Continent on the Rise, Jonathan Berman, will be attending as one of this year’s keynote speakers.

Lastly, this year YAAPD and the Yale African Student Association (YASA) will be hosting a Cultural Show, entitled Kuumba–Swahili for creativity–on Friday, April 10th at 8pm in SSS.

Please fill out this form if you are an individual or a student group interested in showcasing your talents to African students from across the diaspora, conference participants and the Yale community at large as part of the show.

REGISTER NOW before tickets run out! Visit our website for more information and don’t forget to RSVP on Facebook.

If you are a Yale student interested in connecting with African students from all over the continent, fill out this form to host some conference participants.

We encourage you to forward this information to your peers and anyone who may be interested in attending. We hope to see you there!