THE MANDELA WASHINGTON FELLOWSHIP FOR YOUNG AFRICAN LEADERS
President Obama Hosts Town Hall with Young African Leaders
WASHINGTON, DC - On July 28, 2014, in front of 500 exceptional young leaders, President Obama announced the renaming of the Washington Fellowship for Young
African Leaders in honor of Nelson Mandela. He also announced that the United States intends to double the number of annual participants in the Mandela Washington
Fellowship to 1000 by the summer of 2016.
The Mandela Washington
Fellowship is the flagship program
of the President’s Young African
Leaders Initiative (YALI) and
embodies President Obama’s
commitment to invest in the future
of Africa. The first class of Mandela
Washington Fellows arrived in
June 2014 for six weeks of intensive
executive leadership training,
networking, and skills building,
followed by a Presidential Summit
in Washington, DC. Through this
initiative, young African leaders are
gaining the skills and connections
they need to accelerate their own
career trajectories and contribute
more robustly to strengthening
democratic institutions, spurring
economic growth, and enhancing
peace and security in Africa.
of Wisconsin-Stout, and Yale
University.
• Civic Leadership Institutes
are for those Fellows who are
civically engaged and serving the
public through nongovernmental
organizations, community-based
organizations, or volunteerism.
Civic Leadership Institutes are
hosted by Arizona State University,
Presidential Precinct (a partnership
in