Signal from Dakar: Sports, Business, Tech and the Next Generation

​By 2050, 1 in 4 people in the world will be African.

​The next generation is already here and the 2026 Youth Olympics coming to Dakar is their opening ceremony.

​The global diaspora community has a voice in that story, and this is the room where that conversation happens.

​Signal from Dakar is a special virtual CT Tech Week session bringing together members of the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics Taskforce: talented diaspora leaders at the intersection of sports, business, technology, and global youth development. This is a rare opportunity to hear directly from the people shaping one of the most anticipated events in Africa's history — and to explore what it means for the next generation on both sides of the Atlantic.

​We'll go beyond the games. This conversation is about infrastructure, innovation, youth empowerment, and the role diaspora communities play in building bridges between where they come from and where they are.

From sports tech to civic engagement, from Dakar to Connecticut: this is what global leadership looks like from the ground up.

​Whether you're a founder, an athlete, an investor, an educator, or simply someone who believes in the power of the next generation — this session is for you.

​Come to listen. Come to connect. Come ready to be inspired.

Learn more about this seismic generational shift in Africa from the New York Times here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/10/28/world/africa/africa-youth-population.html

​📍 CT Tech Week 2026 — Virtual Session 🔗https://luma.com/elz98epz