As a social entrepreneur, eco-feminist, and climate activist, Marie Christina Kolo is empowering women and youth in the fight against climate change.
Fellowship Alumni Meet with Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff in Ghana
In March, ten Fellowship Alumni attended a Ghanaian Alumni Roundtable with YALI Regional Leadership Center Alumni and United States Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff.
Fellowship Alumna Provides Quality Eyewear to Africans
2016 Fellowship Alumna Brenda Katwesigye is co-founder of Wazi Vision, a Uganda-based eyewear brand established to provide quality and affordable eyewear to Africans. Prior to starting...
Fellowship Alumna Named to Forbes Africa 30 Under 30
2019 Fellowship Alumna Yvette Ishimwe of Rwanda was named to this year's Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 list.
Fellowship Alumna Offering Therapy Through Social Media
2022 Fellowship Alumna Dr. Na’ima Idris Usman has over a million followers across four platforms – Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube – and is a...
Global Citizen Announces Winner of 2023 Cisco Youth Leadership Award
This year's Cisco Youth Leadership Award recipient is 2021 Fellowship Alumnus Nkosana Butholenkosi Masuku, Founder and CEO of Phenomtech-Sciency Learning, from Zimbabwe.
Alumna Wins Funding to Scale Plastic Pollution Solutions
2021 Fellowship Alumna Tayba Mohamed Mohamed Hatimy won £250,000 to scale their solution, the #StopPlasticPollution campaign, through the Afri-Plastics Challenge
Fellowship Alumni Attend African Diaspora Investment Symposium
In March 2023, 6 Mandela Washington Fellowship Alumni attended the eighth annual African Diaspora Investment Symposium in Mountain View, California.
CJID appoints new programme director
The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) has appointed Akintunde Babatunde, 2022 Fellowship Alumnus, as its new Programme Director to oversee all programmatic work at one...
Kunle Adewale Appointed to WHO Jameel Arts & Health Lab Steering Committee
2015 Fellowship Alumnus Kunle Adewale has been appointed as a steering committee members for the WHO-Jameel Arts and Health Lab in New York.