Chido Cleopatra Mpemba
Chido Cleopatra Mpemba | |
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Chido Mpemba During her Keynote Speech at the 3rd APRM Youth Symposium in Uganda - 5 July 2022 | |
| African Union (AU) Special Envoy for Youth | |
| Assumed office November 2021 | |
| President | Moussa Faki |
| Preceded by | Aya Chebbi |
| Advisor to Minister of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation | |
| In office April 2020 – November 2020 | |
| Minister | Kirsty Coventry |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Chido Cleopatra Mpemba 1988 (age 36–37) Zimbabwe |
| Nationality | Zimbabwean |
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Chido Cleopatra Mpemba (born July 1988) currently serves as the Special Envoy for Youth at the African Union Commission (AUC). She was appointed as the second African Union Youth Envoy by the chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki in November 2021, as the youngest senior official in the history of the African Union and youngest diplomat in the chairperson's cabinet. Chido took over from Aya Chebbi from Tunisia. According to the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki, the role of the AU Youth Envoy is to assist in championing youth development issues in Africa.