Young African leaders meet at Clark Atlanta

Participants in President Barack Obama’s Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders in Business and Entrepreneurship meet with former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young during a session at Clark Atlanta University on Thursday. The Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) is a U.S. Department of State program. CAU’s 25 YALI fellows, 12 females and 13 males, spent six weeks at Clark Atlanta engaged in business and entrepreneurship coursework, complemented by an integrated program of leadership training, peer collaboration, experiential learning opportunities and community activities. The 25 leaders represent 17 nations, including Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.