Program for Young Politicians in Africa
The third and final session of the PYPA Leadership Academy for the 2024 cohort was held at the Jinja Nile Resort in Jinja, Uganda, from November 10th to 18th. This marked the conclusion of a transformative journey for the 42 participants, representing 19 political parties from Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda, who successfully graduated from the [...]
The second sessions of the PYPA leadership academy in East Africa for the 2024 cohort is taking place in Bagamoyo, at the Oceanic Bay Hotel 18th -30th of August. KIC is always happy to host colleagues from other organisations that are also passionate about the political participation of youth. This time we have enjoyed interacting with Pamela Kanora and [...]
The second political boot camp is taking place in Mombasa, Kenya, at the Mombasa Continental Resort 23-28 September, bringing together 29 participants from nine political parties. On the Agenda is public speaking, human rights and the youth perspective, interparty dialogue, gender equality, and political organising.
KIC concluded its series of women’s conferences across the three program countries by the launch of the Youth study in Kenya. We would like to thank our alumna, members of civil society and the representative of the Swedish Embassy in Kenya for their participation. Date: 19 Nov 2022
The KIC team was in Dar Es Salaam to host PYPA alumna for a workshop and women’s conference in which the newly published Youth Study was launched in Tanzania. Thought-provoking discussions were held to remedy some of the challenges identified in the study. A similar conference was held for the Ugandan alumna. The series of [...]
25 young politicians from five political parties were welcomed in Nairobi, during a three day-intensive, but satisfying Strategic Planning process, in which each Youth League drafted a document that captured their aspirations for their league, contextualized the challenges that leagues face and developed strategic interventions. KIC is honored to continue our effort in building the [...]
During KIC’s Add on training in Mombasa, 16 young politicians from across five political parties in Kenya were introduced to Regional Integration; The why, benefits and risks with case studies, Agenda 2063 of the African Union including the history and evolution of the African Union (AU). The participants were also introduced to the SDGs and [...]
