Ministry of Youth and Sports concluded the African Forum for Youth Initiatives "the Initiators", from 1st to 7th of March in Aswan, in the context of the declaration of president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, that Aswan is the 2019 African youth Capital.

The arbitration committee of “The Initiators Forum” announced the winning initiatives, where the "Master seed" initiative from Cameroon snatched the first place, the "wonderful MHM" initiative from Congo won the second place and the "youth hupe" initiative from Malawi got the third place, also the arbitration committee 's Award won by the "Buji" initiative from Sudan and “hagat” from Egypt.

The arbitration committee includes Dr. Karima Ghanem, President of the International Center for Diplomacy in Morocco, Fadimatou Iyawa, President of the National Youth Council in Cameroon and Dr. Mohamed Abdel Dayem, Lecturer of Cultural Development at Cairo University.

The Forum was participated by youth from several countries such as: Sierra Leone, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Liberia, Djibouti, Malawi, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Morocco, Guinea Conakry, Ghana, Congo, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Cameroon, Namibia, Somalia, Sudan and Nigeria, Egypt.