Senegal

"Diversity is the best opportunity we have to learn to cultivate curiosity, sharing and motivation. Meeting 2000 young people from all over the world would be one of the best opportunities a young person can have."

About Nafi

Nafi Gueye (28 years old), Is a founding member of Makesense (Social Enterprise) in Senegal and Ivory Coast and president of the association of JExiste ""your act, my identity"". After two years in law, three others in Marketing / Communication, and two years of experience as a portfolio manager-client, Nafi gives up "classic" career path to pursue making positive impact.

She thus becomes the development manager and representative of a German social enterprise named Little Sun from 2015 to 2017 in Senegal, before officially joining Makesense and Incub'Ivoir (that same year) as a community developer for a year in Côte Ivory. In addition to being responsible for innovation and community development, she is also a coach in entrepreneurship and leadership through capacity building in collective intelligence and design thinking. Totally committed and defining herself as ""Ambassador of the useful"", Nafi (Senegalese) is an active member of the citizen movements for the protection of the environment (Save Dakar and 1tweeto, 1tree), founder of the association JExiste which fights the problematic in Senegal and Africa, but also carries the torch of female leadership by creating a training program for women (who evolve in the arts), to promote their empowerment through entrepreneurship (assistance to assembly project).

Today, she aspires to share the few experiences she has gained with young people of her generation, hoping to be at the rendezvous of development as an actress and not just a spectator. She plans to do a master's degree in public policy in order to effectively serve the interests of her country and to participate in the sustainable development of Africa.

Expertise

Citizenship, entrepreneurship, childeren's rights