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Seleman Yusuph Kitenge is a veteran of a decade of campaigning on youth development, peace and security. With the support of the European Commission (EC), Seleman is part of the European Commission - One Young World Peace Ambassador programme which promotes and accelerates young leaders in preventing and countering violent extremism, peace-building efforts and conflict resolution.
He was awarded an Honorary Diploma of New Leaders for Tomorrow by the Crans Montana Forum in Vienna, Austria (June 2016), On Spot Best Guest of the Year Award by West Coast Radio in The Gambia (September 2016), the First Global Youth Policies Forum Medal in the Republic of Azerbaijan (October 2014) and Special Recognition Award by the Pan African Humanitarian Awards Board in Tanzania (November 2017).
He and his fellow alumni of YALI East Africa Chapter of Tanzania won Alumni Eagle Award in September 2016. He has been certified by the Commonwealth Secretariat (United Kingdom) as a Trainer of Trainers on issues around Hate Speech, Human Rights and Countering Violent Extremism. He has also been certified by the United Nations in Tanzania as a Champion of all Sustainable Development Goals in 2016. He has recently received a Medal from the government of Republic of Rwanda for being part of Youth Connekt Africa Innovation Race.
Currently, he is working as an Administrator and Spokesperson at the Honorary Consulate of Sierra Leone in Dar es salaam. He is also a certified African Union Youth Volunteer. Previously, he worked as a Project Officer with the United Nations Association of Tanzania. Moreover, he is the Co-Founder of the African Network of Youth Policy Experts which is an African based regional think tank that federates youth policies expertise and researches across the continent.
