2025-2026 Cohort Generation Connect Young Leadership Programme (GCYLP)

Meet the 2nd Cohort of Generation Connect Young Leadership Programme (GCYLP) Fellows and learn about the digital development projects they are implementing in their diverse communities across the world. Selected by a global jury from a pool of 6800 applicants from 156 countries worldwide, the second cohort of the Generation Connect Young Leadership Programme (GCYLP) fellows are young changemakers from 25 countries across all ITU regions, willing to leverage innovative digital solutions towards an inclusive, more prosperous digital future for all. Over the next year, they will receive support and resources to implement digital development projects in their diverse communities across the world.

From 28 July to 1 August 2025, the second cohort of GCYLP Fellows – 31 participants from around the world, will be welcomed to Geneva for a transformative training week focused on innovation, project management, and leadership development. Fellows will receive expert guidance to advance their digital development projects and ideas to the next level.

Explore the exciting programme designed specifically for our selected fellows in Geneva. Please note: this programme is exclusively for GCYLP fellows and is not open to the general public.

Abdelrhman Karam Hegazy

Egypt
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Abdiashim Amirov

Kyrgyzstan
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Agata Rozalia Stankiewicz

Poland
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Aysel Rahimli

Azerbaijan
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Candace Tariro Hunzwi

Zimbabwe
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Diva Afi

Indonesia
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Elizabeth Rustamovna Tahirova

Kyrgyzstan
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Erick Oseguera Salinas

Mexico
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Gaso Grace Pascal

South Sudan
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Hicham Outaleb

Morocco
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Imisioluwa Aliya Onafeso

Nigeria
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Jafar Saga Zamora

Philippines
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James Rory Barber

UK
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José Ángel Quino Chipana

Bolivia
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Lalla Babe Hnini

Mauritania
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Lemi Robin Loprimo

Uganda
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Manuella De Carvalho Rodrigues

Brazil
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Melvin Riley

UK
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Mouhamed Sene

Senegal
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Murad Huseynli

Azerbaijan
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Nizamaddin Israfilli

Azerbaijan
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Oscar Ernesto Morales Cuellar

Guatemala
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Paola Cinthia Medrano Pizarrozo

Bolivia
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Razan Mohamad Motaz Dkhan

Syria
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Reham Khaldoun Abed Alhaleem ALhiasat

Jordan
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Rowena Shivam

UK
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Shirley Jesaira Santana Herrera

Dominican Republic
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Tanfia Khan Disha

Bangladesh
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Wafa Khan

Pakistan
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Yigit Karatas

Turkiye
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Zhiyao Zhang

China
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