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Contributing to the Africa we want . Home Explore LéO Africa About Learn More Our Team Events Internship Partners Reports Policies Awards Frequently Asked Questions Fellows Our Champions YELP Fellows Huduma Fellows Initiatives What we are doing YELP Huduma Fellowship Annual Leaders Gathering Our Convening Space LéO Africa Review Heritage Seminar Retreat Journeys Back Home Great Lakes Youth Network for Dialogue and Peace The Reset Project COVID-19 Response YELP Fellowship Huduma Fellowship Contribute Help Us Grow Updates News from the Institute Home About Our Team Events Internship Partners Reports Policies Awards Frequently Asked Questions Fellows YELP Fellows Huduma Fellows Initiatives YELP Huduma Fellowship Annual Leaders Gathering LéO Africa Review Heritage Seminar Retreat Great Lakes Youth Network The Reset Project YELP Huduma Contribute Updates The LéO Africa Institute empowers young and emerging leaders in Africa to succeed, live high-impact and fulfilled lives. More on the Institute Introducing the Huduma Fellowship Class of 2024. Huduma is an initiative by the LéO Africa Institute and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung to provide thought leadership training for emerging civic & public sector champions in Uganda, enrolling outstanding champions who already work in civic & public service or aspire to do so. LéO Africa Institute is thrilled to Huduma Class of 2024. This year’s Huduma Class comprises 9 females and 7 males, representing a diverse array of backgrounds and experiences whose composition is from both Public and Private sector whose intentioned towards forging values-based leadership for Africa and beyond. Learn More The Next Decade Deputy Director, LéO Africa Institute – Kwezi Tabaro gives a background context of the developments that the LéO Africa Institute has undergone over the course of the first decade of operation to inform the prospects of the Institute stepping into The Next Decade. The Next Decade Latest Updates Huduma Fellowship Introducing the Huduma Fellowship Class of 2024. Read more April 8, 20242023 Annual Leaders Gathering The Next Decade: Setting the Agenda and Harnessing the Power of Our Network Read more October 16, 2023Upcoming Events 01 Jun Heritage Seminar 2024 Eastern Uganda No event found! The LéO Africa Institute is working directly with young and emerging leaders to build their individual and collective capacity to live high impact and successful lives. We leverage our network of outstanding thought leaders and extended networks of the Africa Leadership Initiative and the Aspen Global Leadership Institute to provide trainings, mentorship and coaching for young and emerging leaders in East Africa. Our PartnersPartner with us Contact us communications@leoafricainstitute.org 163 Mutesa II Rd, Kampala, Uganda Join our mailing list Subscribe to our mailing list and receive a monthly newsletter so you can stay updated on all our work. View past issues Leave this field empty if you’re human: Copyright © 2017-2023 LéO Africa Institute All Rights Reserved Thank you for your Interest Name Email Have a question, topic, or cause you’d like to discuss? Enter it below. Are you a YELP Fellow? Yes No If you are a YELP Fellow, what class do you belong to? 2017 2018 2019 If you are not a YELP Fellow, please select which category you belong to. Faculty Guest If you are a guest, please indicate who invited you. How will you attend the seminar? Virtually In Person Mohammed Okash Okash is a Researcher and development strategist. One of his life goals is to end extreme poverty, inequalities and conflicts globally. Learn more on his YELP Fellow Page. Barbara Kasekende Barbara is a CSI Manager at Stanbic Bank Uganda. Tumaini John George Tumaini is a 12-year-old poet in class seven. Her favorite subject is civic and moral. She has been doing poetry for five years. This passion was ignited when Tumaini was asked by her teacher in Dar es Salaam to recite a poem on a graduation day. Through her work, Tumaini has been featured on BBC News and is a TEDx speaker. She has also performed at Innovation Week Tanzania. Tumaini aims to inspire people through her poetry and make a lasting change in the community. She aspires to be an inspiring poet and a traveling journalist. Carl Manlan Carl Manlan works at the intersection of public, private, and civil society sectors. Through his professional career, he has contributed to health financing through multi-lateral organisations. Carl Manlan is the Vice President, Social Impact, CEMEA at Visa. As a Mo Ibrahim Fellow at the Economic Commission for Africa, he focused on industrial and agricultural policies designed to accelerate the transformation of the African continent. Before his current role at Visa, he was the COO at EcoBank Foundation and also led a public-private initiative to support an African response to Ebola in West Africa. Carl Manlan holds a Master of Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School. He is a 2016 Aspen Institute New Voices Fellow. He writes on African economic transformation. Elizabeth Mwambulukutu Elizabeth Mwambulukutu is a seasoned communications practitioner and an award-winning visual artist with experience in pan-African development initiatives and in championing the socio-economic empowerment of youth and women. Elizabeth is the Regional Communications Manager - WaterAid East Africa. She’s also a member of UN WOMEN’s African Leaders Network. Fatma Kauga Fatma is a proficient Finance Director with more than 5 years of experience in financial modeling for the e-learning industry. Fatma is highly skillful with leadership, corporate governance, public speaking, project management, emotional, and social intelligence skills. Fatama is Director Finance & Administration - Shule Direct, Tanzania Beverly Chogo Beverly is a well-experienced project coordinator with over three years of experience in the entrepreneurship ecosystem. For three years, she was the co-founder of Sophiebot, artificial intelligence to answer young people’s questions on sexual and reproductive health. She recently successfully concluded running a student entrepreneurship & innovation program to create solutions towards improving hygiene and sanitation. Beverly Mutindi Chogo is a LeO Africa Institute Fellow of the Young Emerging Leaders Project, Class of 2018. Judith Lumumba Judith is a Founder of Scars In my Voice (SIVO), a community-based initiative that aims to achieve a long sustainable custom of young women speaking up, engaging, and protecting their spaces. She is an Alumnus of Young Africa Leadership Initiative(YALI) Regional Leadership Center, Emerging Voices Program, and The Moth Global Community. Rosie Lore, PhD Rosie Lore exists to inspire courage in individuals, crush mediocrity, expand possibilities, and create a lasting impact. Over the past six years, her career has transitioned into Leadership Development; she initially managed the Acumen Fund’s East Africa Fellows Program. More recently she supported the set-up of a Stanford University Graduate School of Business initiative – Stanford Seed – a business transformation accelerator that enables SMEs & their CEO/founders to transform and scale their businesses. Rosie presently serves as CEO to the leadership consulting practice, The High Energy Group www.theheg.org , which predominantly serves business executives, entrepreneurs, and their management teams offering individual and team coaching as well as facilitated experiential leadership workshops that impact organizational health and business performance. William Babigumira William Babigumira’s professional experience spans the Public and Private sectors (a total of eighteen years) with extensive managerial and consulting experience in international business strategy, entrepreneurship, e-commerce, project management, and enterprise development. William is the Chief Executive Officer of Pentascope Strategy Consult Ltd and a Senior Member of Faculty at LéO Africa Institute. Wanjuhi Njoroge...