Africa Must Think- A 4-Day Excellence, Leadership and Empowerment Lecture Series

The aim of the Africa Must Think Lecture Series is to create a new kind of awareness, inspire, and empower participants to be instruments of positive change whenever they may be. it is call to be a new kind of leadership development and empowerment. The ultimate goal is to improve the quality of solutions offered for Africa's problem.

Africa Must Think Presenter:
Dr. Samuel Koranteng Pipim
Author, Inspirational Speaker, Leadership Trainer, and Advocate for Youth Empowerment

Africa Must Think- A 4-Day Excellence, Leadership and Empowerment Lecture Series

 

Africa Must Think- A 4-Day Excellence, Leadership and Empowerment Lecture Series for Change Makers and Transformative Leaders in Africa

Samuel Koranteng Pipim

THE AFRICAN LION: A TRIBUTE TO NELSON MANDELA - Samuel Koranteng Pipim

Our EAGLESonline team was in Zimbabwe for an "Africa Must Think" public lecture series when Nelson Mandela died on the night of December 5, 2013. The  statement below was issued on December 6, 2013 during a media reception held in our honor by the Zimbabwe Minister of Tourism & Hospitality. --Samuel Koranteng Pipim

As if the organizers of the "Africa Must Think" lecture series were aware of the impending death of Mandela that very Thursday night of December 5, they ended the meeting on a rather somber note, calling for the rise of a new breed of young, courageous, and visionary African leaders. The audience was introduced to the selfless sacrifice of the five Zim Boys and five Zim Girls who braved all odds to put together the “Africa Must Think” lecture series in Zimbabwe. Known as the Catalytic Concepts Group, the Coordinator of the CatCon group ended his "thank you" remarks with the pledge: “We will empty ourselves that we might die full.”

Unbeknownst to them and us, that very night of December 5, the baton of “emptied lives and fullness at death” was floating down slowly from across the miles, beyond their borders, from a place in neighboring South Africa, searching hungrily for new hands that will grasp the baton. In the last throes of life, the legendary icon, Mandela, was exhaling breath to fan the dreams of many young Africans who are unclear about the future paths of their nations, unsure about their own roles in charting those paths, and dissatisfied with the Africa that currently is versus the Africa that ought to be.

Dr. Samuel Koranteng-Pipim is the Director of EAGLESonline (www.EAGLESonline.org). He and the EAGLEsonline team were in Harare, Zimbabwe, conducting an “Africa Must Think” lecture series when Nelson Mandela died. The lecture series was hosted by the Catalytic Concepts Group, a young professionals' organization in Zimbabwe. The above statement was issued on December 6, 2013 during a media reception hosted  by the Zimbabwe Minister of Tourism & Hospitality in honor of Dr. Pipim and the EAGLESonline team.