In March 2023, 6 Mandela Washington Fellowship Alumni attended the eighth annual African Diaspora Investment Symposium in Mountain View, California.
A Journey Three Years in the Making
On July 16, nearly 200 young leaders from Sub-Saharan Africa arrived in the United States, and while it is certainly impressive to bring exchange participants...
AgBioScience Podcast: Serving Communities + Creating Change
During their 2022 Fellowships studying Leadership in Business at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, Fellowship Alumni Molly Abende of Kenya and Boaz Berhanu Tulu...
Virtual Professional Development Experiences Increase Global Connections
For the first time since the Fellowship’s inception, seventy 2021 Fellowship completed their Professional Development Experiences (PDEs) virtually. Learn more about the recently completed virtual...
Fellowship Alumni and Reciprocal Exchange Participants Awarded 2021 CDAF Grants
The Fellowship is proud to announce that 17 Alumni and Reciprocal Exchange Participants have been awarded grants from the 2021 Citizen Diplomacy Action Fund (CDAF).
Champion of women entrepreneurs’ growth
As the Chief Executive Officer of Cherehani Africa and founder of Afrikapu, 2018 Fellowship Alumna Nasreen Ali Mohamed is passionate about empowering low-income households in...
Alumna’s music video wins 2021 Adobe Government Creativity Award
Congratulations 2015 Alumna Grace Jerry for winning a 2021 Adobe Government Creativity Award!
Voices of Exchange Podcast: Ambassador of Exchange
Learn more about 2019 Alumnus Ian Tarimo's work in this Voices of Exchange episode.
GatesNotes: Heroes in Africa fighting the pandemic – and the next one
Learn more about why 2021 Alumna Mamello Makhele is one of Bill Gates' heroes fighting the pandemic - and working to prevent the next one...
Advancing Human Rights and Supporting Women and Girls
2021 Fellowship Alumna Angella Asiimwe of Uganda is committed to advancing human rights, influencing policies to address gender-based violence, and defending the rights of women...