{"id":101823,"date":"2025-10-28T18:15:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T16:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/?p=101823"},"modified":"2025-10-28T18:15:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T16:15:38","slug":"afro-arab-youth-congress-a-new-era-for-youth-leadership-and-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/afro-arab-youth-congress-a-new-era-for-youth-leadership-and-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Afro-Arab Youth Congress: A New Era for Youth Leadership and Cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za<\/a> <\/em>
\n3-minute read | 28 October 2025 | 15:45 CAT<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"

\ud83d\udcf8 Uganda hosts the Afro-Arab Youth Congress 2025 under the theme \u201cAmplifying Youth Voices for Peace, Unity & Prosperity,\u201d bringing together over 1,000 young leaders from Africa and the Arab world to drive collaboration and innovation.<\/p><\/div>\n

Uganda has set the stage for a groundbreaking milestone in youth collaboration as it prepares to host the Afro-Arab Youth Congress 2025 – a landmark gathering themed \u201cAmplifying Youth Voices for Peace, Unity, and Development.\u201d<\/em> The event is expected to bring together over 1,000 youth leaders, ministers, and heads of state from across Africa and the Arab world.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Radio Islam International<\/em>,<\/a> Margret Koketso Molefe from SABYA described the congress as \u201ca strategic platform for bringing together youth for Afro-Arab solidarity,\u201d noting that it moves young people \u201cfrom being participants to becoming architects of change.\u201d<\/p>\n

The four-day Congress, held in Kampala from 7\u201310 October, featured workshops tackling key challenges facing the continent\u2019s youth, from entrepreneurship and digital inclusion to climate resilience, peacebuilding, and regional integration. According to Molefe, \u201cthe emphasis was on equipping young people to lead transformation and drive cross-border collaboration.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the most significant outcomes of the event was the launch of a fundraising drive for the construction of the Afro-Arab Youth Council\u2019s new international headquarters in Uganda. In a major show of support, President Yoweri Museveni donated 50 hectares of land for the development. The headquarters will include a science and technology university, a heritage centre, recreational facilities, and a hotel creating vital opportunities for education, employment, and cross-cultural engagement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis represents a renewed effort to ensure that young people in the Afro-Arab countries have resources to learn, collaborate, and network,\u201d said Molefe.<\/p>\n

The Congress also endorsed the creation of a Youth Business Fund, a move hailed as a lifeline for emerging entrepreneurs. Backed by the Ugandan government, the fund will provide seed capital, low-interest loans, and grants for youth-led start-ups in sectors such as agriculture, renewable energy, and digital innovation. Molefe described this as \u201ca new model of South-South cooperation, where Africa and the Arab nations invest directly in each other\u2019s human capital and innovation systems.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her message to young Africans was clear: \u201cOrganise yourselves to have a unified voice. Put your hand up, opportunities like these are how we shape the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Afro-Arab Youth Congress stands as a reminder that the continent\u2019s greatest resource, its youth are not just the leaders of tomorrow, but the driving force of today\u2019s transformation.<\/p>\n

Listen<\/strong> to the full interview on Sabahul Muslim<\/em> <\/a>with Moulana Ahmed Waja and Margret Koketso Molefe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 3-minute read | 28 October 2025 | 15:45 CAT Uganda has set the stage for a groundbreaking milestone in youth collaboration as it prepares to host the Afro-Arab Youth Congress 2025 – a landmark gathering themed \u201cAmplifying Youth Voices for Peace, Unity, and Development.\u201d The event is expected to bring […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":101824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4996,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa","category-latest-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Afro-Arab-Youth-2025.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc0QIf-quj","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-03 00:03:08","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}