Peace Hyde, Simidele Adeagbo & Olufemi Taiwo selected for Inaugural “Obama Foundation Leaders: Africa” Programme

 

 

 

Obama Foundation has announced the participants selected for the inaugural Obama Foundation Leaders: Africa programme.

The “Obama Foundation Leaders: Africa” programme is a year-long initiative to inspire, empower, and connect 200 emerging leaders from across Africa.


Leaders were selected from 44 countries across the continent, from Egypt to the north, to Magadascar. Among the chosen from Nigeria is the Winter Olympian Simidele Adeagbo which currently strengthens girls nationwide. Among others are Peace Forde of Hyde Africa and Olufemi Taiwo of LEAP Africa. A one-year leadership development and civic engagement program launches on 14 July in Johannesburg, South Africa, with a five-day gathering designed to train, support, and connect emerging African leaders working in various sectors to create positive changes in their communities.

“The leaders selected have already demonstrated extraordinary potential for impact, a clear commitment to integrity, and a capacity to advance the common good within their spheres of influence. They represent 44 countries and every region in Africa and are working in a range of disciplines including health, agriculture, media, government, education, business, and technology, and on issues such as climate change, conservation, entrepreneurship, food security, and girls’ empowerment,” Obama Foundation said.
“The Obama Foundation Leaders: Africa programme is our largest and most ambitious international effort to date – the launch of what will become a global network of changemakers,” said Bernadette Meehan, Chief International Officer of the Obama Foundation. “We want to inspire, empower, and connect this pan-African group of leaders who show so much potential to change our common future for the better. We look forward to hearing their ideas and to supporting them to scale their work and reach.”
The Nigerians on the list are:

• Simidele Adeagbo.
• Pamela Adie.
• Omolara Ajele.
• Noel Ify Alumona.
• Kehinde Ayanleye.
• Taiwo Ayanleye.
• Olamide Ayeni.
• Moses Enokela.
• Victoria Fajemilehin.
• Sunday Faleye.
• Brenda Fashugba.
• Peace Hyde.
• Temitope Isedowo.
• Bryan Mezue.
• Adaeze Nnamani.
• Chinenye Nnoli.
• Paul Ojajuni.
• Peter Okeugo.
• Mark Okoye.
• Uchenna Onwuamaegbu-Ugwu.
• Oluwaseun Ayodele Osowobi.
• Olufemi Taiwo.
• Nichole Onome Yembra.

Another Nigerian Ifeanyi Orajaka was also selected for the programme but listed under Sierra Leone
See the full list of all the Obama Foundation Leaders: Africa programme below:

Algeria

Walid Serir

Angola

Zedilson Almeida

Benin

Victor Agognon

Botswana

Stephen Molatlhegi
Kgomotso Phatsima

Burkina Faso

Yaya Dama

Burundi

Nzoyisenga Fikiri
Innocent Magambi
Jean Njari

Cameroon

Candace Emma Nkoth Bisseck
Axel Etoundi
Patu Ndango Fen
Atem Lefu
Awah Mbuli
Emilia Miki

Cape Verde

Pedro Nuno Lopes

Comoros

Keke Haina

Cote D’Ivoire

Bi Touvoly Donatien Foua
Sefore Kodjo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Brown Kabuyanga
Jeremy Lissouba
Patricki Mugula
Lunanga Wakilongo Stewart

Egypt

Hossam Eldeen Abdelfatah
Yara Al-Braidy
Mostafa Amin
Sara Gabr
Mohamed Shaheen
Alia Soliman

Ethiopia

Nejat Abdella
Atnafu Ayalew
Mehret Dubale
Yohannes Tsehai Gezahagne
Seblewengel Tekalign

Gambia

Blamo Yaadam

Ghana

Prince Chisom Agbata
Alimatu Bawah
Kwabena Danso
King Gyan
Akosua Hanson
Priscilla Naa Aklerh Okantey
Christian Osei-Bonsu
Naa Quartey
Miora Randriambeloma

