PM sponsors Nasser Fellowship for African leadership

CAIRO – 4 June 2019: The Ministry of Youth and Sports announced that the Cabinet led by Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli will sponsor the Nasser Fellowship for African Leadership, set to be launched this month.

In cooperation with the Pan African Youth Union, the Ministry of Sports will start the Nasser Fellowship for African Leadership from June 8-22.

“This is implemented within the framework of the State's keenness to support the African dossier, in implementation of what was endorsed by President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi during the World Youth Forum, which has witnessed an honorable representation of the youth of African countries,” read a statement by the Sports Ministry.

The statement added that the fellowship comes in light of the importance of providing the youths with all forms of support, rehabilitation and training, as well as empowering them and benefiting from their abilities and ideas.

Nasser Fellowship is one of the mechanisms implementing the "1 Million by 2021" initiative, aimed at training 1million young Africans by 2021, launched by the AU Commission on Science, Technology and Human Resources.

The Fellowship aims to popularize the authentic Egyptian experience in national institution-building and to create a new generation of young African transformational leaders with a vision that aligns with the Egyptian presidency of the African Union, serving the goals of African unity through integration, training, capacity building, developing strategic visions, and organizing meetings for the most influential young leaders at the continental level.