8th IYTT Youth Conference Final Presentation
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While most sessions are only for the 24 participants and invited inspirational speakers and commentators, the following session is open to the public and live streamed:
September 3, 1:30 p.m. KST – Conference Concluding Presentation – LIVE STREAM LINK >
Namatai Kwekweza Keynote Lecture at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, 22 April 2026
🗓️ WHEN: 22 April 2026, at 13:15
📍 WHERE: Institute of European Studies, ul. Władysława Reymonta 4, 30-059 Kraków
The INTERNATIONAL YOUTH THINK TANK (IYTT) in partnership with WELEAD Trust and with the support of the German Africa Foundation, organize a 2026 European African lecture tour featuring Namatai Kwekweza, recipient of the 2025 German Africa Award. Titled MEMENTO: Memory, Hope and the Birth of a New Order the lecture discusses the structural transformation of the international system in the 21st century. As the post–Cold War liberal order fragments, new configurations of power emerge across political, economic, and technological domains. Drawing on debates around capitalism, techno-feudalism, and digital sovereignty, it explores how economic power, bureaucratic health, and technological control reshape global governance.
Namatai Kwekweza is a 27-year-old African leader, social entrepreneur, and human rights advocate. She founded WELEAD Africa at age 18, and she champion youth leadership, women’s empowerment, and civic engagement across the continent. As the Regional Director of WELEAD Africa, she leads initiatives enabling young people to influence policy and drive social change. Recognized globally, Namatai is the 2025 German Africa Award laureate, 2023 inaugural winner of the Kofi Annan Next Gen Democracy Prize, a WalkAbout Prize recipient, and a Fellow at the School of International Futures, shaping long-term global policy discourse. Namatai is an award-winning professional public speaker with Toastmasters Southern Africa and uses public speaking as a tool to challenge systemic inequities and cultivate a new generation of ethical, courageous leaders.
IYTT x Speak Up: Summer Camps Lunch Webinar
Read more about the Summer Camps here.
How can local democracy grow stronger when young people lead the way? 
Join the IYTT and Speak Up Project for a one-hour webinar exploring the results of our IYTT Summer Camps on youth engagement in local policy-making.
The Summer Camp Method connects youth, citizens, and decision-makers:
- Youth are entrusted with the meaningful task of voicing citizens’ ideas and shaping them into policy proposals.
- Citizens gain new channels to express their views on local community life.
- Local leaders receive grounded insights to inspire change and strengthen community trust.
The Youth Fellows leading the Summer Camps will be joined by representatives from Malmö, Oldenburg, Saint-Martin-Boulogne/
Program:
1:00 pm - Introduction to Speak Up, IYTT & the Summer Camp method (Urban Strandberg)
1:05 – 1:45 pm - Summer Camp presentations
1:45 – 2:00 pm - Q&A
Click here to register for the livestream.
For questions about the seminar contact Urban Strandberg, Director & Co-founder, International Youth Think Tank, urban.strandberg@lindholmen.se