KOICA launches Youth Leaders Programme to empower West Africa’s next generation of leaders

The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has officially launched its Youth Leaders Programme, a new initiative designed to strengthen leadership capacity among young people from five West African countries.

Also speaking at the ceremony, KOICA Headquarters official Sangback Lee explained that the Youth Leaders Programme is a newly introduced initiative targeting five West African countries.

We emphasize that leadership is very important for the development of your own country, so that's why we made a new programme for the African countries," he said.