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Africa SDGs Summit: 1,250 Delegates, 5 Days Experience, One Baba SDGs

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Baba SDGs: 1,250 delegates, 5 Days Experience,  My Story! With high hopes I left Nigeria for Ghana for the 2nd Africa youth SDGs Summit. My first contact with Ghana was amazing; a nice courteous Chaufer  treated us with so much kindness when it seems we were almost stranded. With  this first experience I knew my hope for a wonderful stay in Ghana could not be less. And my experience continued with a pre-conference workshop/ meeting  involving about 25 delegates from different organizations and countries to discuss before the Summit which was aimed at restructuring the 2030 Youth Alliance. It was engaging, full of passion, debates; all to set the tone for the Alliance, to depict the commitment of African youths to the Agenda 2030 and 2063. Then the bell rang, 7th November; the first day of the SDGs Summit.  From all angles, the drum at the Kofi Anan Peace Centre was an evidence of a big ceremony.  It was full of people who spoke in different accents and...