Africa Youth Awards to Host BBC’s Sophie Ikenye for Twitter Chat

Lead presenter and producer of BBC’s Focus on Africa and honoree of Africa Youth Awards - 100 Most Influential Young Africans, Sophie Ikenye has been announced as the next guest for a twitter chat facilitated by Africa Youth Awards.

Themed: “The True Picture: Transformation of the Media Narratives of Africa”, Sophie will use the Twitter event to share ideas on how African Journalists can use their platforms to change global narratives about Africa with the hashtag #AfricaYouth.

The twitter chat, which will take place on the 25th October, 6pm GMT, will also be used to highlight Sophie’s work that has contributed to the Transformation of the Media Narratives of Africa.

The official accounts for the chat are @sikenye & @AwardsAfrica

The Africa Youth Awards Twitter Chat has so far Hosted Onyi Anyado, Global Leadership Speaker & Entrepreneur and Ahmed Adamu, pioneer chairperson, commonwealth Youth Council & Africa Youth Awards 100 Most Influential Young Africans Honoree for its previous chats on Entrepreneurship and Youth Leadership respectively.

Africa Youth Awards is the continent’s biggest honour and most prestigious award scheme for young achievers and receives annual participation from over 140 countries.

For more information or to discuss partnership opportunities please visit www.africayouthawards.org or email: [email protected]

Source: Prince Akpah