On April 27, 2021, Secretary of State Antony Blinken participated in an online conversation with members of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Network, including...
Update from the Mandela Washington Fellowship Regarding COVID-19
The U.S. Department of State is continuously monitoring the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and is working closely with IREX, the cooperative agency that implements the Mandela Washington...
Fellowship Celebrates Education and Entrepreneurship
This November, the Mandela Washington Fellowship is excited to commemorate International Education Week and Global Entrepreneurship week. As we celebrate teachers and entrepreneurs worldwide who...
What is Leadership: Lessons from Laura Lane
"I want to challenge you in the spirit of those ideals that Nelson Mandela has left for all of us to learn from… Being a...
Moving Forward Together: Servant Leadership During Crisis
Watch the Fellowship's first-ever Facebook Live event, an interactive Q&A on Moving Forward Together: Servant Leadership in Times of Crisis, focused on how Fellowship Alumni...
Introduction to Opportunities and Strategies to Promote Partnerships with U.S. Businesses
"The United States is committed to supporting the talent, innovation, and entrepreneurial spirit of youth from across the African continent. YALI and Prosper Africa exemplify...
Identifying Market Needs and Gaps: Perspectives from UPS
Since the onset of COVID-19, few industries have become more essential, and simultaneously required more adjustment, than international shipping. The disruption COVID-19 has caused to...
Introducing the 2020 Leadership Impact Award Winner
The U.S. Department of State and IREX are pleased to announce that Ibrahima Kalil Gueye, 2018 Fellowship Alumnus from Guinea, has been selected as the...
Living the Legacy
“When you give young leaders the skills to be a better person tomorrow, that’s just what Mandela wanted to see: the young people being empowered...
Announcing the New Fellowship Portal
Earlier this year, the Mandela Washington Fellowship was postponed until summer 2021 due to the ongoing global pandemic; however, “despite this unprecedented crisis and the...