Brian Muchiri Waihenya, a 2023 Fellowship Alumnus from Kenya, has been in a wheelchair since he was involved in an automobile crash as a teenager...
Meet the Sustainable Farmer Empowering Women Through Agriculture
2023 Fellow Rugiatu Favour Kanu wants to leave the future of farming in good hands. That’s why she started her business, Slay Farms, in Sierra...
Fellowship Alumnae and Fellow Selected for Africa Youth Reference Committee
Congratulations to the Fellowship Alumnae selected for the Africa Youth Reference Committee! The AU Agenda 2063 and UN Agenda 2030...
How the Mandela Washington Fellowship Helps Racheal Inegbedion Use Her Voice for Change
ProFellow interviewed 2021 Fellowship Alumna Racheal Inegbedion from Nigeria to learn about her time as a Mandela Washington Fellow...
Fellowship Alumni Selected for 2023 Obama Leaders
This year, seven Fellowship Alumni were selected as 2023 Obama Leaders. As part of the program, five Alumni traveled to Athens, Greece to engage with...
Fellowship and Reciprocal Exchange Alumni Among 2023 CDAF Grantees
The Mandela Washington Fellowship is pleased to announce that six Fellowship and Reciprocal Exchange Alumni have been selected to receive grants for the 2023 Citizen...
2023 Mandela Washington Fellows Arrive in the United States
The U.S. Department of State and IREX are pleased to welcome the 2023 cohort of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders to the United States.
Alumni Spark Impactful Collaborations through Virtual PDEs
This spring, 30 Fellowship Alumni from across Sub-Saharan Africa participated in virtual PDEs working with U.S. organizations. The part-time commitment and flexible virtual working environment...
Making Waves in Cape Town’s Coastal Townships
Learn how 2018 Alumnus Nigel Savel's Fellowship helped him create a space safe for Western Cape youth to learn, grow, and surf.
Reciprocal Exchange Participant Featured on “Good Morning America”
Reciprocal Exchange Participant Tamlin Hall‘s TV show Hope Givers on Georgia Public Broadcasting was recently featured on Good Morning America's Cool to Be Kind segment.