LERI co-hosted twenty of Africa’s most promising young leaders visited the University of East London (UEL) as part of the Archbishop Tutu Leadership Fellowship Programme.
The nine-month Fellowship Programme is being run by the African Leadership Institute to provide high-flying 25-39-year-olds with the skills and experience to develop into the next generation of African leaders.
The African Leadership Institute was formed as a not-for-profit organisation in 2003 under the patronage of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The Institute aims to nurture and reinforce the leadership capabilities of high potential young Africans – the continent’s future leaders.
The carefully selected Fellows have already visited Oxford University and Robben Island – the South African prison where Nelson Mandela was incarcerated - as part of the programme. Their stay at UEL lasted from 19–23 September and involved a busy schedule of meetings, conferences and dinners.
On Friday 22 September, the Fellows attended a conference at the UEL Docklands campus on the theme of sport and regeneration. Speakers included
Norman Turner, Chief Executive of Newham 2012
Matthew Delaney, Regional Director of Sport England,
Professor Gavin Poynter, Head of the UEL School of Social Science, Media and Cultural Studies.
Jacob Adesida, Associate Director, Associate Director for the Tutu Leadership Programme
Dr. Iain MacRury, co-Director of LERI, said: "The calibre and engagement of the Archbishop Tutu Leadership Fellows was extremely impressive. They added considerably to the debate on regeneration and allowed us at LERI to re-examine our locally-focused research in terms of a much wider global framework."
Tracy Fortune, Executive Director of the Non-Profit Consortium in Cape Town, was among the African Leadership Fellows who visited UEL. Tracy said: “Being selected for the Fellowship Programme has been a life-changing experience. It’s speeded up my personal development, encouraged me to focus on the bigger picture and increased my desire for African unity and growth.”
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