The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) aims to support young African leaders in their efforts to stimulate growth and prosperity, strengthen democratic governance, and improve peace and security in Africa. Initially, it consisted in a series of high-level forums, including the Obama Forum with Young Africanleaders in August 2010, the African Young Pioneers in June 2011, and the Summit on Innovation and Partnership for the Mentoring of Young African Leaders held in June 2012, in addition to some two thousand (2,000) youth activities that took place in US embassies across the African...