Cynthia Chigwenya is an African Union’s Youth Ambassador for Southern Africa.
She is also a political researcher and pracademic with experience in international policymaking. Her advocacy is grounded in research, having served at think tanks, and published on topical issues including, Europe-Africa relations, transcontinental infrastructure and climate finance in EMEs.
Cynthia is a TEDx speaker, and has spoken at various symposia, including the EU-AU Summit and the BRICS Roundtable Dialogue on financing clean technologies. In May 2023, she briefed the 9315th Meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on future proofing trust for peace-building.
Cynthia has worked with several organisations promoting SDGs and the Agenda 2063 in Africa. She also works as a Programme Coordinator for Political Dialogue in Sub-Saharan Africa at Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.
She has previously held research positions in the South African Parliament and at the National Genocide Commission in Rwanda.
She holds a B.Soc.Sci in Criminology and International Studies, a BA (Hons) and MA in Development Studies and an MPhil in Social Policy. Cynthia specialised on transitional justice and reconstruction in post-genocide Rwanda and conflict mediation in South Sudan.
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