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The latest news from the African Leadership Institute and its Fellows. AFLI Fellows are leaders and change-makers, so this section has a lot of news. All text in all of the posts is fully searchable.
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2014 Tutu Fellow Mokena Makeka was interviewed on CNN's Inside Africa series in February 2023. In a piece titled Designing the Future: Architects of South Africa, the series looks at how architects are shaping the skylines of Zimbabwe and South Africa and includes buildings as diverse as a sustainable community center to a building inspired by termites.
Recently appointed the President of the South African Institute of Architects, he says that while most lay people know that architects design single, individual buildings, the more important role architects fill is urban design - how spaces are designed for people, and how city design impacts inequality.
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Investec Bank has appointed 2016 Tutu Fellow Cumesh Moodliar as its CEO, succeeding Richard Wainwright, who is set to retire in 2025. Investec is a specialized lending powerhouse listed on both the JSE and London stock exchanges.
Investec Group's CEO, Fani Titi, said he had confidence in Cumesh's abilities. He said Cumesh had been successful in steering Investec's Private Banking unit and recognized his track record of strong leadership.
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2015 Tutu Fellow Uzodinma Iweala was interviewed on CNN's Marketplace Africa on how his nonprofit - the Africa Center - hoped to shape the future of Africa from abroad. In the interview he explained how the organisation he leads can help Africa be better understood through three lenses, that of business, policy and culture. He provided examples, such as the cobalt mined in Africa, which underpins battery technology.
The Center was providing insights into the business of mining and trade, policies encountered on the continent, and other information that affected the narratives being told about Africa and which gained better insight into the continent.
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2018 Tutu Fellow Chude Jideonwo will host a new season of his show, #WithChude, starting in August 2023. Since its launch in March 2020, it has developed into a talk show and podcast that speaks to Africa’s celebrities and leaders about the mind, heart, and spirit. Chude says the show is a series of conversations that underline issues, raise consciousness, and are in Africa and for Africans.
It has been at the forefront of issues around sexual abuse, depression, HIV/AIDs, diversity, shame amongst others, and seeks to create narratives that promote mental and emotional health.
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2009 Tutu Fellows James Mwangi was a featured speaker at the Climeworks Direct Air Carbon Capture Summit in June 2023, delivering the keynote address. His session dealt with direct air carbon capture, which, he says is at a turning point. However, the marathon to build a carbon removal industry that successfully operates at gigaton scale has only just begun.
James said that Africa is often painted as the quintessential climate victim and the continent that has had the least to do with creating the impacts the world is facing from fossil fuels use. And, he says, for many, that's where the conversation tails off. But the scale of the problem that climate change presents requires Africa to be an active participant in the solutions - especially with so few countries globally living up to net zero emissions promises.
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2017 Tutu Fellow 'Bosun Tijani moderated the Pan African Youth Innovation Forum Question and Answer session with Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates, titled Unleashing Africa's Innovative Future in June 2023. The panel and event was live streamed by the Africa.com. The hybrid event - both online and in person - looked at how science and innovation can accelerate positive change and contribute to a brighter future for Africa. The overall theme of the event was how to harness youthful energy, potential skills, talent, and passion to solve big problems.
Bill Gates was the featured guest. He said Nigeria's youth and that it had among the largest population of young people in the world.
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In June, Imperial College London interviewed 2009 Tutu Fellow Julie Makani about sickle-cell Disease for World Sickle Cell Day 2023. Dr Makani joined Imperial College London as the Provost's Visiting Professor of Haematology in April 2023, and is a Physician Scientist in the Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Dar es Salaam. She is known for her research in Africa, particularly Tanzania, where sickle cell disease has the fifth-highest occurance of the disease globally.
While training in medicine, Julie realized that there were only two hematologists in the entire country.
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30 April to 8 May 2023 marked the Mont Fleur Workshop for the 2023 Tutu Fellowship’s Cohort of Associates. We were blessed with a remarkable gathering, in one of the most beautiful spots on our beloved continent.
24 Associates came together from Cote d'Ivoire, DRC, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Uganda, spanning the worlds of consulting, banking, insurance, civil society, renewable energy, politics, policy and entrepreneurship. The group brought a wealth of diversity and experience, together with open minds and open hearts to the retreat, contributing to a powerful learning experience for all.
