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African eXchange and Leadership Development

Seminar 2011 Report

“Generating Impact Together” 23 to 29 March 2011

Douala - Maison du Parti & Kribi - Hôtel Le Paradis

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African eXchange Leadership and development seminar (AfroXLDS) is the largest conference

organized by AIESEC in Africa. It is yet another year and another month of March after the

organization of AfroXLDS 2010 in Togo. A great initiative sprung up by a group of persons named

the “Re-Founders” under the supervision of Daniel AKEMAMEN, the National President of AIESEC

in Cameroon. This great initiative was to organize AfroXLDS 2011 in Cameroon and a bold step

was taken thereafter to bid for this conference. The result of this bid found this conference

knocking at the door steps of a wonderful country at the Heart of Africa known as Cameroon.

Thanks to its beautiful receptive nature, AfroXLDS 2011 proudly took up the challenge of

organizing this yearly encounter of young leaders who aspire to make the world a better place

through the impact they create in every person, everywhere, everyday. In a bit to bring out the

capacities in us as leaders in AIESEC and in the world together, it was important for us to have a

vision for the upcoming event and to give it a lot of meaning to the society. It is for this reason

the following words; Generating Impact Together was set as the theme for the conference.

The arrival of the big task of organizing AfroXLDS 2011 in July 2010, coupled with the powerful

theme of focus, called for an urgent need of Success. This could only come by setting up a

powerful team with the responsibility of assuring a perfect conference and a great experience for

all participants. To this note, the national committee of AIESEC Cameroon selected a group of

persons commonly called Congress Committee to drive their vision and make their plans and

dreams a reality.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

About AfroXLDS 2011 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2

Congress Committee ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3

CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4

AfroXLDS 2011, an online presence------------------------------------------------------------------ 7

AfroXLDS 2011 in Pictures---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8

AfroXLDS 2011 Partners------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11

Financial Performance -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12

WHAT IS AIESEC? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13

Acknowledgements ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14

I. ABOUT AfroXLDS 2011, Cameroon

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As a need to make this conference a success, the congress committee was set up. The congress

committee of AfroXLDS was made up of 14 persons. This international team put in place to

organize this conference had a mandate of 9 months, made up of people from 5 nationalities;

Bahrain, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Nigeria.

Names POSITIONS Contacts Country

Lum Simanka Mofor Congress Committee President lum.mofor@aiesec.net Cameroon

Eric Paquito Manga Vice President External Relations paquito.manga@aiesec.net Cameroon

Serge Nsoa Vice President Corporate

Development

serge.nsoa@aiesec.net Cameroon

Amani Al Alawi Vice President Special Events amani.amani@aiesec.net Bahrain

Ntienou Clotaire Vice President Information Systems clotaire.ntienou@aiesec.net Cameroon

Brice Yavo Vice President Delegate Servicing yavo.yavo@aiesec.net Ivory Coast

Francis Tsague Team Leader Logistics tsague.francis@aiesec.net Cameroon

Sakwe Simon Team member External Relations sakwe.njioh@aiesec.net Cameroon

Hadjijatou Sule Team member Corporate

Development

adidididi11@yahoo.fr Cameroon

Etefia Josaiah Team member Information system jixaiesec@gmail.com Nigeria

Ndjamen Valerie Team member Delegate Servicing valerie.ndjamen@aiesec.net Cameroon

Ayanga Jonas Team member Delegate Servicing Jovia89@yahoo.com Ghana

Noupet Denyambe Team member Delegate Servicing noupet.denyambe@aiesec.net Cameroon

Olumide Idowu Team member Logistics olumide.idowu@aiesec.net Nigerian

The table above shows the Congress Committee Team of AfroXLDS 2011, Cameroon.

In order to assure a good functioning of activities and properly executed, a contract was signed

between the congress committee and AIESEC INTERNATIONAL and a memorandum of

understanding between the Congress committee and the National Bureau.

