YALI 2024 West Africa Emerging Leaders Program (Cohort 52) for Fellowship

YALI 2024 West Africa Emerging Leaders Program (Cohort 52) for Fellowship
  •  Fellowship
  •  16-Nov-2024
  •   Africa
  • $$  Varies

Africa continues to make positive headlines relating to strong economic growth, improved attractiveness for investment as well as improved governance and leadership among other areas.

Supporting this progress, the Accra Regional Leadership Centre (RLC), as part of united state government initiative, Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI), will offer an innovative and game changing leadership training program in Africa. 

Focusing on the 5 week coursework phase, it will entail three core courses (Leadership and Accountability, Ethics, and Contemporary issues affecting Africa) and one elective course selected from a sample of three courses covering three themes, namely Entrepreneurship, Public Policy and Management, and Civil Society Management.

The in-person training will be conducted in Ghana at the Accra RLC whereas the on-line course will be available from any location around West Africa. Course facilitators/trainers will be selected from among proven leaders from Africa and around the world. Innovative teaching and training approaches will be used to enhance learner experience and motivation.

Eligibility Criteria

Competition for the YALI Regional Leadership Center West Africa is merit-based and open to young West African leaders who meet the following criteria:

  • Are 18 to 35 years of age at the time of application submission,

  • Are citizens and residents of one of the following countries: Ghana, Nigeria, Togo, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Liberia, Sierra     Leone, The Gambia and Burkina Faso.

  • Are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the U.S.

  • Are eligible to receive any necessary visa to Ghana, and

  • Are proficient in reading, writing, listening, and speaking English.

Offered Benefits

  • At the end of the program participants will be awarded with certificates and become members of the prestigious YALI Alumni

  • Participants will be taken through various forms of leadership training to prepare them for leadership roles in their various organizations, communities and countries.

Application Process

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