2019 Fellowship Alumna Yvette Ishimwe of Rwanda was named to this year's Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 list.
Fellowship Alumna Offering Therapy Through Social Media
2022 Fellowship Alumna Dr. Na’ima Idris Usman has over a million followers across four platforms – Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube – and is a...
Meet the 2023 Catalyst Grant Winners
Learn more about the 2018 and 2019 Fellowship Alumni whose ventures won the 2023 Catalyst Grant.
Global Citizen Announces Winner of 2023 Cisco Youth Leadership Award
This year's Cisco Youth Leadership Award recipient is 2021 Fellowship Alumnus Nkosana Butholenkosi Masuku, Founder and CEO of Phenomtech-Sciency Learning, from Zimbabwe.
Alumna Wins Funding to Scale Plastic Pollution Solutions
2021 Fellowship Alumna Tayba Mohamed Mohamed Hatimy won £250,000 to scale their solution, the #StopPlasticPollution campaign, through the Afri-Plastics Challenge
2023 Alumni Symposium Videos
Want to learn more about the 2023 Alumni Symposium in Boksburg, South Africa? Check out these videos from the sessions.
Meet the 2023 Mandela Day Service Grant Recipients!
The Mandela Washington Fellowship is pleased to announce that six Fellowship Alumni and Alumni Teams have been selected to receive funding for the inaugural Mandela...
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.
CJID appoints new programme director
The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) has appointed Akintunde Babatunde, 2022 Fellowship Alumnus, as its new Programme Director to oversee all programmatic work at one...
Mandela Washington Fellowship Alumni Convene in South Africa
Hundreds of young African leaders convened in Boksburg, South Africa, from March 12-18 for the 2023 Mandela Washington Fellowship Alumni Symposium.