2021 Fellowship Alumna Tare Chirewa offers advice on managing a team through workplace obstacles amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
This Kenyan Activist Said No to ‘the Cut’
Learn more about 2016 Fellowship Alumna Nice Nailantei Leng'ete of Kenya in her new memoir, "The Girls in the Wild Fig
UMN Supports Africa’s Emerging Leaders
Learn more about the University of Minnesota's 2021 Leadership in Public Management Institute and the Fellows who were placed there.
Promoting Racial Justice through Technology
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Dozens of people gathered in front of the steps of the Virginia Museum of History and Culture on Sunday for the...
Summit Prepares Young Leaders for Next Chapter
The Fellowship cultivates the next generation of leaders in fields such as civil rights, youth empowerment, climate change, gender equality, poverty eradication, and public health,...
Women’s empowerment in Africa: 2021 Mandela Washington Fellows working to reduce gender inequality
If women’s empowerment entails having access to power, making decisions about one’s life, and having control over resources, Africa has made tremendous progress. For example,...
Building Resilient Leaders in a Pandemic
For years, Drexel University has welcomed recipients of the Mandela Washington Fellowship, the flagship program of the U.S. Department of State’s Young African Leaders Initiative...
UC Davis Fellows Look to the Future
Since 2016, the University of California, Davis, has welcomed nearly 130 African leaders through the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. Through numerous leadership...
YALI10 Competition, Semi-Finalist: My YALI Give Back Journey
Read the semi-finalist entry from the YALI 10 Competition by Manka'ah Che, 2019 Fellowship Alumna, Cameroon.
YALI10 Competition, Semi-Finalist: Folahanmi Aina
Read the semi-finalist entry from the YALI 10 Competition by Folahanmi Aina, 2016 Fellowship Alumnus from Nigeria.