#Reagan's pulse

There is no nonsense so gross that a certain section of society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity.

YouLead Africa will join @APRMorg and fellow partners in Bujumbura, Burundi this August, for the; African Youth Charter @20: From Promise to Prosperity dialogue, taking place on the margins of the 5th Continental Summit on Youth, Peace and Security and Women, Peace and Security.

.@LennonMonyae, “The African Youth Charter was adopted to advance the rights, participation and development of young people across Africa. Whether you’re a student, entrepreneur, activist, researcher or community leader, your experiences matter. I invite everyone to follow this journey, engage with the process and help us ensure that the next chapter of the AYC reflects the aspirations of Africa’s current young generation.”

He adds that; “The AYC is Africa’s flagship youth policy framework. 20yrs after its adoption, it is important to ask whether its promises are translating into tangible change for young people. This appraisal aligns perfectly with our mandate because it moves beyond discussing youth participation to actually placing young people at the centre of evaluating a continental policy that directly affects them.” @ReaganMwebaze0

.@ReaganMwebaze0 on how does the AYC@20 Appraisal fit within the @OneYoungAfrica broader vision; “YouLead Africa’s vision is to see young Africans meaningfully participating in governance, policy-making and decision-making processes across the continent. For many years, we’ve invested in building young leaders, strengthening youth networks and creating platforms where young people can influence public policy.” #AYCat20 | #TheCharterWeWant

🎙 Alice Kampengele @ThenamesKabu, Youth Engagement Specialist | @RestlessZambia Alice will discuss the importance of meaningful youth participation in the appraisal and how young people and youth-led organisations will contribute to shaping the future of the African Youth Charter. Set Reminder: x.com/i/spaces/1wxwj…

🎙 @NyashaMpani; Lead Expert – Africa Youth Charter @20 Appraisal Nyasha will provide an overview of the appraisal process, including the research approach, thematic areas, expected outputs, and what lies ahead over the next two months. Set Reminder; x.com/i/spaces/1wxWj…

🎙 @LennonMonyae; Researcher & CSO Liaison Officer | @APRMorg Lennon provides technical leadership on the Africa Youth Charter @20 Appraisal and will share insights into the rationale behind the review, its methodology, and how the findings will strengthen youth governance across Africa. Set Reminder: x.com/i/spaces/1wxwj…

🎙 @ReaganMwebaze0; Partnerships & Fundraising Coordinator | @OneYoungAfrica Representing YouLead Africa, Reagan will speak about the power of partnerships in driving continental youth initiatives and the role of collaborative action in delivering the Africa Youth Charter @20 Appraisal. Set Reminder; x.com/i/spaces/1wxwj…

What Messi did by winning the 2022 World Cup with a squad that wasn’t filled with Europe’s elite is the real miracle. The goalkeeper played for Aston Villa. The full-backs came from Sevilla and Benfica, while the center-backs played for Tottenham and Benfica. The midfield was built around Brighton and Benfica players. And the striker was Manchester City’s backup forward.

One month ago today, we brought the curtains down on an unforgettable YouLead Summit 2026 in Arusha, Tanzania. What exactly is the YouLead Africa Programme? Is it just an annual summit? THE ANSWER IS NO! In this video, @ReaganMwebaze0, the Partnerships and Fundraising Coordinator, shares the vision behind the programme, its impact across Africa, and why the annual summit continues to serve as one of the continent’s premier platforms for youth leadership, dialogue, and action. 🎥 Watch, learn, and discover why YouLead Africa is more than an event—it’s a movement.

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The best way to learn is to listen. Kicking off the "Learning Together for Resilience" workshop in Kampala with the "Talk Tiles" activity! It's incredible to see practitioners from Green Transition, Climate, and Health sectors actively listening and sharing their experiences. This is what social learning looks like in action! This workshop is proudly funded by the Danida Fellowship Centre @CentreDanida and implemented in partnership with the Uganda Danida Fellows Network. Thank you for making this cross-sector collaboration possible! @DKinUganda

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Obama: "As algorithms keep feeding us a steady stream of distraction and outrage, as only the loudest most extreme voices get attention, fanning our prejudices, appealing to our basest most tribal instincts, it's tempting to give in to cynicism and even despair, to stop trying."

This Messi-Ronaldo conversation can not be about football 'cos there's nothing to compare. The people who choose Ronaldo over Messi can't do so over football. It's an individual thing. They like the person Ronaldo, his looks, physique, work ethics and style but definitely not over football.

I want to argue here for an answer that is neither of the easy ones. Not the social platitude that politics doesn’t matter and we should all just love each other, and not the harder, more fashionable position that you cannot in good conscience break bread with someone whose vote enacts harm on people you care about. The truth, I think, is more uncomfortable than either, and it has implications that reach further than the conventional discussion lets on, including into corners of life one might not expect, such as the small, fractious, weirdly consequential world of occult and esoteric practice, where the political fracturing of the last decade has played out with a particular intensity that I think is diagnostic of something broader.

I have been thinking about that conversation ever since. Not because I want to relitigate the argument (I do not), but because the encounter raised a question that I think a lot of people are quietly nursing right now, and which the prevailing discourse handles with extraordinary clumsiness. The question is whether political difference, of the kind we are currently living through, is a difference of opinion, in which case adult human beings can presumably tolerate it the way they tolerate disagreements about novels or restaurants, or whether it is a difference of moral substrate: a fundamental misalignment about what a human being is for, what a society owes its weakest members, what counts as freedom, what counts as cruelty. If the first, we can stay close. If the second, intimacy starts to feel like a category error…

I had a conversation recently with someone I am close with. Somewhere in the middle of it, when the talk turned to who should govern us, I realised I was speaking with a stranger. Not in any dramatic sense; they had not transformed. The shape of their face was the same, the laugh, the gestures I had known for years. But what came out of their mouth did not belong to the person I had thought I was talking to. It belonged to a kind of competing inner map of the world, one whose coordinates I could not recognise, and whose moral geography placed things I find frightening in the position of things to be welcomed……