About
The ASDC is an idea that was suggested in 2016 by Soufiane Choubani and Christopher Medina but it wasn’t until 2021 that the idea came to life. The aim of the ASDC is to be a first of its kind continental organization that comes to together in the mutual belief that debate in Africa needs to be promoted and strengthened. The ASDC also aims to help create new national teams in African and strengthen school debates in the continent.
OUR OBJECTIVES
Strengthening debate in Africa
Promote and assist new African WSDC teams
Established ranking system for African national teams
Annually host African Debate All-Star Weekend
Annually award and recognize the best debaters, teams and adjudicators
Established a directory for African national teams
Share thoughts, opinions and concerns
Collaborate with the WSDC board for future events and training sessions
AIMS
- Bridge a network between all national & schools teams in Africa to coordinate annual board meetings and determine the host of the annual championship.
- Recognize and award the ones in Africa who have representing their nation as admirably ambassadors and who have achieved excellence in international competitions. The end goal to be able to award these students with partial scholarships for their college fees to assist them in fulfilling their dreams.
- Support new countries in forming national teams and promoting to debate to others to get them on board as well. As a continent of over 50 nations, it is sad that less than 10 nations have ever participated in the WSDC. This is by far the lowest number of any continent in the world. Our aim is to achieve 20 active national teams by 2025.
- Host regional training conferences for debaters, coaches and adjudicators.
2021/2022 Regional Directors
North: Soufiane Choubani (Morocco)
East: Joseph Tahinduka (Uganda)
South: Maison Pieterson Maphosa (Zimbabwe)
West: Akwasi Asamoah Awuah (Ghana)
African Schools Debate Council 