Accelerating Investments in Youth
"After the award ceremony for young Angolan innovators, this was the second most transformative event of the year 2022 in my life. Thanks to UNDP Angola for supporting this journey", said the African digital entrepreneur and gender specialist Sofonie Dala.
Sofonie Dala is an African digital entrepreneur, philanthropist and activist who is founder and CEO of the startup Talentos Multiplus she was born in Luanda on October 31, 1991.
While visiting the startups' exhibition stands, Sofonie Dala met other African women entrepreneurs developing the reusable menstrual pad project that she is also developing in Angola. The meeting was very beneficial, they networked, exchanged ideas in order to form future partnerships.
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The summit brought together over 10,000 youth delegates representing 98 countries from across Africa and beyond including Henriques Ngolome from Angola.
The executive director Oulie Keita paid courtesy visits to the various meetings and thanked them for their valuable contributions to the #YouthConnekt2022 Africa summit.
On the third day of the summit a couple of sessions on various themes including; investing in young startups, Private Sector Roundtable, a transition to a more resilient, including sustainable climate future for Africa among others were carried out. Some entrepreneurs received awards for their startups.