Youngstars Foundation

About Kingsley

Kingsley N. T. Bangwell is the Executive Director of one the strongly emerging youth lead NGO’s on the African continent Youngstars Foundation, Jos, Nigeria. Within the last 2 years, Kingsley Bangwell’s profile as an emerging leader continues to witness global recognition. In 2007, he was elected as the first Nigerian youth to attend the prestigious Stanford Fellowship on Democracy and Development, and in 2008 he was selected into the prestigious ASHOKA Fellowship (an honour of global recognition for people who have distinguished themselves in public innovation). Also, he was the only youth from Nigeria to be invited as a resource person and speaker during the 13th International Anti Corruption Conference in Greece organized by Transparency International. Recently, he was selected as the only Nigerian into the prestigious Young Global Leaders forum ‘09. The Young Global Leader award (YGL) is an honour bestowed by the World Economic Forum each year to recognize the 200 most distinguished young leaders below the age of 40 from around the world. The YGL community forms a unique global network of peers from diverse backgrounds and fields, with a highly visible opportunity to significantly impact world affairs and shape the global agenda. This recent award further dramatizes the recognition of Kingsley Bangwell’s work in the area of youth development in the continent of Africa.

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