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05.2Conference theme

Our Vision, Our Victory.

Championing African success on African terms.

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The question behind every room

Who defines
African success?

YMAU VI asks delegates to begin with a simple proposition: Africa’s future should be articulated, negotiated and measured by the people who will live it.

Practitioners and delegates gathered for a YMAU V plenary programme
Practitioner exchange · YMAU VOfficial YMAU V media archive
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Define success in the context of the committee mandate

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Interrogate who sets the terms of policy and development

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Build proposals that can survive beyond the conference room

From theme to practice

Vision matters when it survives the room.

The theme will connect committee agendas, practitioner conversations and Mandate to Market. Final session descriptions will be published with the detailed running order.

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African policy practitioners and student leaders speaking together on the YMAU V stage
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