Lizz ntonjira biography of abraham

Lizz Ntonjira is a youth advocate and the founder of the Lizz Ntonjira Network, a platform that provides innovative, engaging, interactive and tailored training and coaching for the youth.

She is currently the Head of Global Corporate Communications at Amref Health Africa, one of the largest health development NGOs in Africa. In this interview with NKECHI ISAAC, she talks about the longstanding structures of alienation imposed on young people to be addressed, stressing the need for the older people to pass the baton of leadership to the younger generation.

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What exactly is the motivation for the youth advocacy you are championing?

There is a growing prejudice against young people, and this has been evidenced by the lack of implementation on policies that favour the youth across Africa.

Young people have been intentionally left out of   decision tables while ours is the youngest continent, with an average age of more than 70 per cent of the population aged below 35. So, then I al