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...
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.
Promoting Better Nutrition and Sustainability Through Adaptive Design
Learn more about how 2022 Alumna Hawa Dunor-Varney and Reciprocal Exchange Alumna Michelle Gilman are combatting malnutrition in Liberia.
Innovation and Community Impact: One Leader’s Journey
Ian Tarimo is a 2019 Fellowship Alumnus and the winner of the 2021 Leadership Impact Award. In 2013, Ian co-founded Tai Tanzania, a non-governmental organization that...
Perspective and Access — My Fellowship Experience
In this blog post from Fellowship Alumna Ebere Okonkwo, she reflects on her 2022 Fellowship experience.