Harare, May 28 2019: The United States has invited 42 young Zimbabweans to participate at this year’s Mandela Washington Fellowship program. The Fellowship, which began in 2014, is the flagship program of the Young African Leaders Initiative, which empowers young Africans through academic coursework, leadership training, and networking. The Fellows depart Harare mid-June and will …
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Harare, June 29 2018– Thirty six Zimbabwean youth leaders that left for the United States mid-June to participate in the Mandela Washington Fellowship program have settled in and are engaging their American and African counterparts in a search for solutions to current challenges in governance and business sector. “It has been smooth sailing since arriving …
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Harare, November 7 2017- Introducing Zimbabwe at the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders (YALI) Network Country of the Week. From Zimbabwe, the YALI Network currently has 13,802 members, including 2,375 YALI Network Online Course certificate holders, as well as 180 Mandela Washington Fellows. During this week’s campaign, we highlight our work with the …
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Harare, August 28, 2017: Alumni of the Mandela Washington Fellowship – the YaliCreatives- last week concluded a series of training sessions to promote public participation in governance issues. Congratulating the graduates of the final training session in Harare, U.S. Embassy officials- Stacy Lomba and John Taylor of the Public Affairs Section- said the United States’ …
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By David McGuire Harare, May 23, 2017: The U.S. Embassy sends its heartfelt congratulations to the Zimbabwean YALI Mandela Washington Fellows for its upcoming “YALIExpo” running under the theme “Harness the Hustle.” The event will take place at the Meikles Hotel Rooftop on Saturday, June 3, 2017 from 9:00am until 4:00pm. The free expo will …
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Participating in U.S. Exchange programs is an honor that all alumni cherish. An honor to not only represent their beautiful small country in Southern Africa, but more so an honor to become part and parcel of a process that ushers people to greatness, a process that prepares them for greater responsibility by helping them to …
Read More» Our alumnus of the week is Tsitsi Mutendi, Founding editor and managing director of Jewel Magazine and DanTs Media respectively. Tsitsi travelled to the United States as part of the 2013 Fortune/State Department Global Women’s Mentoring Program. The program connects talented, emerging women leaders from all over the world with members of Fortune’s Most Powerful …
Read More» The first alumnus of the week we are highlighting in this new series is Rabison Shumba, an author, motivational speaker, and entrepreneur. Rabison travelled to the United States in September 2011 on an International Visiting Leaders Program (IVLP). At the time, he was coordinating the Greatness Factory Trust, a youth mentorship organization. The exchange visit …
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