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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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2018 Tutu Fellow Serah Makka has been appointed permanent Africa Executive Director for ONE. The appointment took place at the end of February 2023.
ONE is a global movement campaigning to end extreme poverty and preventable disease by 2030, so that everyone, everywhere can lead a life of dignity and opportunity.
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2011 Tutu Fellow Victor Ochen appeared on Al Jazeera in a panel regarding the annual African Union Summit in Ethiopia in February 2023 in an extensive and wide-ranging interview. Victor responded to questions about the state of the African Union, conflict, famine, and international influence. Victor is a previous Nobel Peace Prize nominee and the founder of AYINET, a non-profit that works with victims of conflict and war and promotes youth leadership and gender inclusion.
When asked about the interest in Africa from outside political influences such as the US, China, and Russia, Victor spoke about the strategic significance of Africa.
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2018 Tutu Fellow Edzai Zvobwo has been interviewed by the SABC about ChatGPT and education. GPT, which stands for Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer, is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) chat program created by an AI research company Open AI. This AI is based on software technology called Natural Language Processing. The interview took place in January 2023.
Edzai mentions that the new version is impressive because it sounds like a human being.
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With the lifting of COVID travel restrictions, the Fellows have been busy at various high-level convenings including the Commonwealth Heads of Government forum (CHOGM) in Kigali, Africa Climate Week in Gabon, the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) Summit in Kigali, and the United National General Assembly (UNGA) and its various side events at General Assembly.
At such carefully-curated events of high-level policy influencers, the Tutu Fellows network is always disproportionately represented.
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As a result of AFLI’s success with the Tutu Leadership Fellowship , the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded AFLI a grant to design, deliver and oversee the Calestous Juma Science Leadership Fellowship programme in partnership with them and other partners. It begins in 2023 with a cohort of 14 inaugural Fellows from across the continent. Their bios can be viewed at the Gates Foundation site.
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It was a double honour for me to be invited to serve as a Co-Chair of the 2022 Reykjavík Global Forum – Women Leaders and then to receive the Power, Together Award on behalf of the African Leadership Institute and the Archbishop Tutu Leadership Fellowship.
The award recognizes exemplary initiatives and movements where people join forces to create positive impacts and create great change.
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2008 Tutu Fellow Hopewell Chin'ono was honoured as a winner of the International Anti-Corruption Excellence Award in Doha, Qatar. The Zimbabwean journalist and muckraker received the award from the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in the presence of the UN Special Advocate for the Prevention of Corruption.
Also present at the ceremony was the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, and Under Secretary General, Ghada Waly.
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AFLI Founders Peter Wilson and Sean Lance were honoured by the University of the Western Cape at the UWC's gala ceremony on 30 November 2022 at which gold medals and honorary doctorates were conferred. The UWC held a dedicated gala ceremony to recognise individuals who have acted with excellence and distinction to improve the lives of others.
Sean and Peter received gold medals for the work they have done in establishing the African Leadership Institute and investing in young leaders of Africa through the Tutu Leadership Fellowship.
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2022 Tutu Fellow Bilha Ndirangu was interviewed by the Norwegian-African Business Association (NABA) on their COP27 podcast series ahead of COP27 that ran from 6-18 November 2022 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. COP27 is short for the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
In the interview, Bilha takes a look at how Africa can make the most of COP27, and consider whether this is indeed 'Africa's COP', or just COP in Africa. The podcast host for the series is journalist and 2014 Tutu Fellow, Lanre Akinola.
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2013 Tutu Fellow Dr Francois Bonnici has co-authored with Cynthia Rayner a book titled The Systems Work of Social Change: How to Harness Connection, Context, and Power to Cultivate Deep and Enduring Change.
The book has been well received by critics, giving glowing reviews, and was recognized by the Terry McAdam Book Award - Changing the way we think - at the Alliance for Nonprofit Management conference in November 2022. It was selected from among 200 books on social change published in 2021.
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2016 Tutu Fellow Peter Biar Ajak has become a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University's Kennedy School. He started his Fellowship in August 2022.
In his new role, Peter is working on a book manuscript about the ways South Sudanese can realize their political aspirations. Peter was wrongfully detained without trial by the South Sudan National Security Service.
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2017 Tutu Fellow Ahmed Zahran has been chosen for Fortune Magazine's Change the World List 2022. The list includes the 50 most impactful companies globally that demonstrated the creative tools of capitalism making them uniquely suited to addressing society’s biggest challenges.
Each year, Fortune publishes the Change the World List to celebrate companies and leaders that embrace corporate purpose and recognize how it can add value to business and society.
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A book by 2010 Tutu Fellow Robtel Neajai Pailey PhD was awarded this year's Best Book by the African Politics Conference Group (APCG). The award was formally presented in November at the annual meeting of the African Studies Association (USA), of which APCG is an affiliate organisation. The title of Robtel’s monograph is Development, (Dual) Citizenship and Its Discontents in Africa: The Political Economy of Belonging to Liberia published by Cambridge University Press.
Each year, the African Politics Conference Group confers five awards to recognize exceptional scholarship in the study of African Politics. The other four awards are: Distinguished Africanist Award, Best Article, Best Graduate Student and Best Dissertation.
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2019 Tutu Fellow Samson Itodo hosted a conference and meetings on strategy in Washington DC on Nigeria's 2023 general election. These meetings are part of the efforts made to enhance the international profile of the election and to mobilize international support for successful polls next year.
Samson shared on his LinkedIn page that the delegation returned to Nigeria, inspired, determined, and more empowered to deliver credible polls next year. He pointed out that Nigeria’s 2023 election is Africa’s biggest event, therefore Nigeria cannot afford to fail and every vote has to count.
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2019 Tutu Fellow Akim Daouda has submitted the Technical report on the technical analysis of the technical annex to the first biennial update report of Gabon submitted in accordance with decision 14/CP.19, paragraph 7, on 29 December 2021.
If that makes your eyes water - the document outlines the pathway by which the UN validated the 90 million REDD+ climate credits from the data Gabon submitted for review. The key outcome is it marks Gabon's entrance into the carbon credit market.
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- Aminu Umar-Sadiq to head Nigeria's Sovereign Investment Authority
- James Mwangi a recipient of 2022 Climate Breakthrough Award
- Three Fellows selected for MIPAD Global Top 100 2022
- Aua Balde Chairs UN forced disappearances Group
- Seven Fellows selected for 2022 Choiseul Africa list
- Strong field for the Tutu Fellowship Class of 2023
- Danladi Verheijen appointed to a board at Atlantic Council
- Fellows renewable investment snapped up by Shell
- Sello Hatang rings the bell at NYSE - 20 years after Madela
- Bilha Ndirangu named to inaugural Yale Climate Leaders Program