Four shortlisted for ‘One Young World Ambassadorship’

Four Rwandan youth leaders have been pre-selected for the ‘One Young World’ Ambassadorship. Only one will be selected from the four to represent Rwanda at the ‘One Young World’ Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa later this year.

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Four Rwandan youth leaders have been pre-selected for the ‘One Young World’ Ambassadorship. Only one will be selected from the four to represent Rwanda at the ‘One Young World’ Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa later this year.One of the four pre-selected candidates will be chosen to represent Rwanda and will be fully sponsored by MTN Rwanda to attend the Summit.After each Summit, the newly minted ‘One Young World’ Ambassador is meant to work on their own initiatives or lend the power of the ‘One Young World network to projects already in existence.The Rwandan youth leaders pre-selected include; Ntsinzi Ezer Ntabwoba a 21 year old young entrepreneur, Christian Kajeneri, a 29-year-old Account Manager at Broadband Systems Corporation, Sylvere Mwizerwa a 27-year-old Business Development Officer at Sustainable Health Enterprises (SHE) and Jean Leo Iragena a 22-year-old graduate of University of Arkansas, a young CEO of Isaro. Esther Kunda a 23-year-old who runs her own company called OSCA Connect as another young CEO opted out of the pre-selection.All the Rwandan candidates were interviewed by a panel of MTN Rwanda officials with the search for one with qualities that included, ‘leadership potential and skills, concern about global issues, ability to generate and articulate impactful ideas and a commitment to volunteering most of which are in line with the MTN brand values.The best candidate that will represent Rwanda will be announced early next week.