Petrider Paul

Chairperson, YouthConnekt Africa Advisory Council.. & Representative, African Union FemWise Africa

Tanzania

About

Creative Enthusiast . Corporate Leadership Trainer & Moderator Petrider Paul is a Pan-African Young Leader , an Africa Governance Centre Fellow, her work intersects in international executive work in leadership governance, health, gender, digitalisation, peace and security in Africa. She currents sits as the First Ever Chairperson of YouthConnekt Africa Youth Advisory Council a Pan African Youth Hub with its headquarters in Kigali, Rwanda with 39 country chapters in Africa. She is the Co-Founder of Imara Leadership Initiative, a leadership advisory and coaching institution that helps young leaders and seasoned leaders in their leadership journey having worked with representatives from 16 African countries , she also serves as a representative of the African Union -FemWise Africa. Petrider Paul, is a widely recognized social media influencer and mentor, She serves in several leadership roles including Co-Chair of Tanzania Women, Peace and Security Coalition, Co-Chair of the RBM Partnership to End Malaria , Women in Global Health Tanzania chapter, previously served as the 1st African Union Youth Advisory Council to the African Union Special Envoy on Youth , African Union - Africa CDC Bingwa for East Africa Region , One Young World Ambassador. She holds a Post Graduate in Economic Diplomacy from the Center for Foreign Relations under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and EAC Tanzania , a BA in International Relations and Diplomacy from the University of Dodoma in Tanzania.

Experience

  • Non- Residential Fellow - Conflict, Peace and Security at Africa Governance Centre
    Dec 2025 - Present · 8 mos

  • Chairperson, YouthConnekt Africa Youth Advisory Council at YouthConnekt Africa
    Oct 2025 - Present · 10 mos

  • African Union FemWise Africa Representative at African Union
    May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

    The Network of African Women in Conflict Prevention and Mediation (FemWise-Africa) was officially established through a decision of the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government (AU Summit) on 4 July 2017 (Assembly/AU/Draft/Dec.21 (XXIX)), as a subsidiary mechanism of the Panel of the Wise.

  • Founder at Imara Leadership Initiative
    Jan 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 7 mos

  • Africa Youth Engagement Officer at African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA)
    Jan 2020 - Dec 2024 · 5 yrs