The Executive President of IFED GLOBAL, Mr. Acheampong Tutu has indicated that the organisation in collaboration with the Kariega Youth Development Centre and the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality in Port Elizabeth, South Africa are poised and determined to make a significant impact on the African continent through strategic initiatives and stakeholders relevant to the implementation of projects on the continent.

He said this at a one-day Virtual Media launch and Stakeholder Engagement Workshop organized on Thursday, March 30, 2023, at Shogun in Accra-Ghana.

He and other resource persons appointed as Panel Co-ordinators in the persons of Mr. Franklin Leonards; a Security Consultant and CEO of Leonards Group of Companies, Mr. John Appiah, President of African Chamber of Youth and Mrs. Jacqueline Dufie Mpare the Head of Agency Banking at Ecobank Group were of the view that Africa is very blessed with diverse resources hence requires the right kind of leadership and development strategies to see significant growth.

They thereby called upon all stakeholders including governments from these African countries, and development agencies to partner with this initiative to empower the African youth to make a meaningful impact and transform lives in their own little way.

Out of several proposals submitted from different parts of Africa under 5 thematic areas, five were shortlisted and reviewed by the above-mentioned Panel coordinators who brought on board their wealth of knowledge and expertise.

Two proposals were finally selected after several hours of deliberations and voting between the Stakeholders who had joined online and the Panel coordinators by the ratio 60%: 40% respectively.

The Change Africa Project and Conference, South Africa-2023 is a flagship initiative to assemble Africans in the diaspora and at home on cultural exchange, social project discussions and implementation of five (5) workable projects on the continent. Also, policy reviews in the thematic areas would be done for in-depth deliberations to arrive at policy resolutions for implementation by the various African governments.

Kariega Youth Centre and Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality are the host partners for this year’s conference in Port Elizabeth of South Africa. The project plans arrived at would be implemented by the working groups formed by stakeholders ( of the Change Africa Project and supervised by the Project Executive Board. Beyond the intellectual part of the conference, are series of activities to ensure cultural exchange and socialization among participants.

Every year and in that sense, there is the need to develop a framework for the working groups. Also, this workshop identified two (2) topical policies of Africa’s development interest.

The five (5) thematic areas of interest to Africa's development under the Change Africa Project are;

1. Media, Digitization, Technology and CyberSecurity (MDTC)

2. Governance, Advocacy, Education, Politics and Public Institutionalization (GAEPP) -

3. Trade, Entrepreneurship and Agriculture (TEA)

4. Natural Resource Management and Climate Change. (NRMCC)

5. Health and Sanitation. (HS)

The Conference to be hosted in Port Elizabeth, South Africa is scheduled from October 30th to November 3rd, 2023, and promises to have high-profile speakers such as Presidents and Representatives of Governments, CEOs, and Founders of top Organizations among others.

Participants looking forward to attending this transformational Conference should register via www.changeafricaconference.org