Happy New Year my fellow comrades!
It is my pleasure to write a brief letter to young African leaders who contributed so much in 2015 for the realization of sustainable development in our prestigious continent. Your ideas, works and achievements in preceding years were beyond par and deserved utmost recognition. This is why I deemed it necessary to, first of all, thank all African youth for job well done.
Amidst the instabilities, meltdowns and other unfriendly events of last year, we exhibited adequate knowledge and understanding of the pathway to African development via our numerous works, campaigns and investment procedures. After successive hobnobs with intelligent young Africans, even at the 2015 AFRICA YOUTH DAY in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, I am well convinced that a great revival is set to commence in Africa through successful implementation processes.
In this regard, I urge us all to make 2016 a historical year for the continent through our continued efforts in carrying that torch of Africa's development prospect. We must not relent in the face of challenges, but stick together to redeem our motherland from the claws of underdevelopment and poverty. In 2016, I encourage all African youth to be sources of inspiration to one another, standing tall in every moment whilst giving more than ever for the development of the continent.
Let us make 2016 a watershed year for Africa. It is the time for more work!
Give your best and inspire others to do likewise for the love of Africa...
I wish you a happy and successful 2016!
Regards,
Prince IFOH.
President, Young African Leaders Forum (YALF)
Showing posts with label The Young African Leaders Forum Executives. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Young African Leaders Forum Executives. Show all posts
Friday, 1 January 2016
Tuesday, 24 March 2015
The Meaning of our Goal - DEVELOPMENT
The term development has no
universally accepted definition, yet it is an unavoidable datum of life.
Many scholars have attempted a definition of the concept of
development. Lebret, for instance, have defined development as "the
ascent of man, maturation, growth and creativity of all human potentials
achieved at the lowest possible cost in sacrificed values and human
sufferings".
An African philosopher, Pantaleon Iroegbu, also attempted a working definition of development. For him; “Development is the progressive unfolding of the inner potentials of a given reality. It is to de-envelop, that is, to bring out to light existential, functional and epistemic, which was enveloped, folded or hidden. As it applies to a people, development is the integration of different givens: national, physical acquired and human, of a people towards the full working out, permanently and cumulatively, of their being as persons of their community and of their real productivity.”
Be it as it may, development is the growth or formation and change of something over a period of time.
For me, development is the gradual growth, increase and change of a particular phenomenon over a period of time. It must be about man because he is the agent and purpose of development.
What is your definition of development? How do you judge if a thing or a place is developing?
An African philosopher, Pantaleon Iroegbu, also attempted a working definition of development. For him; “Development is the progressive unfolding of the inner potentials of a given reality. It is to de-envelop, that is, to bring out to light existential, functional and epistemic, which was enveloped, folded or hidden. As it applies to a people, development is the integration of different givens: national, physical acquired and human, of a people towards the full working out, permanently and cumulatively, of their being as persons of their community and of their real productivity.”
Be it as it may, development is the growth or formation and change of something over a period of time.
For me, development is the gradual growth, increase and change of a particular phenomenon over a period of time. It must be about man because he is the agent and purpose of development.
What is your definition of development? How do you judge if a thing or a place is developing?
Wednesday, 11 March 2015
Culture and Modernisation of the African Continent
In reply to http://yaliforum.blogspot.com/2015/03/culture-and-modernisation-by-teresa.html
Culture is basically the beliefs, customs, roots, identity, settings, and cumulative knowledge associated with a particular society or community. LETS KEEP IT THAT WAY...
The change to implement a singular web based platform with multiple network access to the African Continents Savior and Transformation, already exist. It should not be ignored any longer.
