Thione Niang

October 27, 2021

Thione Niang, from Barack Obama to the African Youth

Global youth advocate, political strategist, social entrepreneur, farmer, author, speaker and international celebrity, Senegalese-American Thione Niang is a calm Olympian. Sitting on a bench in the lobby of a Montreal hotel...
October 27, 2021

Thione Niang: “In a few years, you will see, Africa will feed the planet”

Social entrepreneur Thione Niang was the guest, on October 12 in Montreal, of MTL Connecte organized by Digital Spring in partnership with "Le Monde". The theme of his conference was “the promises and challenges of the digital revolution in Africa”.
May 15, 2019

Raising the voice of young people in governance

Brookings Institute Insight Africa – Chapter 1 Author: Thione Niang Youth in Africa are isolated and underrepresented in governance across the continent. This is often the case in most parts of the world, but the ratio […]
October 27, 2021

Thione Niang: “In a few years, you will see, Africa will feed the planet”

Social entrepreneur Thione Niang was the guest, on October 12 in Montreal, of MTL Connecte organized by Digital Spring in partnership with "Le Monde". The theme of his conference was “the promises and challenges of the digital revolution in Africa”.
May 15, 2019

Raising the voice of young people in governance

Brookings Institute Insight Africa – Chapter 1 Author: Thione Niang Youth in Africa are isolated and underrepresented in governance across the continent. This is often the case in most parts of the world, but the ratio […]