Google+ Hangout: The First Lady spent her Saturday morning at an online town hall in South Africa, connecting students in the United States with students there on a Google+ Hangout. Singer and songwriter John Legend and singer and actress Victoria Justice joined the Hangout from Los Angeles and Houston to discuss the importance of improving education.
Young African Leaders Initiative: President Obama traveled to the University of Johannesburg-Soweto on Saturday to attend a town hall with the Young African Leaders Initiative, a program launched in 2010 by President Obama to promote entrepreneurship and connect the young African leaders to their peers in the U.S.
While speaking to over 600 young leaders, President Obama made an exciting announcement – the expansion of the initiative into a new program that allows young Africans to study at American universities and colleges, the Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders.
We’ll focus on civic leadership and public administration and business and entrepreneurship, the skills you need to serve your communities and start and grow businesses and run effective ministries. And you’ll interact with Americans from all walks of life, because our citizens — especially our young people — can learn from you, too.
Fonte: White House