MANDELA WASHINGTON FELLOWSHIP: PAST PROGRAM YEARS
ABOUT YALI
The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) provides members with invaluable opportunities to connect with other leaders in their community and to learn from experts in their field. The Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, started in 2014, is the flagship YALI program that empowers young people through academic coursework, leadership training, and networking. The Fellows have established records of accomplishment in promoting innovation and positive change in their organizations, institutions, communities, and countries.
Below is the information for past years that the program was held in Iowa City. To find out more about this year's Fellowship program, please visit the link below.
2019 PROGRAM FACTS
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA PROGRAM FACTS
- 25 Fellows
- 19 countries represented
- 13 male, 11 female, 1 non-binary
- Business and Entrepreneurship focus
- Non-profit and for profit projects
- Fellows' interests include: Agriculture and Agribusiness, Business, IT, Education, Community Development, Women/Girls Issues, Children and Youth, Health and Medical Issues, Media, and more
ACROSS THE NATION
- 49 Sub-Saharan countries
- 3 tracks (Business and Entrepreneurship, Civic Leadership, and Public Management)
- 28 host universities and colleges
- 700 Fellows selected
- 38,000+ program applicants
2019 ALUMNI
Valeria Adzo Adzatia, Have, Ghana
Ernest Lefu Atem, Buea, Cameroon
Samirah Bello, Abuja, Nigeria
Christian-Elisee Bohouman, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
Modou Lamin Fatty, Brikama, The Gambia
Yonatan Bekele Hilegabriel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Linus Hoza, Morogoro, United Republic of Tanzania
Gerard Iga, Arua, Uganda
Victorien Karfo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Pilirani Khoza, Lilongwe, Malawi
Phyllis Kyomuhendo, Kampala, Uganda
Susan Adol Jongkuch Machar, Juba, South Sudan
Omphile Matane, Mahikeng, South Africa
Prechard Mhako, Harare, Zimbabwe
Palesa Mokomele, Cape Town, South Africa
Tendayi Mushonga, Harare, Zimbabwe
David Mwabila, Chilenje, Zambia
Steve Ndende, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
Alfred Ngate, Bangui, Central African Republic
Abimbola Okeyingbo, Lagos, Nigeria
Amedy Pereira, Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe
Daniela Loberline Ratiarisoa, Mahajanga, Madagascar
Mihiret Redi, Jimma, Ethiopia
Jean Pierre Sibomana, Kigali, Rwanda
Gift Udoh, Oyigbo, Nigeria
2018 PROGRAM FACTS
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA PROGRAM FACTS
- 25 Fellows
- 20 countries represented
- 12 women, 13 men
- Business and Entrepreneurship focus
- Non-profit and for profit projects
- Fellows' interests include: Agriculture and Agribusiness, Business, IT, Education, Community Development, Women/Girls Issues, Children and Youth, Health and Medical Issues, Media, and more
ACROSS THE NATION
- 49 Sub-Saharan countries
- 3 tracks (Business & Entrepreneurship, Civic Leadership, and Public Management)
- 28 host universities and colleges
- 700 fellows selected
- 220,000+ program applicants
2018 ALUMNI
Sherriff Abdul-Hamid, Kumasi, Ghana
Farah Ahmed, Khartoum, Sudan
Rejoice Amarachi Usim, Kaduna, Nigeria
Anthony Ayebare, Kamwenge, Uganda
Arielle Bukuru, Bujumbura, Burundi
Maushami Chetty, Johannesburg, South Africa
Aissatou Mandela Diallo, Conakry, Guinea
Luana Edla Cardoso Pereira, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Charles Frederick James Faul, Johannesburg, South Africa
Doriel Flávio Holoca Da Fonseca, Luanda, Angola
Anna Jaiteh, Banjul, The Gambia
Gervase Jeneri Wakoli, Nairobi, Kenya
Saeed Jumah, Kano, Nigeria
Joyleen Kafuka, Harare, Zimbabwe
Mahilo Kevin Mahilo, Maun, Botswana
