2016 Fellowship Alumna Lydie Mukasekuru from Rwanda and 2016 Fellowship Alumnus Golden Maunganidze from Zimbabwe embarked on a project with a clear goal — introducing...
Enhancing Professional Development Through Virtual Collaboration
Following the completion of their in-person Professional Development Experiences (PDEs) in September 2023, Mandela Washington Fellows had the option to continue collaborating with their Host...
Building our Future: Capacity Building for Today’s Health Managers
2019 Fellowship Alumnus and 2024 Leadership Impact Award winner Joel Duah Afi collaborated with Kisha Elder Lawson and Michelle Lawson in May, 2024, on a Reciprocal...
Promoting Rights for People with Disabilities
Through Reciprocal Exchange opportunities, teams collaborated on projects highlighting disability rights and issues in Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Ghana, and Zambia.
Navigating Through The Unfamiliar: Finding Our Place As Leaders With Disabilities
Brian Waihenya is a 2023 Fellowship Alumnus from Kenya. Brian is a writer and disability rights advocate, focusing on creating awareness about issues faced by...
Telling Real Stories
After completing his Leadership in Civic Engagement Institute at Michigan State University this summer, 2023 Fellowship Alumnus Calvin Manika completed a Professional Development Experience (PDE)...
Young African Leaders Find Inspiration, Confidence at Cornell
This summer, 25 Fellows from countries across Sub-Saharan Africa completed a Leadership in Public Management Institute at Cornell University. This article from the Cornell Chronicle...
Fellowship Alumni Attend African Diaspora Investment Symposium
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...