Fellowship Alumni Attend African Diaspora Investment Symposium

Left to right: Fellowship Alumni Mwanda Simwanda, Peva Gbagornah, Mehret Amsalu, Florence Shikuku, Ambrose Kamya, and Ugochi Obidiegwu at ADIS 2023

In March 2023, six Mandela Washington Fellowship Alumni attended the eighth annual African Diaspora Investment Symposium in Mountain View, California. The Symposium was organized by the African Diaspora Network, a non-profit organization bringing together a global network of Africans and friends of Africa to learn, engage, and co-create possibilities. Through this Fellowship-sponsored opportunity, these Alumni explored possibilities, connected, learned, and built bridges between Africans and African diasporans.

Fellowship Alumni Ugochi Obidiegwu, Jack Chimbetete, and Mwanga Simwanda participate in an interview at the African Diaspora Investment Symposium

Learn more about the Alumni who were selected to attend:

Ambrose Kamya, 2019 Fellowship Alumnus, Uganda
Florence Shikuku, 2017 Fellowship Alumnus, Kenya
Mehret Amsalu Dubale, 2016 Fellowship Alumna, Ethiopia
Mwanga Simwanda, 2016 Fellowship Alumna, South Africa
Peva F Gbagornah, 2021 Fellowship Alumnus, Liberia
Ugochi Augusta Obidiegwu, 2018 Fellowship Alumna, Nigeria

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