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Zuriel Oduwole ... during the interview.

12-yr-old Oduwole interviews 15th world leader
 
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Tue, 30 Jun 2015   ||   Guinea,
 

As the world’s youngest film maker, 12-year-old Zuriel Oduwole begins the month of June on an exciting note, meeting and interviewing her 15th world leader – President Alpha Conde of Guinea - her interview with him centred on the reality and challenges of a post-Ebola Guinea, [an epidemic Zuriel launched a children's hand sanitiser campaign against and got her featured in ELLE Magazine], the education of youths in Guinea, and how the President sees a new Guinea developing beyond its potential, now that the Ebola epidemic which started in the country last year and almost brought the world to a fear frenzy is completely eradicated, it is for her next documentary, a short piece due out next year.

She also hopes to show the rest of the world that Guinea is a safe place to travel to now and do business, as the President appealed to her to tell a positive story and help attract investments to his struggling country. Zuriel, who does indeed have the attention of global leaders, continues to show and demonstrate the power and possibilities of Africa's next generation, especially the influence of its young girls and women. She indeed epitomises the inspiration of the continent’s youths, and is becoming a future global leader to watch, according to Forbes Magazine.

She was featured on CNN African voices last month, following her appearances on BBC, CNBC, CNN and Bloomberg TV earlier.

 

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