Kenya

Paul Ekuru
Joan Kabugu
Linda Kamau
Ngatia Kirungie
Dysmus Kisilu
Venoranda Rebecca Kuboka
Richard Magerenge
Mbugua Njihia
Antony Nkuubi
Peter Nyamai
Sandra Ochola
Kennedy Odede
Mercy Odongo
Eddy Oketch
Scheaffer Okore
Daniel Omondi
Lilian Otiso
Joshua Sandler
Nerima Wako
Caren Wakoli

Lesotho

Mabatho Makatla

Liberia

Gbovadeh Gbilia
Jarius Andrew Greaves
Mlen-Too Wesley
Hh Zaizay

Libya

Wail Moammer

Madagascar

Lea Razafimanitsony

Malawi

Edith Amin
Francis Folley
Ulala Kondowe
Chimwemwe John Paul Manyozo

Mali

Ippet Letembet Bernadette Mah

Mauritania

Aminetou Bilal

Morocco

Ayman Cherkaoui
Hayat Essakkati
Zineb Lahbabi

Mozambique

Berta Guambe

Namibia

Dirck Kuzatjike
Shikongeni Ntinda
Josef P. van der Westhuizen

Niger

Issoufa Bachir Bounou
Yachou Mamane

Rwanda

Dominique Alonga
Umwari Monica
Yvette Mukamuhoza
Gilbert Nsabimana
Veda Sunassee
Rene Uwamugirimfura
Conde Lysa Uwizeyimana

Senegal

Marieme Gabar Diop
El Hadji Abou Gueye
Racine Ly
Khadidiatou Sall

Sierra Leone

Mohamed Sallieu Barrie
Theresa Cooper
Fatmata Kamara
Aminata Fatmata Kandeh
Max Katta
Ifeanyi Orajaka
David Sengeh

Somalia

Mohamed Dore
Samatar Gahnug
Hodan Osman

South Africa

Regina Bezuidenhout
Amanda Blankfield-Koseff
Kabelo Chabalala
Shakira Choonara
Andrew Ihsaan Gasnolar
Mandlesizwe Isaacs
Siyabulela Jentile
Thulile Khanyile
Jonathan Kingwill
Irene Kiwia
Loyiso Kula
Shamiso Kumbirai
Kudzai Kutukwa
Taryn Lock
Lusanda Magwape
Dikeledi Mokoena
Zukiswa Mqolomba
Rufaro Mudimu
Kubuya Mwisa
Chaeli Mycroft
Sebenzile Nkambule
Mokgadi Rapetswa
Melene Rossouw
Lindiwe Tsope
Lesley Williams

South Sudan

Ajak Bior
Kenyi Kenyi

Sudan

Basma Saeed

Swaziland

Ntokozo Dlamini

Togo

Jean-Luc Kossigan Agboyibo
Samuel Sarr

Tunisia

Racha Haffar
Faten Ghriss
Yassine Harzallah

Uganda

Kiyingi Amos
Francis Xavier Asiimwe
Robert Katende
Kevin Lubega
Abaas Mpindi
Andrew Mukose
Elizabeth Nalugemwa
Enock Nkulanga
Monica Nyiraguhabwa
Manuela Pacutho
Ogik Peter
Mushusha Richard

United Republic of Tanzania

Sophia Hamis Assenga
Amnah Feisal Amin Ibuni
Zainab Katimba
Lucky Komba
Gamariel Mboya
Joshua Nassari
Bernard Otieno
Clemence Shuma

Zambia

Bwalya Maketo
Francis Mbewe
Chubili Moses
Regina Mtonga
Dr. Lubeya Mwansa
Thandiwe Mweetwa
Paul Shalala

Zimbabwe

Takunda Chingonzo
Willson Chivhanga
Godfrey Kurauone
Upenyu Makoni-Matenga
Tinevimbo Terry-Anne Matambanadzo
Nqobile Q. Moyo
Siphiwe Moyo
Tinoda Moyo
See full profiles of the participants HERE
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