Fifty young climate tech innovators and leaders from 19 African countries have arrived in Ghana for a three-week intensive leadership and professional development training program sponsored by the U.S. Government. Announced during Vice President Harris’s historic visit to Ghana in March 2023, the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Regional Leadership Center West Africa will host the program, which will challenge young leaders and entrepreneurs to develop social and business solutions to address today’s climate challenges using innovative technology.
“African leadership is critical to confronting our time’s defining challenge of climate change,” said U.S. Ambassador to Ghana Virginia Palmer at the welcome event for the new cohort of climate tech innovators. “The U.S. government is a long-standing partner with Ghanaian and African youth to advance our mutual priorities, particularly related to climate change”.
The new program is a collaborative effort of three YALI Regional Leadership Centers (East Africa; Southern Africa; and West Africa) and is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Source : US Embassy