By bringing collectively a few of the finest and brightest minds throughout the local weather change, originality, and sustainability area, Mrs. Bawumia has made positive that she has not left her foot off the pedal even after leaving workplace because the second girl. Samira Bawumia’s concentrate on such essential points bedeviling human sustenance is a timeous contribution to our nation, Africa and the world. Under the auspices of the extremely acknowledged and well-regarded African Women and Children’s Conference (AFRIWOCC), Mrs Bawumia is dedicating her time and efforts to a few of the debilitating points going through younger individuals particularly girls in Ghana and throughout the continent.

This 12 months AFRIWOCC  gathered below the theme “Young Voices, Innovative Ideas, Greater Impact for Africa,” dedicating two days to high quality, multi-faceted, sensible oriented discourse geared toward highlighting originality, experiences, classes, challenges, growth milestone tales and crafting a street map for a extra sustainable surroundings and uplifting lives. The expertise and high quality on show have been a real testomony of Africa’s potential and inexorable depth, company and worth in addressing up to date challenges.

It is due to this fact no surprise that the convention garnered widespread help. In reality, the occasion was co-hosted by the United Nations Resident Coordinator’s Office in Ghana additional establishing its significance and profile.  This is an immense endorsement of the initiative and transformational work that Samira Bawumia has been enterprise. Her work has attracted the help of different stakeholders each nationally and internationally together with the AfCFTA Secretariat, Fordham University, Kosmos Innovation Center, Global Affairs Canada, Ashesi University, the Canadian Embassy, Norwegian Embassy, Merton and Everret LLP amongst others. The Minister for Environment in Guinea Hon. Djami Diallo, worldwide improvement brokers such because the Vice President for the African Development Bank Dr Kevin Kariuki and representatrion from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification have been totally on board.

However probably the most seen and important companions have been the youth.  Young individuals from numerous backgrounds have been current showcasing their progressive work and sharing their experiences. At the daybreak of independence, the long-lasting African determine Kwame Nkrumah said that “Africa is able to combat his personal battles and present that after all of the black man is able to managing his personal affairs.” On that stage, in the meanwhile, at AFRIWOCC 2025, this quote got here full circle as younger individuals what the African youth is able to by way of their awe-inspiring merchandise, progressive works and displays. For occasion, the design of renewable sanitary pads by ECO-PERIOD, an initiative led by certainly one of Africa’s gifted younger girls is a monumental contribution to addressing interval poverty, plastic air pollution and youth unemployment.

It was not nearly science and tech. The distinctive function about AFRIWOCC is its skill to attract on the humanities and African tradition as a instrument to deal with ecological degradation. The arts are such a robust and compelling instrument to interact in environmental schooling, conduct change and intergenerational engagement. Impact makers such Latif Abubakr, Okbell Bedwei Majdoun, Wode Maya and Eugene Konboye have been tat hand to indicate they’ve used their ingenuity to inform compelling tales. Others included Makafui Awuku, who was motivated to ascertain Mckinngtorch a corporation that creates sustainable cities by changing plastic waste into precious merchandise because of his expertise  rising up as an bronchial asthma affected person who suffered from frequenting burning in his group.

Other classes included synthetic intelligence for sustainable improvement, demystifying the coverage course of, youth local weather executive role, schooling frameworks for constructing technical abilities, governance buildings that embrace fairly than exclude younger voices, and venture building pathways that flip environmental challenges into financial prospects. Hajia Samira Bawuia herself led a session on clear cooking name on girls to embrace environmentally sustainable cooking initiatives that will likely be much less dangerous to the ecosystem and more healthy for households.

Forward trying suggestions akin to strengthening initiatives to empower the youth and kids in addressing local weather change, coaching kids to turn into educators in local weather change and the encouragement of presidency to transition from AI as a concept to its sensible utilization have been set forth on the finish of the convention. A serious consequence was the event of a communique which units forth a sensible, actionable and solution-oriented street map for girls and younger individuals’ s significant participation in local weather governance.  It additionally known as for bigger dedication to financing inexperienced initiatives and strengthening gender responsive local weather motion amongst others. Environmental scientist Dr Frederick Out-Larbi, lecturer on the University of Energy and Natural Resources, has said that air air pollution is a serious well being concern in Ghana resulting in about 28, 000 deaths annually, larger than deaths associated to malaria and HIV. The name for local weather motion is due to this fact each pressing and demanding.

Samira Bawumia has demonstrated that whether or not in or out of workplace as second girl,  she is not only an observer however a protagonist of transformation. Her affect stretches far past her place, far past her speedy enjoinment, far past her group, far past her nation and much past these residing now to future generations.  Her dedication to the event and empowerment of ladies, youth and making a sustainable surroundings is one which evokes and stands as a testomony to her high quality, executive role, potential and character.

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Prof. Etse Sikanku is an Associate Professor on the School of Journalism and Media Studies, University of Media, Arts and Communication (UniMAC)

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