Obama begins new career as speaker

He’s been photographed kitesurfing with Richard Branson off Necker Island, relaxing on David Geffen’s yacht in French Polynesia with Bruce Springsteen and Oprah Winfrey, river-rafting with his family in Bali and posing with a celebrity chef in Tuscany.

But the former president has also met quietly with groups of young people in New Zealand, Brazil, Indonesia and Singapore, as well as paying calls on foreign leaders, including Xi Jinping of China, Emmanuel Macron, Justin Trudeau and Malcolm Turnbull of Australia.

Now, Obama is inaugurating his most significant international project as an ex-president, with an announcement on yesterday that the Obama Foundation plans to convene 200 young people this July in Johannesburg for five days of meetings, workshops and training.