NATIONAL YOUTH WEEK LAUNCHED 
The launch of 2023 Youth Week by the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Arts under the theme “Transforming Minds For Accelerated Youth Development” was held at the Piazza, East Park Mall along Great East Road in Lusaka on the 4th of March 2023.
The energetic day was a fun time spent with the Minister of Youth, Sports and Arts Hon. Elvis Nkandu, MP accompanied by his two Permanent Secretaries, Mr. Kangwa Chileshe(PS Youth and Sports) and Mr. Chama Fumba(PS Arts). The Youth week launch ceremony was also graced by various artists with musical performances by the chart-topping Chef 187 and Towela Kaira.
The 2023 youth week comprised of the following activities;
- Official launch – 4th March 2023
- Youth Sunday – 5th March 2023
- Youth Entrepreneurship Expo – 6-7th march 2023
- Community Service Day – 9th March 2023
- Youth Indaba – 10th – 11th March 2023
- Laying of wreath and Youth Carnival – 12th march 2023
The Minister of Youth, sports and Arts, Hon. Elvis Nkandu, MP officially launched the National Youth Week to mark the Youth Day commemoration of the energetic spirit of young people and their ability to improve the future of humanity on the 12th of March 2023.
During this Youth Week, we announced that our Ministry in collaboration with other stakeholders will lead various Youth activities from across the 10 provinces of our country.
In our remarks at the official launch which was held in Lusaka, we stated that youth week will offer our youths and the nation at large an opportunity to reflect on many issues.
We added that presently, the youth week offers the youths an opportunity to reflect on their critical roles and economic emancipation.
This week will also provide a very important platform; the National Youth Indaba to be held in Lusaka with Youth participants drawn from the 156 constituencies and will be graced by the Republican President of Zambia HE Mr. Hakainde Hichilema, for the young people to interact and express their concerns to their welfare and those around them.
As we celebrate the potential and power of young people to shape the future of our increasingly interconnected world. The National Youth Indaba will as well provide an opportunity for our young people and the nation to reflect on commitments and responsibilities to find solutions to some of our toughest global challenges.
During the two-day National Youth Indaba, the Government through our Ministry will also spell out a report on the progress made regarding the implementation of various Youth programmes among others.
Meanwhile, we also announced that this year’s International Youth Day Commemorations main event will be held in the Kitwe District of the Copperbelt Province under the reign of President Hakainde Hichilema, and is themed: “transforming minds for accelerated youth development.”
Hon. Elvis Nkandu,
MP Minister of Youth, Sport, and Arts
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