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.
YALI10 Competition, Semi-Finalist: Purple Hearts Never Fail
We’re proud that several Fellowship Alumni were among the finalists and semi-finalists in the contest, including 2019 Fellowship Alumna Linda Kushinga Sibanyoni of Zimbabwe, who...
YALI10 Competition, Semi-Finalist: N’zani Kassim Zani
Read the semi-finalist entry from the YALI 10 Competition by N'zani Kassim Zani, 2019 Fellowship Alumna from Kenya.
Voices of Exchange Podcast: Dispelling the Gender Myth
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.