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Who is Tiburce Chaffa: Tiburce Chaffa is the Creator & Author of the concept and the power packed multichannel inspirational series “Maximize Yourself”. Mr Chaffa has earned a reputation as a catalyst for change and a revolutionary thinker. He has traveled over 20 countries and four continents speaking, training and coaching the next generation of social innovators and leaders in Africa on entrepreneurship, digital innovation, leadership and civic engagement. Mr Chaffa is a daring and innovative entrepreneur who has demonstrated extraordinary abilities to successfully run exciting ventures from ideation to realization and has been featured as a speaker on the large platforms in Africa, Asia and the United States. Mr Chaffa is an author, a serial entrepreneur and a business coach.
Q. What are some of the greatest challenges and opportunities that today's African youth face?
A. On a continent where about 60% of the population is between 16 and 25, the biggest challenge we face is that our leaders are more preoccupied with dying in power, changing the constitution, and sending journalists and opponents to jail rather than actually designing policies and building programs that provide solutions that can empower young people to create opportunities for themselves and inclusively participate in our communities’ enhancement. Young Africans are very concerned about their future and have the ability to transform this continent, but they can’t do it all alone.
Another big challenge that young people have is the lack of support not only from governments, but also from banks and other institutions, parents, and even successful business people and public figures. Everyone has a nice speech about how youth can be empowered but very few turn their great speech into action.
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