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
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Thanks to this Young Doctor-Turned-Entrepreneur, Health Care Services Are Becoming a Touch Away for Nigerians
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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...
Hundreds of young African leaders convene in Washington to collaborate on leadership and innovation
Hundreds of young African leaders gathered in Washington, DC, this week for the 2019 Mandela Washington Fellowship Summit.