{"id":1183,"date":"2018-12-21T15:50:56","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T15:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovation-africa.com\/2018\/?page_id=1183"},"modified":"2018-12-21T16:09:04","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T16:09:04","slug":"student-engagement-session-africas-future-entrepreneurs-innovators","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/innovation-africa.com\/2018\/student-engagement-session-africas-future-entrepreneurs-innovators\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Engagement Session \u2013 Africa\u2019s Future Entrepreneurs &#038; Innovators"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cs-content\" class=\"cs-content\"><div id=\"x-section-1\"  class=\"x-section\"  style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px; background-color: transparent;\"   ><div  class=\"x-container max width\"  style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\"   ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-2-3\" style=\"padding: 0px;\" ><div  class=\"x-video embed with-container\" ><div class=\"x-video-inner\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vGYW7rSM5tw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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