Akon to attend #OYW2018 and launch #TeamAkon

Akon, the first music artist ever to hold down the top two places on the Billboard Top 100, is coming to One Young World Summit 2018.

Not content with being a triple-Platinum selling recording artist and Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter, Akon, who was born in the United States but spent much of his childhood in Senegal, has in recent years turned his attention to improving energy supplies and business opportunities in Africa.

AU-EU Youth Cooperation Hub

 

Become a Pioneer of the AU-EU Cooperation. Contribute to piloting new, youth-led solutions and improve realities.

 

For the first time young people are not only being heard but also asked to contribute to the guidelines for projects focusing on some of the most important issues concerning both the European Union and the African Union.

 

COP21’s architect, Christiana Figueres, to attend #OYW2018

The woman who rebuilt the global consensus on climate change and helped make history as an architect of the Paris Agreement is heading to The Hague for One Young World’s 2018 Summit.

Christiana Figueres, who comes from Costa Rica, has created a new form of collaborative diplomacy which she is trying to use to help Governments work together to save the planet.