YALI Summit
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Channel: VOA Africa · 2018 · News & Politics
Every year, the Mandela Washington Fellowship brings together young people from 49 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The fellowship is part of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) launched by President Barack Obama in 2010. Tuesday’s Summit marks the culmination of a six-week exchange program funded by the U.S. government and 38 American Universities. Africa 54’s, Hayde Adams Fitzpatrick reports.