(1) Opening Ceremony (09:00-10:00)
  • Moderated by He Zhaohui, Director of the Administrative Committee of Hunan Xiangjiang New Area（Changsha High-Tech Zone）
  • 09:00-10:00
    Promo video of China-Africa Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship
    Xu Xiao, Vice President of the All-China Youth Federation
    Amakobe Sande, Representative of UNICEF China
    Zhou Haibing, Vice Governor of Hunan Provincial People' s Government, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Changsha Municipal Committee, and Acting Mayor of Changsha Municipal People' s Government
    Rahamtalla M.Osman, Permanent Representative of the African Union Office China
    Nizar Ben Néji, Minister of Communication Technologies of Tunisia
    Release of Youth Stories in China-Africa Innovation and Entrepreneurship
    Projects Signing and Inauguration
    (2) Tea Break (10:00-10:10)
    (3) Keynote Speeches (10:10-11:00)
  • Moderated by Huang Jian, Host of Hunan Broadcasting System (HBS)
  • 10:10-11:00
    Guo Lifu, Deputy Director of Administrative Committee of Hunan Xiangjiang New Area (Changsha High-Tech Zone)
    Francis Chuks Njoaguani, Director of Youth and Sports Development Center of ECOWAS
    Ye Miao, Vice President of the Hunan Youth Federation
    Mwiga Wiljonsi Mbesi, Director of the Youth Development Division of the Prime Minister’s Office ‒ Labour, Youth, Employment and Persons with Disabilities (PMO-LYED) of Tanzania
    (4) Youth Dialogue(11:00-11:40)
  • Moderated by Huang Jian, Host of Hunan Broadcasting System (HBS)
  • Topic 1:Cultural Industry Boosts Innovation Development
  • 11:00-11:20
    Samiya Godu, Founder and President of Ethiopian Youth Entrepreneurs Association
    Gwamaka George Mwabuka, Film Producer and Executive Director of TAI TANZANIA
    Tungamirai Eric Mupona, Founder and CEO of Abroad Path Leaders “APL” Platform
    Lei Ting, Founder of Hunan Overseas Home Information Technology and prize-winner of the third session of “The Most Outstanding ‘Silk Road’ Youth in Hunan”
  • Topic 2: Digital Technology Boosts Youth Entrepreneurship
  • 11:20-11:40
    Arielle Kitio Tsamo, Founder of TechWomen Factory
    Gloria Anderson, Founder and Executive Director of Tanzania Enlightenment Development Innovations (TEDI)
    Joseph Olivier Mendo’o, Co-founder of China Africa Youth Federation
    Mao Tie, Chairman of the GOLOOP Group, Director of the Youth Committee of the Global Alliance of Hunan Entrepreneurs