Junior Milembolo, Kinshasa, The Democratic Republic of the Congo
Constance Munyenyembe, Lilongwe, Malawi
Mohamed El Amine Ndiaye, Dakar, Senegal
Wise Nzikie Ngasa, Garoua, Cameroon
Wilheim Napsy Okoko, Pointe-Noire, The Republic of the Congo
Rapula Petrus Otukile, Gaborone, Botswana
Josephine Ruwimbo Kanengoni, Harare, Zimbabwe
Boubou Sangho, Bamako, Mali
Komal Sreekeessoon, Quatre Bornes, Mauritius
Awa Thiam, Dakar, Senegal
2017 PROGRAM FACTS
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA PROGRAM FACTS
- 25 Fellows
- 18 countries represented
- 12 women, 13 men
- Business and Entrepreneurship focus
- Non-profit and for profit projects
- Follows' interests include: Agriculture and Agribusiness, Business, IT, Education, Community Development, Women/Girls Issues, Children and Youth, Health and Medical Issues, Media, and more
ACROSS THE NATION
- 49 Sub-Saharan countries
- 4 tracks (Business and Entrepreneurship, Civic Leadership, Public Management, and a special Institute for Energy)
- 38 host universities & colleges
- 1,000 Fellows selected
- 64,000+ program applicants
2017 ALUMNI
Daniel Adugna, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Lucy Amaniyo, Mukono, Uganda
Adewale Badejko, Ilorin, Nigeria
Ana Castelbranco, Luanda, Angola
Ditiro Duma Coyne, Gaborone, Botswana
Sandra Ejang, Kira, Uganda
Henry Ngale Foretia, Buea, Cameroon
Neresa Gbozee, Montserrado, Liberia
Nawsheen Hosenally, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Oluwafèmi Simon Kochoni, Littoral, Benin
Seesio Koetlisi, Berea, Lesotho
Lucy Lovemore, Limpopo, South Africa
Elizabeth Mang'eni, Mombasa, Kenya
Patrick Adalbert Mboki, Arusha, Tanzania
Maphano Mohapi, Maseru, Lesotho
Edgar Munatsi, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe
Pablo Edu Nkene, Malabo Bioco Norte, Equatorial Guinea
Barrack Ogwell, Nairobi, Kenya
Leslie Phiri, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Isaac Quaidoo, Cape Coast, Ghana
Silvia Tonui, Nairobi, Kenya
Ucheoma Udoha, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
Nolawit Shimelis Zewde, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Vitumbiko Fyness Zgambo, Mzuzu, Malawi
Papa Oumar Zongo, Dakar, Senegal
2016 PROGRAM FACTS
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA PROGRAM FACTS
- 25 Fellows
- 18 countries represented
- 11 women, 14 men
- Business and Entrepreneurship focus
- Non-profit and for profit projects
- Fellows' interests include: Agriculture and Agribusiness, Business, IT, Education, Community Development, Women/Girls Issues, Children and Youth, and more
ACROSS THE NATION
- 49 Sub-Saharan countries
- 4 tracks (Civic Leadership, Business and Entrepreneurship, Public Management, and a special Institute for Energy)
- 37 host universities and colleges
- 1,000 Fellows selected
- 40,000+ program applicants
2016 ALUMNI
Lulayn Awgichew, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Oriane Bada, Contonou, Benin
Heribert Bassouka Mbila, Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo
Jean Berchmans Siboniyo, Gitega, Burundi
Awa Caba, Dakar, Senegal
Chipo Chikomo, Harare, Zimbabwe
Adama Diakite, Conakry, Guinea
Ameth Diallo, Saint-Louis, Senegal
Patrick Henri Rasamoela, Antananarivo, Madagascar
Salum Kihemba, Mwanza, Tanzania
Lawal Lukman, Gusau, Nigeria
Ruramiso Mashumba, Marondera, Zimbabwe
Pepin Meilleur, Bangui, Central African Republic
Nalituba Mudenda, Ndola, Zambia
Jamal Musah, Kumasi, Ghana
Ruth Mwangi, Nairobi, Kenya
Wilford Mwanza, Marondera, Zimbabwe
Dave Okech, Kisumu, Kenya
Julienne Olawolé Agossadou, Contonou, Benin
Aji Rohey, Serrekunda, The Gambia
Bonosi Selotlegeng, Gaborone, Botswana
Stephennette Snoh-Taylor, Monrovia, Liberia
Ikpegbu Tochukwu Samuel, Umuahia, Nigeria
Adaora Uche-Ugwonna, Enugu, Nigeria
Peter Yakobe, Zomba, Malawi