PRESS RELEASE - 12th JUNE 2017

On Monday 12 June, Ambassador Carlos Sersale hosted at the Official Residence members of the Forum of Young Global Leaders living in London, and participants of the World Economic Forum on Latin America, held in April 2017 in Buenos Aires.

Guests invited to the breakfast included Marieme Jamme, founder of the I am the Code Project, who spoke about the success story of the KANO kits, which are currently used in our country to encourage Argentine youngsters to learn how to code.

Also in attendance was Nik Kafka, recent winner of the Spanish royal family’s Princess of Girona Foundation Award, for his work in the field of education in Latin America through his foundation Teach a Man to Fish.

Other guests at the breakfast included:

Yasmina MCCARTY, Head of Mobile for Development - GSMA
Sonia MEDINA, Executive Director, Climate Change - Children Investment Fund Foundation
Natznet TESFAY, Director of Africa Analysis - IHS Markit
Samuel BROWN, World Economic Forum
Isabelle LECOURS CARBONIERE, World Economic Forum
Maria LEVIN, World Economic Forum