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2018 Tutu Fellow Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg PhD has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Autodesk Foundation. On its site, the Foundation says it supports innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing social and environmental challenges. Its funding areas are concentrated on energy and materials, health and resilience, and work and prosperity.
Wanjiru is the founding executive director of Black Women in Executive Leadership (B-WEL) and an executive-in-residence at Schmidt Futures.
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2016 Tutu Fellow Peter Biar Ajak has been interviewed on Al Jazeera News about the conflict in Sudan. Peter, who is from South Sudan, spoke about the impacts the neighbouring war could have on South Sudan. In the interview, he makes the case that Sudan’s conflict will have enormous repercussions on South Sudan. He also argues that the international community - especially the United States - missed opportunities earlier in the transition by focusing too much on the generals leading the sides, when they were the cause of the crisis.
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Africa faces climate change related challenges that range from cyclones to desertification; deforestation and drought to flooding. To make a difference, a group of Tutu Fellows comprising four Fellow-run organisations and other partners have created an initiative called the Africa Climate Ambassadors Programme.
Since it was formed early in 2023, Climate Ambassors in the first cohort have been active. The expertise within the group ranges from finance though policy to technology and messaging and a key goal is to develop a green economy for Africa.
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Following a two-year hiatus during COVID, the Skoll World Forum was back in April 2023 in Oxford. The SWF has rightfully earned its reputation as the foremost gathering of actors in the social sector ecosystem.
There was a strong presence of the Tutu Fellows, in various capacities. 2009 Fellow James Mwangi attended in his capacity as a board member of the Foundation, a panelist and a moderator. 2019 Fellow Dr Angela Gichaga was there as a 2022 Skoll Awardee, but now only being able to be celebrated and collect her award in person. 2010 Fellow Bright Simons was yet another Skoll Awardee, from 2019. Yes, we boast two Skoll Awardees, in our midst…
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The conflict in Sudan is escalating and has reached the point where embassies are airlifting their staff out of the capital, Khartoum. Foreign powers are rescuing their nationals using military special forces, airlifts, and convoys driving past fighters from both sides during a short cease-fire. 2015 Sudanese Tutu Fellow Samah Salman has been interviewed by Voice Of America about the conflict.
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The African Leadership Institute is pleased to announce the Associates who have been selected for the 2023 Class of the Tutu Fellowship. As has been the case with previous cohorts, the people selected are exceptional emerging African leaders.
AFLI received more than 380 nominations of outstanding quality from across Africa, from which the cohort was selected. They are from Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Uganda and span the worlds of consulting, banking, civil society, renewable energy, public sector, policy and entrepreneurship. It is this rich diversity of nationalities, professions and perspectives that makes the programme experience rich.
The selected candidates demonstrate the incredible wealth and breadth of leadership talent that exists in Africa’s young people, which bodes well for Africa’s future.
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2006 Tutu Fellow Janah Ncube was named a 2023 World Fellow at Yale University in March. She is one of only 16 people chosen for this prestigious global leadership development program at Yale, in its 22nd cohort. Janah is Deputy Chief Executive Officer at Crisis Action, a global organization working on the protection of civilians in conflict.
Janah joins a network of over 400 Yale World Fellows representing 96 countries and is the sixth Zimbabwean to be chosen for this program and one of several Tutu Fellows selected for this Fellowship.
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- Two Fellows selected for 2023 Forum of Young Global Leaders
- Uzoma Nwagba selected for prestigious global Eisenhower Fellowship
- What the World Bank Needs More than Cash
- Mitoha Ondo'o Ayekaba appointed as Equatorial Guinea's Minister of Health
- Geci Karuri-Sebina joins Board of The Open Institute
- Serah Makka appointed permanent Africa Executive Director for ONE
- Victor Ochen interviewed on the African Union gathering in Ethiopia
- Edzai Zvobwo interviewed by SABC on ChatGPT and Education
- Tutu Fellows at major global convenings
- AFLI Selected by Gates Foundation to Run Calestous Juma Leadership Programme
