Namatai Kwekweza Keynote Lecture at the University of Gothenburg, 21 April 2026
🗓️ WHEN: 21 April 2026, at 17:30
📍 WHERE: School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg.
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.
The Gothenburg edition of this lecture series was made possible thanks to the valuable collaboration of the university’s student organisations, which include Brännpunkt Europa, the HHGS-Student union at the School of Business, Economics and Law, SG Europa, the Student Association for European Affairs (SEU), and Utrikespolitiska Föreningen Göteborg.
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.