African Union Innovation Festival 2025 Celebrated Youth Innovation As the Driving Force for Africa's Digital Transformation

African Union Innovation Festival 2025 Celebrated Youth Innovation As the Driving Force for Africa's Digital Transformation

Youth-led innovation lies at the heart of Africa's transformation. With more than 70% of the continent's population under the age of 35, Africa's young innovators are shaping solutions to address the continent's most pressing challenges from climate change and health to digital inclusion and industrialization. Recognizing this, the AU Women, Gender and Youth Directorate (WGYD), hosted the African Union Innovation Festival 2025 (InnoFest'25) from…

Youth Driving Global Health Innovation

(Credit: Unsplash) This article was exclusively written for European Sting by Ms. Raasti Marya, a medical student from Pakistan. She is affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong strictly to the writer and do not necessarily reflect IFMSA’s view on the topic, nor The European Sting’s one. Youth at the frontier of global health sc…