Aimed at exchanging ideas, the forum discussed, among other things, the world's shared challenges in HIV/AIDS, education and violence against women.
Tumie Ramsden, Uyapo Ndadi and Bogolo Kenewendo represented Botswana. The three panellists together with two others from Nairobi, Kenya, came up with answers on how to better solve current socio-economic hindrances that young African leaders face on their way to meaningful leadership with potential to change lives in the continent. Featuring prominently in the discussion was the women participation in leadership circles and how to increase mentoring in order to reawaken potential in fellow women who have ideas, but lack the motivation and drive to develop them further. Ramsden and Ndadi were delegates to the 2010 US President's Forum with Young African leaders. On the other hand, Kenewendo was a delegate to the First Lady with Young African Women's recent forum in Johannesburg. She described the experience as a lifelong opportunity at which she met 75 African women with leadership roles across the continent.
