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Cedza Dlamini is an impassioned humanitarian, social entrepreneur and visionary.
He founded the Ubuntu Institute for Young Social Entrepreneurs, which arms young African leaders with the leadership and professional skills they need to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in their communities. Since June 2004, he has also served as a youth activist and spokesperson for the MDGs, the UN’s eight-point strategy for eradicating poverty, hunger and disease in Africa and around the world within the next two decades. As a spokesman, he addresses audiences of all ages, especially youth on how they can be involved in the fight against poverty, HIV/AIDS, and illiteracy. In October 2003, Cedza was also appointed Co-chair for the World Youth Peace Summit (WYPS) in Africa, which aims to assemble youth leaders from across the globe to further this goal. In addition Cedza serves on the strategic development team of the Global Action Youth Network (GYAN) in New York City, which is an international collaboration of youth and youth serving organizations in almost 200 countries facilitating intergenerational partnership in global decision-making. Cedza’s vision is to create a unified global order by establishing global networks of empowered young leaders who can work collectively to address current world problems, such as HIV/AIDS, poverty and hunger, environmental decay, and illiteracy.
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