Fellowship Alumni

Across Sub-Saharan Africa

Fostering Transformative Leadership

Into Africa is a podcast from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) where host Mvemba Phezo Dizolele, Africa program director and senior fellow at CSIS, sits down with trailblazers in African affairs to shine a spotlight on the faces spearheading cultural, political, and economic change on the continent.

In this episode of Into Africa, Mvemba is joined by three distinguished Fellowship Alumni who share their experiences and insights from the Fellowship, as well as their professional journeys. Listen to the episode here.

The Fellowship Alumni featured in the podcast include:

2016 Fellowship Alumnus Pape Mamadou Camara, a communications specialist from Senegal, is passionate about the arts and the transformative power of hip hop as well as fighting desertification in Africa through the “Green Wall.”

2024 Fellowship Alumna Sarah Funmilayo Kuponiyi, founder and CEO of Alora Reusable Pads in Nigeria, advocates for menstrual hygiene and gender empowerment.

2024 Fellowship Alumnus Tefetso Nicolus Kele, a lawyer from Lesotho, focuses on sustainable finance, international trade, and investment law.