Through ArtRwanda – Ubuhanzi, the Ministry of youth and Culture in partnership with Imbuto Foundation launched the Cultural and Creative Industry (CCI) Recovery Plan that will support enterprises in the CCI and individual artists to recover from COVID-19.
The 3rd YouthConnekt Africa Summit came to an end on Friday bringing down a curtain to a three-day sequence of activities held in Kigali, bringing together over 8,000 youths.
Four countries have put in their bids to host next year’s YouthConneckt Africa Summit, the largest youth gathering on the continent, it has emerged.
Thousands of young people from across the continent are in Kigali for the 2019 Youth Conneckt Africa summit which opens at the Kigali Arena on Wednesday.
Background
In 2012, The Government of Rwanda partnered with UNDP to initiate the YouthConnektprogramme that is a multifaceted youth empowerment model focused on leveraging youth employability, entrepreneurship and civic engagement through innovation with a specific mission to serve as portal of connecting youth with their peers, role models, skills and resources for their socio-economic empowerment.