Welcome to
YALI Regional Leadership Center, West Africa.
Launched in 2015
The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) was launched in 2015 as the United States Government’s signature effort to invest in the next generation of African leaders. Four YALI Regional Leadership Centers (RLCs) were set up in South Africa, East Africa, West Africa (Dakar) and West Africa (Accra) to train youth between the ages of 18 and 35 in leadership and soft skills development.
The Accra RLC provides training to youth from Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, and Togo, with special attention to youth from marginalized and vulnerable populations. USAID is the key development partner, and the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) is the implementing partner.
A mindset that is open to learning and focuses on turning problems into opportunities.
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Refining leaders to address societal challenges, advance shared interests, and create positive change.
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Building leaders to contribute to policy decisions that affects their communities.
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YALI WEST AFRICA
Developing the Next Generation of African Leaders
Our Vision
To be the leading Regional Leadership Centre in Africa, delighting our stakeholders, in an enriching environment of trust, cooperation and mutual respect.
To be the leading Regional Leadership Centre in Africa, delighting our stakeholders, in an enriching environment of trust, cooperation and mutual respect.
Our Mission
Providing experiential leadership training to thousands of young West African emerging leaders to enable them make an impact in their countries, communities and organizations through partnerships and collaborative networks.
Providing experiential leadership training to thousands of young West African emerging leaders to enable them make an impact in their countries, communities and organizations through partnerships and collaborative networks.
Why YALI
The need to invest in grooming strong, results-oriented leaders comes out of the statistics: nearly 1 in 3 Africans are between the ages of 10 and 24, and approximately 60% of Africa’s total population is below the age of 35. Who will empower and lead these young Africans? Who will shape the future of business and entrepreneurship, civic leadership, and public management? In order to answer these questions, YALI promotes three models designed to identify and empower young leaders: the YALI Mandela Washington Fellowship,YALI Network and now the establishment of Regional Leadership Centers across Africa.
YALI Training
The YALI West Africa Accra RLC has so far trained over 8,000 young Africans. Across the nine countries, alumni of the YALI program have gone on to impact their communities with their business and civic initiatives, carrying with them the torch of giving back and leading transformational change, which the YALI program builds in them.
Commitment Program Inclusivityto Inclusivity
The YALI RLC program has a strong inclusivity focus, seeking to benefit youth from under-served communities such as vulnerable women and girls, persons living with disability, and internally displaced youth.
Alumni Sectors
Sectors in which YALI alumni are active include agriculture, aquaculture, manufacturing, cosmetics, agribusiness, the green economy, sector, sanitation, and social inclusion. YALI alumni collaborate with other alumni and young people in their initiatives.
Who we look for
The YALI Regional Leadership Center West Africa is looking for young men and women between the ages of 18 and 35 from Togo, Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, The Gambia, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Cameroon and Sierra Leone who are ready to embrace leadership and work hard to transform their countries.
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