Jacmen Kouakou is a youth development and transparency advocate  from Cote d’Ivoire. He holds a Master’s degree in English language studies from Felix Houphouët Boigny University. Jacmen is a 2018 Mandela Washington Fellow, and holds a certificate in Civic Leadership and Public Policy from Indiana University. Moreover, he served in the 2018 Mandela Washington Fellows Advisory Board on behalf of West Africa region, where he organized the online community of practice (CoP) discussions.  He has 8 years of experience in project management, community development and youth empowerment and over 6 years working in the private sector as an executive administrative assistant.  Jacmen is strongly passionate about governance and transparency. He, therefore,  founded “Corruption Quitte Ma Cité” in 2017 , a youth platform to promote transparency, democracy and good governance to push back corruption. Over the past three years, the platform has built the capacities of 205 Young Leaders from 90 associations on the principles of governance and management. His hobbies are listening to gospel music and reading leadership novels.