Fear and uncertainty are the limitations we experience from lack of understanding the HOW. If, I, could use a previously successful transformation process that happened in the early 90's on a smaller scale but with massive impact. The newspaper company, I, first started my working career with, were the first I knew off, to implement technology in our country. The transformation virtually happened overnight and the pro's always vs the con's. The approach was an exact mirror of our experience today. The usage of the new generation in the company apprentices and students (Young Craftsmen) working at the company was inevitably the best approach and seen as pro's, in the implementation and to understand the use of the system "first". The con's were the elders with years of experience in the industry, who was gradually entertained by the pro's in the transformation period. Honestly a win win situation for this group of companies when they implemented, this technology system at a National level throughout their group.
Then also... Being introduced to the Microsoft of technologies at a very early stage of my career as well, I have become a strong follower of Mr. Gates and his organisations strategies. For example, a very big business segment in the world market is using Windows and MS Office on their desktop and laptop computers before android hit the market place, and they still hold strong on this platform with Polaris, which, previously they operated from more than one operating platform XP, Vista etc. It is only in the recent years that they themselves refined to a singular suggested operating system like Windows 7 and latest Windows 10. But our focus in the world now, is on Cloud Services. Green Technologies.
Culture is basically the beliefs, customs, roots, identity, settings, and cumulative knowledge associated with a particular society or community. LETS KEEP IT THAT WAY...
The change to implement a singular web based platform with multiple network access to the African Continents Savior and Transformation, already exist. It should not be ignored any longer.
Fear and uncertainty are the limitations we experience from lack of understanding the HOW. If, I, could use a previously successful transformation process that happened in the early 90's on a smaller scale but with massive impact. The newspaper company, I, first started my working career with, were the first I knew off, to implement technology in our country. The transformation virtually happened overnight and the pro's always vs the con's. The approach was an exact mirror of our experience today. The usage of the new generation in the company apprentices and students (Young Craftsmen) working at the company was inevitably the best approach and seen as pro's, in the implementation and to understand the use of the system "first". The con's were the elders with years of experience in the industry, who was gradually entertained by the pro's in the transformation period. Honestly a win win situation for this group of companies when they implemented, this technology system at a National level throughout their group.
Then also... Being introduced to the Microsoft of technologies at a very early stage of my career as well, I have become a strong follower of Mr. Gates and his organisations strategies. For example, a very big business segment in the world market is using Windows and MS Office on their desktop and laptop computers before android hit the market place, and they still hold strong on this platform with Polaris, which, previously they operated from more than one operating platform XP, Vista etc. It is only in the recent years that they themselves refined to a singular suggested operating system like Windows 7 and latest Windows 10. But our focus in the world now, is on Cloud Services. Green Technologies.
Monday, 9 March 2015
The Young African Leaders Forum Hierarchy
The Young Leaders Forum is the first Pan-African group - where
young leaders from the 53 African nations discuss the continent's
developmental issues. It serves as a platform for deliberations on the
political, economic, social and cultural happenings in Africa, and its
contributors are some of the best young intellectuals in
the continent. YF is also the official birthplace of the prospective
African Journal, Young African Leaders Journal of Development (#YALJOD).
The Young African Forum is pleased to announce its
Founding Leaders and Pioneers. Here is the list of the Founding Executives of the emerging African Leaders Forum.
President ------- Prince IFOH (Nigeria) prince.ifoh@gmail.com
Vice President I
----- Teresa ABILA (Kenya) abilateresa88@gmail.com
Vice President II
----- Richard ADARKWAH (Ghana) richardadarkwah@yahoo.com
Secretary General ----- Armand KODJO (Benin) armandkodjo@gmail.com
FOUNDING (NATIONAL) COORDINATORS
SOUTH AFRICA
Conrad van STADEN supraminds@gmail.com
NIGERIA
Emmanuel Jonah KALU emmanueljonahkalu@gmail.com
Musab ALIYU dantsoho2@gmail.com
KENYA
Titus MUGAMBI titzmugash@gmail.com
SIERRA LEONE
Abdulai BENEDICT CONTE benconteh10@gmail.com
UGANDA
Ntende EDWARD ESCO ntende2esco@gmail.com
Isabella KYAMAZIMA ikyamazima@gmail.com
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