This year, seven Fellowship Alumni were selected as 2023 Obama Leaders. As part of the program, five Alumni traveled to Athens, Greece to engage with...
Fellowship and Reciprocal Exchange Alumni Among 2023 CDAF Grantees
The Mandela Washington Fellowship is pleased to announce that six Fellowship and Reciprocal Exchange Alumni have been selected to receive grants for the 2023 Citizen...
Alumni Spark Impactful Collaborations through Virtual PDEs
This spring, 30 Fellowship Alumni from across Sub-Saharan Africa participated in virtual PDEs working with U.S. organizations. The part-time commitment and flexible virtual working environment...
Making Waves in Cape Town’s Coastal Townships
Learn how 2018 Alumnus Nigel Savel's Fellowship helped him create a space safe for Western Cape youth to learn, grow, and surf.
Promoting Better Nutrition and Sustainability Through Adaptive Design
Learn more about how 2022 Alumna Hawa Dunor-Varney and Reciprocal Exchange Alumna Michelle Gilman are combatting malnutrition in Liberia.
Innovation and Community Impact: One Leader’s Journey
Ian Tarimo is a 2019 Fellowship Alumnus and the winner of the 2021 Leadership Impact Award. In 2013, Ian co-founded Tai Tanzania, a non-governmental organization that...
Amplifying African Voices in Climate Change: My Experience at COP27
As a social entrepreneur, eco-feminist, and climate activist, Marie Christina Kolo is empowering women and youth in the fight against climate change.
Fellowship Alumni Meet with Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff in Ghana
In March, ten Fellowship Alumni attended a Ghanaian Alumni Roundtable with YALI Regional Leadership Center Alumni and United States Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff.
Fellowship Alumna Provides Quality Eyewear to Africans
2016 Fellowship Alumna Brenda Katwesigye is co-founder of Wazi Vision, a Uganda-based eyewear brand established to provide quality and affordable eyewear to Africans. Prior to starting...
Alumna Wins Funding to Scale Plastic Pollution Solutions
2021 Fellowship Alumna Tayba Mohamed Mohamed Hatimy won £250,000 to scale their solution, the #StopPlasticPollution campaign, through the Afri-Plastics Challenge