YOUNG AFRICAN LEADERS MEET MO IBRAHIM ON MTV BASE TODAY

Young African leaders will be having a candid chat with visionary Sudanese, business leader and philanthropist, Mo Ibrahim on an inspiring episode of “MTV Base Meets.”

The exclusive chat is hilarious, insightful and ground breaking as Mo Ibrahim explores everything from clean governance to Africa’s broadband deficit.

These trailblazing young leaders include Mariam Yinusa, a Nigerian economist and financial analyst who was inducted as a Mo Ibrahim Leadership Fellow in 2016;

from Ghana, activist Ritchie Teye-Mensah (Richard Kweitsu) an entrepreneur and CEO of Kurdle Limited. Robtel Neajai Pailey from Liberia, who is a post-doctoral researcher at Oxford University; Tunisian Blogger activist Aya Chebbi who calls herself a “full-time Pan-Africanist” and Moroccan Web entrepreneur, Hamza Aboulfeth who is Chairman and CEO of Genious Communications which he started when he was only 17 years old.

Moderated by MTV Base Africa VJ, Sizwe Dhlomo, the episode will see the VJ preside over a select group of young people quizzing and comparing notes with Mo Ibrahim on how Africa can overcome its most pressing challenges. They also find a way to share a transgenerational African dream for the world.

The name of Mo Ibrahim has long since become synonymous with progressive leadership on the African continent and philanthropy. He has made it his business to name and fame African leaders in governance who are doing good. He says in this wide-ranging conversation, “politicians who are doing amazing things must come out of the shadows!”

Alex Okosi, Executive Vice President & Managing Director for Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Africa, said “MTV Base Meets provides a unique and youthful platform that connects ground-breaking innovators and leaders with young people from across the continent, who want to understand what it takes to be successful. The light-hearted yet in-depth spirit of the conversations give audiences a never-beforeseen side to the leaders who shape not just our continent, but the world.”

Previous participants in the MTV Base Meets series have included Former US First Lady, Michelle Obama, Winnie Mandela, musicians Alicia Keys, Akon and Hugh Masekela; Sir Richard Branson, President Jacob Zuma of South Africa, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, businessman and entrepreneur Aliko Dangote and recently Bill Gates.

The exclusive special will be broadcast today at 17:00 WAT on MTV Base (DStv channel 322) and MTV Base (ROA) at 19:05 WAT.