For many decades, Africa’s quest to pursue transformational development has not been encouraging. A major contributing factor to the continent’s slow pace of development is “failed leadership”.
Over the years, a series of attempts have been made by the international community including governmental and non-governmental organizations to address the leadership problem. These efforts were subsumed under the concept of “Good Governance” ultimately resulting in the embracing of democratic governance by many African countries.
With a new wave of democracy sweeping across the region, there is increasing optimism about the development prospects. Yet, a commonly held view is that democracy will not necessarily produce rapid socio-economic transformation to relieve millions of people from poverty and despair unless there is a corresponding change in the misunderstanding and misapplication of leadership. Essentially, most of the efforts made by various stakeholders have produced modest gains because they tend not to tackle the problem from the roots.
Against this background, AFRIWIC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION/SERTOH LEADERSHIP INTERNATIONAL was established. AFRIWIC is an acronym for Africa with changed mentality, and SERTOH is also an acronym for Service to humanity. We are a non-profit, non-religious and non-governmental, youth leadership organization. Our vision is to inculcate a new sense of leadership, “SERVANT LEADERSHIP” into the youth through a variety of programs including Seminars and Workshops. The programs would be designed with the aim of changing the negative mindset of the youth on life and leadership by re-educating them on the true principles of leadership characterized by selflessness and the desire to serve other than the ability to influence and control others. In effect, we can positively influence the perception of the youth on life and leadership. This will in turn impact their attitude to serve their generation selflessly and to build a better foundation for posterity.
We currently operate in Africa and the United States of America to assist the marginalized youth have a better understanding of life and leadership in order to equip them with wisdom and hope for a successful living.