II. Congress Committee

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With over

200

Participants attending, this event took place on the

23rd of March 2011, at the Maison du Parti in

Bonanjo. It marked the official opening of the

confence. Participants included delegates, Partners,

alumni, AIESEC members and students, Medias,

other guests, etc. The ceremony was chaired by

Annick AKOBE (Alumni, Ivory Coast) and Aristide

MABATO (Alumni and former congress committee

president AfroXLDS 2006, Cameroon).

Seated on the table of Honour for this event was ;

Mathieu MANDENG, the CEO of Standard Chartered Bank

- The rep of the Chairman of the Board of Advisors of

AIESEC Cameroon, Philippe VANDEBROUCK –

Representative of MTN, official Sponsor of AfroXLDS 2011,

Melvin AKAM – Country Manager of Kenya Airways,

supporter of AfroXLDS 2011, Maureen ONYANGO – Director of Network of BICEC, Supporter of

AfroXLDS 2011 Cameroon, Stephane HURET – Daniel AKEMAMEN, National President AIESEC

Cameroon – David ELEMA, AIESEC International Vice President in charge of Africa – Tatiana

MYKHAILYUK, AIESEC International President 11/12 – Lum Simanka MOFOR - Congress

Committee President, AfroXLDS 2011, Cameroon

This is an event which gives basic meaning to one of AIESEC’s 6 values known as

« Living Diversity » It is an event that exposes the culture of each delegate/country represented. It took place in the same venue as the opening ceremony (Maison du Parti, Bonanjo) which was decorated with stand for each country. This event gave the opportunity to different countries to portray their cultures in terms of meals, dances, dressing, customs sand tradition as well as partners to showcase their companies. Though we had few delegates, it was however a remarkable event.

III. Conference Highlight

Opening Ceremony

Global Village

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Cameroonian Night was designed to give delegates an insight of the cultural aspect of Cameroon.

It took place at Hotel le Paradis, Kribi on the 25th night, shortly after the sessions of the day. This event was spiced with fashion parade, poisson braisé and a wonderful cultural dance group of the south region.

This dinner took place on the 26th of March 2011 at hotel

le Paradis. As it is with AIESEC conferences, partner’s dinner are meant to give our partners a forum to dine with us as well as for the delegates to increase their network. Partner’s dinner was attended by a host of our partners, members, alumnus and guests. Present on this day was a piano group which was there to give the event a touch of melody. We ate, drank and danced as the program went on with speeches from the Regional delegate of MINTOUR, CEO of MTN, CEO of Standard Chartered Bank, and the President of AIESEC International. It was a real opportunity to give our sincere gratitude to all the partners who made a gesture which helped in the realization of this conference as well as the Alumnus for their constant support and advice.

Cameroonian Night

Partners Dinner

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This was the core element of AfroXLDS

2011. Five days was fully dedicated to that. It was also an opportunity for external to come and share with us. A session on PROCESS COMMUNICATION was delivered by Loyce OLYMPIO from Gabon. The Ministry of Tourism worked with delegates on the topics “TOURISM, YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT IN CAMEROON” delivered by Mr. EPOUNE Serge Eric A., Head of Service. AfroXLDS 2011 was also a room for AIESEC International to explain the new global direction and provide the

necessary skills to members to handle these changes. The President of AIESEC International, Mr. Hugo PEREIRA, personally lunched AIESEC 2015. Exceptionally, we had also the President of AIESEC International for 2011-12, Ms. Tatiana Mykhailyuk who was facilitator during this conference. The new AIESEC experience was introduced to members and the business logic (Business Model Canvas) of that experience.

It was yet another opportunity to come together as members of an association to smile over the just ended 6 days conference. This took place on the 28th night, the

eve of the close of AfroXLDS 2011, Cameroon. It a bit to say farewell to all the participants of the conference, the congress committee made it possible for everyone to come dressed and happy for a dinner together. This was one of the most memorable moments of the conference as we all watched the Facilitators serving food to their humble delegates.

