To African youths! YALDA 2012 Conference Opportunity in Lagos

We are pleased to announce we have opened the second round of applications for the 4th Biennial conference for Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa (www.conference.yaldafrica.org). 

The conference will hold from the 4th to 7th October at the Lagos Business School, Lekki-Ajah Campus in Lagos, Nigeria. This year's conference is completely unique as you will get a once in a lifetime chance to generate or refine your own development or business ideas for Africa in the presence of industry experts!!! 

You can visit our website for more information at http://www.conference.yaldafrica.org/index.php?id=16 and to apply please visit http://www.conference.yaldafrica.org/index.php?id=38 !!!! Space is limited!!!! Second round deadline is the 7th September, 2012!!!

This year's conference will also be in partnership with Lagos Business School (http://www.lbs.edu.ng/), LEAP Africa (http://www.leapafrica.org/) and FindajobinAfrica.com (http://www.findajobinafrica.com/).

Please forward this link to all your friends, members and groups who would benefit from this conference!!!

We look forward to seeing YOU in Nigeria this October!

Mr. Raymond C. Maro
YALDA International Publicity Chair

Website: www.conference.yaldafrica.org
Email: contact@yaldafrica.org,raymond_maro@yahoo.com
Facebook: YALDA International

Brief Conference Overview: Africa has recently established itself as the new global investment hub and is experiencing unprecedented growth rates that will continue for years to come. With more young people in its population than any other continent, Africa’s inability to effectively incorporate the economic participation of its youth poses immense social challenges. There has been wide recognition that encouraging entrepreneurship and a culture of self-sustenance amongst African youth is the strongest weapon in the battle against rising youth unemployment rates. 

At YALDA we also believe in harnessing the potential of Africa’s youth. All over Africa young minds are brimming with solutions to the continent’s most pressing issues, and it is essential to give these youth the avenues and resources to successfully bring these ideas to fruition in their respective countries and communities.We are excited to have you at this year’s YALDA conference to not only gain an understanding of the opportunities in Africa, but to empower you to lead visible and ground-breaking change on the continent. This will be done through an entirely new and more interactive format consisting of five techniques: providing a platform for idea generation, idea refining and planning workshops, industry specific idea presentations to expert panels, resources exhibition, and networking sessions.