Chido Cleopatra Mpemba

Chido Cleopatra Mpemba
Chido Mpemba During her Keynote Speech at the 3rd APRM Youth Symposium in Uganda - 5 July 2022
African Union (AU) Special Envoy for Youth
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 2021
PresidentMoussa Faki
Preceded byAya Chebbi
Advisor to Minister of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation
In office
April 2020 – November 2020
MinisterKirsty Coventry
Personal details
Born
Chido Cleopatra Mpemba

1988 (age 35–36)
Zimbabwe
Nationality Zimbabwean
Occupation
  • Activist
  • diplomat
  • speaker
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Chido Cleopatra Mpemba (born July 1988) currently serves as the Special Envoy for Youth at the African Union Commission (AUC).[1][2] She was appointed as the second African Union Youth Envoy by the chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki in November 2021, as the youngest senior official in the history of the African Union and youngest diplomat in the chairperson's cabinet.[3][4] Chido took over from Aya Chebbi from Tunisia.[5] According to the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki, the role of the AU Youth Envoy is to assist in championing youth development issues in Africa.[6]

  1. ^ "Chido Cleopatra Mpemba | One Young World". www.oneyoungworld.com. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
  2. ^ Chronicle, The. "Chido Mpemba named Africa Youth Envoy". The Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
  3. ^ "Ms Chido Mpemba News Today December 3, 2022". NNN. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
  4. ^ "Fellowship Alumna Appointed AU Youth Envoy". Mandela Washington Fellowship. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
  5. ^ Kenneth, Chinonso (2021-11-02). "Zimbabwe: Mpemba Gets African Union Mandate". Development Diaries. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
  6. ^ "African Union Commission Chairperson announces Ms Chido Mpemba as the AU Youth Envoy | African Union". au.int. Retrieved 2022-12-03.