US embassy celebrates gathering of seventh leadership centre cohort

The US embassy celebrated the seventh gathering of the Young African Leadership Initiative Regional Leadership Centre (RLC) cohort on 24 April at the Midrand Unisa School of Business Leadership.

RLCs were founded in 2014 by former United States of America president Barack Obama in South Africa, Ghana, Kenya and Senegal. The aim of the centres was to encourage transformational learning and enhanced leadership skills.

This year, 130 participants from 14 countries in the Southern Africa region took part in the six-week training programme and will graduate on 5 May at Unisa in Midrand.

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The celebration was graced by the US embassy’s acting coordinator of international information programmes, Jonathan Henick and the CEO of Unisa School of Business Leadership Dr Renosi Mokate among others.

“The US embassy is delighted to celebrate the achievements of this amazing cohort,” said spokesperson of the US embassy in South Africa Cynthia Harvey. “We hope that they will leverage the Young African Leadership Initiative network to achieve important changes in their home communities and will continue to connect and gain inspiration from each other.”

The next application period for the Young African Leadership Initiative RLC opens on 5 June.

Visit www.yalisouthernafrica.melimu.com to apply

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