Her dad taught her gender equality. Now, entrepreneur and 2016 Fellowship Alumna Olive Michele Dol-Somse is training and empowering women in the Central African Republic...
YALI10 Competition, Semi-Finalist: Civic Engagement – Volunteerism
Read the semi-finalist entry from the YALI 10 Competition by Elysee Koutembaye, 2016 Fellowship Alumnus from Chad.
YALI10 Competition, Semi-Finalist: Handover Ceremony of Mpapa Community School
Watch the semi-finalist-ranked video entry from the YALI 10 Competition by John Zimba, 2018 Fellowship Alumnus from Zambia.
Entrepreneur Uses Creative Problem Solving to Overcome COVID-19 Challenges
The COVID-19 crisis has changed the way we work, presenting both a new set of challenges and a unique opportunity for business and technological innovation....
Alumni Reflect on their WILD Leadership Journeys
In May 2021, the Women Innovators & Leaders (WILD) Network hosted their 2021 Women in Global Development Leadership (WILD) Virtual Forum with this year’s theme...
Fellowship Alumni Selected as 2021 Peace Ambassadors
The European Commission and One Young World announced the latest cohort of One Young World Peace Ambassadors. The program connects young leaders working to prevent...
YALI10 Competition, First Place: The Shy Girl Who Refuses to Die Shy
Read the first-place prize-winning poem from the YALI 10 Competition by Chidzani Mbenge, 2019 Fellowship Alumna from Botswana.
Alumna Wins Prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for Advocacy Campaign
For more than five years, Gloria Majiga-Kamoto, a 30-year-old Malawian environmental activist, has waged a David v Goliath battle against some of the country's largest...
She Grew Up Without Books. Now She’s Fighting for Literacy for Every Child.
Morine Wairimu Mwangi, 2019 Fellowship Alumna from Kenya, loved reading while growing up, but she often didn’t have access to books. Now she’s bringing books...
Incorporating the arts into healthcare
Recently, the United States Consulate General in Nigeria, in collaboration with Tender Arts Nigeria, unveiled an “Arts and Medicine Innovation Hub” hosted at the Federal...