YALI Regional Leadership Center West Africa

YALI Regional Leadership Center West Africa The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) is a signature effort to invest in the next generation of African leaders. Government.
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The Young African Leaders Initiative Regional Leadership Center West Africa, Accra offers catalytic training to motivated young African leaders who innovatively tackle diverse issues in their communities. Nearly 1 in 3 Africans are between the ages of 10 and 24, and approximately 60 percent of Africaโ€™s total population is below the age of 35. US Government launched YALI in 2010 to support young Af

rican leaders as they spur growth and prosperity, strengthen democratic governance, and enhance peace and security across Africa. REGIONAL LEADERSHIP CENTERS: The RLCs provide quality leadership training programs and professional development opportunities for young leaders on the African continent, and focus on engaging young African leaders from a wide range of organizations and backgrounds with a diversity of experiences. The Centers provide both long and short courses on leadership and issues across multiple sectors; provide entrepreneurship support services; and enhance networking. The Centers are each run as a public-private partnership, capitalizing on the energy and dynamism of the private sector, the knowledge of African and American institutions, and the programmatic and educational resources of the U.S.

it's almost time for your annual . This year, Nigeria Chapter will host in Lagos! Some of you should have registered ...
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it's almost time for your annual . This year, Nigeria Chapter will host in Lagos! Some of you should have registered to attend but if you are unable to attend in person, please do not fret! There will be an option to join virtually. Stay connected to our social media pages for more information.

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Before 2024 pulled down its curtains, participants from cohorts 47 and 48 who had successfully completed their post-trai...
10/01/2025

Before 2024 pulled down its curtains, participants from cohorts 47 and 48 who had successfully completed their post-training requirements officially joined their country chapters as alumni! Can we take a moment to welcome into the YALI family with a comment below?

Congratulations to Basiru from YALI RLC- Gambia Chapter! The Accra RLC is proud of you ๐ŸŽ‰
09/01/2025

Congratulations to Basiru from YALI RLC- Gambia Chapter! The Accra RLC is proud of you ๐ŸŽ‰

YALI ALUMNI GAMBIA CHAPTER IS CELEBRATING BASIRU JAYE'S NEW BEGINNING OF 2025!
We are ๐ž๐ฑ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ Basiru, a Yali RLC and Mandela Washington fellow, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐‘๐Ž๐๐„๐‹ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง (๐ˆ๐˜๐…) ๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ฅ๐š ๐–๐š๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐…๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข ๐๐ƒ๐„, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‰๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ!

IYF, a global non-profit organization, is dedicated to empowering young people and advancing gender equality worldwide. The PROPEL Youth and Gender, a five-year USAID-funded project, promotes family planning, gender equality, sexual and reproductive health rights through policy, advocacy, and governance.

๐ˆ๐ง his ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž, Basiru ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:

1๏ธโƒฃ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐‘๐Ž๐๐„๐‹ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐†๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ข๐š๐ง ๐‚๐’๐Ž๐ฌ โ€“ leveraging my network to build partnerships with local organizations.

2๏ธโƒฃ ๐๐ซ๐ž-๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐๐ฏ๐จ๐œ๐š๐œ๐ฒ/๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐“๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ โ€“ ensuring their effectiveness and cultural relevance.

3๏ธโƒฃ ๐–๐ž๐›๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  โ€“ sharing insights from the FGM/Gambia media scan.

4๏ธโƒฃ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญโ€“ raising awareness on youth and gender issues through blogs and social media.

5๏ธโƒฃ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง โ€“ collaborating on webinars to empower youth with leadership skills.

6๏ธโƒฃ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ โ€“ contributing to discussions with IYF teams globally.

7๏ธโƒฃ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ โ€“ providing hands-on assistance to diverse initiatives.

We look forward to the incredible impact Basiru will make while growing through this invaluable experience. Hereโ€™s to advancing youth empowerment and gender equality in The Gambia and beyond!
Congratulations Basiru as we have no doubt that you will make the Yali family proud yet again!
YALI Regional Leadership Center West Africa
U.S. Embassy Banjul, The Gambia

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Season's Greetings to you and your family! On behalf of the Accra Regional Leadership Centre, we wish you a Merry Christmas! It is our wish that the season brings you joy and peace for all that the year brought. We would also like to thank our alumni, coaches, facilitators, partners, USAID West Africa Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration - GIMPAA and all who have supported us this year!

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YALI Alumni Charity Ofosuhene did a thing! We were proud to participate in the Black Tech Lead community of practice event held by Charity, a cohort 15 alum. According to Project Director YALI RLC West Africa Accra "It was a fantastic program I had the privilege of participating in, earlier today. Met the finest, most intelligent, well-spoken, driven and passionate young leaders in the tech space from across Ghana". The event brought together young people in agritech, Edtech, Fintech, Climate tech, and more, including YALI alumni. Congratulations to Charity and all YALI alumni who are making strides!

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Its a new week and we are still celebrating cohort 51 participants ! Benetta from Liberia tells us what she took away fr...
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Its a new week and we are still celebrating cohort 51 participants ! Benetta from Liberia tells us what she took away from the experience! Cheers to the cohort....

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Cohort 51 participants recently completed an 8 week online leadership training programme. Mudashiru Akorede from Nigeria shares his experience with us. Stay tuned for more experience sharing from the MOST ENGAGED cohort! Where you a cohort 51 participant? Comment below!

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