Ms. Prudence Ngwenya is the current Acting Director of the Women, Gender and Youth  Director and also the substantive Head of the Division of the Youth Development and  Engagement Division at the African Union Commission (AUC).

Her main responsibilities include leading and providing strategic guidance on the AUC’s  mandate on Youth Development while providing strategic oversight on the  implementations of programs within her Directorate.

The task involves maintaining a robust, innovative and results oriented AUC Youth  Programme aligned to key AU frameworks such as Agenda 2063. She works directly with  Ministers in charge of Youth Development in all AU Member States. She led the team  which conceptualized the 1 Million By 2021 Initiative of AUC Chairperson H.E Moussa  Faki Mahamat, and continues to lead in that work.