President Barack Obama has commended young Africans attending the 2014 Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) summit in Washington D.C. United States for their efforts to transform the continent.
At the event on Monday, the US President changed the name of the three day summit from Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) to Mandela Washington Fellowship For Young African Leaders, in honour of the late South African leader, Nelson Mandela.
The summit, attended by at least 500 youths from across Sub-Saharan Africa, started with a speech by the Secretary of State, John Kerry, before the conversation session between the YALI fellows and President Barack Obama.“It is a big day for Nigeria which has the highest number of delegates in the programme, with 40 participants,” And few Nigerian celebs including D’banj, Omawumi, Femi Kuti, Cobham Asuquo, Victoria Kimani and other African celebrities made the event. More pictures....
