Although Iowa and Nigeria are thousands of miles apart, they share common ties through agriculture. Farmers everywhere contend with volatile markets, bad weather, and occupational hazards,...
2022 Mandela Washington Fellowship Summit Videos
Want to learn more about the 2022 Mandela Washington Fellowship Summit? Check out these videos from the sessions.
Alumni and Reciprocal Exchange Participants Selected for 2022 CDAF Grants
The Mandela Washington Fellowship is pleased to announce that four Fellowship Alumni and Reciprocal Exchange Participants have been selected to receive grants for the 2022 Citizen Diplomacy Action Fund (CDAF).
Advancing Human Rights through Art
The Mandela Washington Fellowship is proud of the Fellowship Alumni, who are defending human rights for LGBTQI individuals across the world, like Katlego Kai Kolanyane-Kesupile.
Voices of Exchange Podcast: Monumental Moments
In Richmond, Virginia, 2017 Reciprocal Exchange Participant Grady Hart teamed up with Exchange Alumna Julia Beabout to create Monumental Conversations, an augmented reality project that...
2022 Mandela Washington Fellows Arrive in the United States
The U.S. Department of State and IREX are pleased to welcome the 2022 cohort of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders to the United States.
The True Mark of Leadership
As the CEO and Founder of Havenhill Synergy Limited, Olusegun Odunaiya aspires to resolve the electrical power crisis in Nigeria by providing clean, cost-effective solar...
The Greatest Strengths of the Mandela Washington Fellowship
In this article for The Presidential Precinct, Ahmed Adetola-Kazeem shares several pieces of advice for this year's Fellows.
Pride and Prejudice: The Parallels Between the LGBTQ Struggle Histories of the United States and South Africa
2018 Fellowship Alumnus Mpho Buntse is an activist currently serving as national head of communication for Embrace Diversity Movement, an LGBTI movement, and leader of...
Fellowship Alumna Recognized as American Bar Association’s Women of Legal Tech
2019 Fellowship Alumna Leah Molatseli is the first African woman recognized by the American Bar Association as a Women of Legal Tech.