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Speaker: Francis Gichuki, Tabasamu
About Francis Gichuki
A passionate youth empowerment and growth mentor; a nurturer of young dreams and ambitions
Gichuki is the founder of Transforming Young Stars of Africa (TYSA), a non-profit organization in Kenya, committed to facilitating life-changing opportunities at local and global level for young people, their communities and organizations. Gichuki is also the founder of Tabasamu Afrika Hub, a social innovation enterprise that trusts, invests and journeys with young people supporting them design their pathways to prosperity.
Gichuki has extensive experiences in Africa, Europe, South America and Asia on youth leadership and development. He is a global resource person and a change maker who has passionately dedicated his life to youth transformation through soccer, youth leadership, mentorship and policy dialogues.
Gichuki, is a current Board Member of Streetfootballworld; a Germany based global network of organizations working in the football for good sector, a consultant Trainer in Positive youth development at International Sports Alliance (ISA); a Dutch based international Youth empowering organization and a member of Technical Working Group on Physical Education and Sports Teacher Guide in Kenya.
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