This week several young and promising leaders were assembled in Washington DC for President Obama's Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI). Hastings Mkandawire is one of the nine Young African Leaders’ Initiative (YALI) fellows from Malawi now in Washington, DC, participating in the…
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…
Uganda aims to start producing its first car the Kiira EV SMACK by 2018. Production of the vehicle is expected to start at a goal of 300 a month. The car will be a combination of a conventional internal combustion engine and an…
Everyday that we use our cellphones, laptop computers and tablets we should ask ourselves how every African child is preparing for a future driven by these technologies. In this increasingly global and more technology driven society it is imperative that African students…
Young Leaders from Zimbabwe
500 Washington Fellows arrived in Washington, DC this weekend for one of President Barack Obama's signature programs for Africa is the Young Africans Leadership Initiative (YALI). The selection was competitive with the 500 being picked out of 49,000 applicants across…
America is a nation of immigrants from its inception as a modern nation in 1776. Welcome.us, a new non- profit organization, is dedicated to celebrating a United States that is fueled by immigrants from around the world. Led by Tolu Olubunmi, an…
Renowned chemist Percy Lavon Julian was born in Montgomery, Alabama in 1899, as the oldest of 6 children born to James Sumner Julian and Elizabeth Lena Julian. Both his parents were graduates of Alabama State University. Here are some interesting facts about…
As Kenya becomes the leader in computer and information technology we have chosen to highlight a few organizations. Eneza Education, ChamaSoft and Shamba Shape Up recently won the 2014 Innovation awards sponsored by Kenya's Information and Communication Technology Authority.
Eneza Education
Eneza’s mission…
The Stanford Africa MBA Fellowship Program pays for tuition and associated fees (approximately US $145,000) for citizens of African countries with financial need who wish to obtain an MBA at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Stanford will award up to eight Stanford Africa…
If you ask the average person who did not grow up in America about their impression of African Americans the answer will be mainly negative based on the media reports that they had in their home country. While the portrayal of African…