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At 29, Ilwad Elman Is at the Forefront of Somalia’s Peace Process

October 10, 2019

Since participating in the inaugural Mandela Washington Fellowship in 2014, Ilwad Elman has continued her work at the forefront of Somalia’s peace process. This year,...

YALI Voices Podcast: Mystère Diksia on Agribusiness and Building Resilience in Communities

October 10, 2019

YALI Voices Podcast: Mystère Diksia on Agribusiness and Building Resilience in Communities It’s not good to give money to people because they have a problem....

Thanks to this Young Doctor-Turned-Entrepreneur, Health Care Services Are Becoming a Touch Away for Nigerians

October 8, 2019

Thanks to this Young Doctor-Turned-Entrepreneur, Health Care Services Are Becoming a Touch Away for Nigerians 2016 Fellowship Alumnus Charles Immanuel Akhimien, a Nigerian entrepreneur and...

YALI Voices Podcast: Phyllis Zyambo Is Empowering Rural Women and Youth Through Fish Farming Cooperatives

October 7, 2019

Phyllis Zyambo, 2018 Fellowship Alumna from Zambia, describes herself as always having a “thirst for knowledge.” Graduating at the top of her class in secondary...

YALI Voices Podcast: Nombuso Simelane Wants Girls to Glow in Eswatini

October 3, 2019

A great deal of our future lies in the hands of top leading women. Contributing to this pool of tomorrow’s professionals, Nombuso Simelane, 2018 Fellowship...

YALI Voices Podcast: Nangamso Koza is Bringing Educational Opportunity to South Africa’s Eastern Cape

October 1, 2019

Nangamso Koza’s greatest goal is to help the youth and her community grow. That is why she founded the Inqubela Foundation, dedicated to providing leadership...

YALI Voices Podcast: Constance Munyenyembe Is Looking for a Few Good Agripreneurs

September 28, 2019

Constance Munyenyembe knows that without a viable agriculture system, communities will fail to grow. As Malawi’s coordinator of the Africa Agribusiness Academy, she wants to...

Mandela Washington Fellows Visit Minnesota to Build Connections and Feed the World

September 5, 2019

Laurent Shilingi is one of 700 Fellows selected out of more than 38,000 African applicants to the Mandela Washington Fellowship to travel to the United...

Personal Reflections on the Mandela Washington Fellowship

August 21, 2019

“When I first signed on as the Academic Director for the Mandela Washington Fellowship, I had a sense of what this Fellowship entailed, but much...

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Hundreds of young African leaders convene in Washington to collaborate on leadership and innovation

August 5, 2019

Hundreds of young African leaders gathered in Washington, DC, this week for the 2019 Mandela Washington Fellowship Summit.

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