Date: October 2024 · Location: Accra, Ghana · Reach: 200+ delegates from 14 countries
The MAGA Foundation Youth Summit 2024 brought together young Africans, mentors, civil-society organisations, and government partners to debate, learn, and commit to action on sustainable development across the continent. Held over three days in Accra, the summit centred a single question: What is the role of the African youth in shaping the next 25 years of the continent?
Why the summit matters
Africa has the youngest population of any continent — 60% of Africans are under the age of 25. Decisions made today on education, jobs, climate, and governance will be lived out by them. The Youth Summit is MAGA Foundation’s flagship gathering to make sure those decisions are made with young Africans, not just for them.
Programme highlights
- Opening keynote: “Africa Will Be Great Again — the role of the next generation,” delivered by MAGA Foundation Founder Kamal-Deen Abdallah Ibn Chambas.
- Panel: Education & the future of work. Higher-education leaders, edtech founders, and TVET practitioners on closing the skills gap.
- Panel: Health & community resilience. Young public-health workers and grassroots organisers on locally-led health responses.
- Panel: Climate, agriculture & food sovereignty. Smallholder farmer cooperatives and climate-tech founders on building food security.
- Workshop streams: leadership, civic engagement, fundraising for grassroots projects, digital storytelling, and SME finance.
- Marketplace: 30+ youth-led organisations exhibited programmes and recruited volunteers.
What came out of the summit
The Youth Summit closed with a delegate-drafted Accra Declaration on Youth-Led Development — a short statement of priorities the cohort committed to advance over the next 12 months: youth representation in policy-making, fair access to capital for young African entrepreneurs, climate-smart agricultural training, and continental mobility for African students and workers.
Partners & supporters
The summit was delivered alongside community partners, faith-based organisations, student unions across West Africa, and civil-society groups working on education, health, and climate.
Get involved in the next edition
The next Youth Summit is in planning. Volunteer to host a workshop, sponsor a delegate, or partner with us — visit Get Involved or email info@magafoundation.org.