Closing Dinner

Trainings

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The particularity of AfroXLDS 2011 was a massive communication through online channel www.afroxlds2011cameroon.org and social network facebook.com/afroxlds2011, twitter.com/afroxlds2011. With more than 10,000 visitors, the conference website was also a space to showcase our partners.

IV. AfroXLDS 2011, An Online presence

www.afroxlds2011cameroon.org

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V. AfroXLDS 2011 in Pictures

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VI. AfroXLDS 2011 Partners

Platinum Sponsor Gold Sponsor

Institutional Support

Ministry of External Affairs

Official Media Partner Media Partners

Associate Sponsors

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29%

52%

6%

1% 12%

Incomes

DELEGATES' CONTRIBUTION

SPONSORSHIP

Government SUPPORT

Donation

INVESTMENT

24%

12%

7% 4%

43%

6% 4%

Expenditures

PROMOTION & COMMUNICATION

Pre & Post Meeting

CONGRESS COMMITTEE

CONFERENCE FACILITIES

LODGING & FEEDING

SPECIAL EVENTS

TRANSPORTATION

VII. Financial Performance

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AIESEC is an international, apolitical, independent, not for profit and student-run organization. Its members are interested in world issues, leadership and management. AIESEC does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, gender, sexual orientation, creed, religion, national, ethnic or social origin.

Our Impact Our international platform enables young people to explore and develop their leadership potential to have a positive impact on society

Our Values

Activate leadership

Enjoying participation

Striving for excellence

Demonstrate integrity

Living Diversity

Acting sustainably

Our Vision Peace and fulfillment of humankind potential

Our ways AIESEC gives to its members an integrated development experience consisted of leadership opportunities, international internships and a global learning environment.

AIESEC in numbers 50 000 Members 800 000 Alumni whose Nobel prize of peace Kofi ANNAN in 1999 and Finland’s former President MARTII ATHISAARI in 2008 10 000 Work abroad experiences per year Over 4 000 Partners around the world Over 470 National and International conferences 111 Countries and territories 7 700 Leadership opportunities per year 1 700 Universities

VIII. What is AIESEC?

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Thanks to the following countries who participated in AfroXLDS 2011: Austria, Bahrain, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Cameroon, Columbia, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Japan, Liberia, Nigeria, Poland, Portugal, Ukraine

Special Thanks

- To the Cameroon Government through the Ministry of External Relations which

enable delegates to reach Cameroon and the Ministry of Tourism for the financial

and technical support.

- To the National Advisory Board: Philippe VANDEBROUCK – Board’s Chairman,

Mathieu MANDENG, Lawrence ABUNAW, Maureen ONYANGO

- To All the partners without whom this conference would have not been possible

- To AIESEC International for giving this opportunity to AIESEC in Cameroon to

showcase it youth talents

- To the Growth Network Africa for their participation

- To the Global Network for their cooperation

- To AIESEC in Cameroon Alumni who contributed to the realization of this conference

in Cameroon

- To AIESEC in Cameroon members

- To All delegates who made this conference a reality

- To facilitators who put their energy and knowledge to make this conference

successful.

- To David ELEMA for supporting and supervising the overall organization of the

conference.

- To Mr Hugo PEREIRA and Miss Tatiana for their presence and experience sharing

this gave another dimension to the conference mood.

- To the Congress Committee for their devotion and time spent to make this

conference unforgettable.

- To the Fashion Team (Member Committee of AIESEC in Cameroon 10-11: Jean Paul

KENMOE, Rabiatou PEMBOURA, Corine KOUASSEU & Daniel AKEMAMEN) for

accepting and overcoming this challenge and therefore has contributed to the

outreach of AIESEC in our community.

- To Mrs. Danièle YETNA, Mrs. Pascale Fride BALEM, Mr Jean Bernard ONGUENE and

Mr Jean Celestin WATAT for their invaluable support in the realization of AfroXLDS

2011 in Cameroon.

IX. Acknowledgements