James Combey
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MRU YouthConnekt Forum 2026

Four countries, two languages, one forum for the young people of the Mano River Union.

Client
Ministry of Youth Affairs, with UNDP and YouthConnekt Africa
Year
June 2026
My role
Forum identity and campaign
What I made
Logo, bilingual campaign, speakers, festival, merchandise
MRU YouthConnekt Forum 2026: cover image

The forum brought delegates from Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Côte d’Ivoire to the Bintumani Conference Centre on 18–20 June 2026. Every public piece had to work in English and French, and all four delegations had to see themselves in it.

The mark draws the region as one shape linked by coloured nodes. The campaign line ran in both languages: Four countries. One region. One generation. One future. / Quatre pays. Une région. Une génération. Un avenir. I designed bilingual registration flyers and forms, FAQs, speaker cards for the four youth ministers, the presidential fireside chat, a talent and opportunity hub, and a cultural festival series.

4countries
2languages, English and French
15performer cards for the cultural festival

English and French, side by side

Top: teaser flyers in English and French. Middle: speaker cards for ministers from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Bottom: the cultural festival series.

The full rollout

Teasers and registration in English and French, guest cards, the Talent and Opportunity Hub, FAQs, the cultural festival and merchandise.

At the venue