UW-Madison Mandela Washington Fellows Learn While Giving Back To The Community

Since 2016, some of Africa’s brightest and most accomplished young leaders have come to the University of Wisconsin-Madison as part of the Mandela Washington Fellowship, a federal program that brings emerging leaders from the continent to American universities for a six-week leadership training program.

"These are the future ministers, future presidents, future titans of industry, you know, future activists," said Aleia McCord, African studies program associate director at UW-Madison.

UW-Madison is one of 27 universities hosting 700 fellows this year. The 25 fellows placed in Madison are part of the public management track — business and entrepreneurship and civic leadership are the other tracks — due to its position as a large public university, she said....