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Cedza is passionate about youth and he pursues his vision by working through a number of youth-focused initiatives. His efforts are focused on promoting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), empowering young people across the world, and helping people understand their interconnectedness by promoting an African philosophical concept called "Ubuntu." Cedza has spoken to over 70 business groups, academic institutions, and non-profit organizations and with audiences ranging from 200-14,000 people about these topics worldwide.

Cedza founded the Ubuntu Institute to fortify, promote and sustain the efforts of young social entrepreneurs in Africa by expanding their leadership capacity. Cedza believes that social entrepreneurship is the key to solving the problems youth face in Africa. Through the Ubuntu Institute, Cedza is empowering his fellow African brothers and sisters as they achieve the MDGs of ending poverty, fighting HIV/AIDS, empowering women and ensuring environmental sustainability.

As a spokesperson and an advocate for the Millennium Development Goals, Cedza has traveled to Bosnia, Hiroshima, Singapore, Africa, Canada and across the United States to colleges/universities where he inspires young people to action to achieve the MDGs. He urges them to be involved as social entrepreneurs in their communities. He also challenges them to be involved in local and national political, economical and social groups as active participants in solving problems that face their countries and the world. Ultimately, he believes it will be up to young people to achieve the change they seek in the world, because it is their future.

Young people are integral to remedying the problems of society, however before they can begin to tackles these challenges, they need to feel and become empowered. Education provides power and so, for the past 4 years, Cedza has visited dozens of schools to inspire high, middle and elementary school children to value their education, maintain the right attitude towards school, and replace apathy with social activism. Through his 3 Pillars of Success Cedza helps youth realize that with the right attitude they can face any distraction and overcome any challenge.

Since 2001, Cedza has conducted a speaking circuit throughout the U.S. that promotes global forgiveness, compassion, and the use of dialogue -instead of violence- as a powerful tool for conflict resolution. Drawing on the powerful, historical example of the transition of South Africa in the early 1990s, Cedza relates how South African leaders such Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela (his grandfather), and many others turned to the African concept of "ubuntu" when negotiating the peaceful transition of South Africa from apartheid to democracy in 1994, avoiding what was predicted to be a "bloodbath".

Cedza was born in the Kingdom of Swaziland, where he was raised and completed his primary and high school education. Recently, he completed his bachelor's degree in International Relations from Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts and is looking forward to graduate studies.

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