Obama, Dangote to ‘mentor’ 200 future African leaders in Johannesburg
By Staff Reporter
Former U.S. president Barack Obama is leading a team that includes Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, which is about to conduct a one year leadership ‘mentorship’ for 200 young Africans.
Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) Kitwe-based staffer, Paul Shalala has confirmed on his Facebook page that the mentorship, modelled on the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) form, will take place in Johannesburg, South Africa in the next six days.
Other mentors, according to Shalala, are Africa’s first elected female president Eileen Johnson Sirleaf, who recently joined South Africa’s white monopoly capital-inclined Brenthurst Foundation board whose chairperson is president Olusegun Obassanjo, and Telcoms magnate, Mo Ibrahim.
“YES WE CAN!!!! YES WE CAN!!!!
Am proud to reveal that am in the inaugural class of the Obama Foundation Africa Leaders Program which selected 200 young leaders from 44 African countries for mentorship into Africa’s next change makers for a 1 year program,” Shalala posted. “In the next 6 days, former US President Barack Obama, Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote, Africa’s first elected female President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, Telcoms magnate Mo Ibrahim and many other dignitaries will be mentoring and lecturing us here in Johannesburg, South Africa at the prestigious African Leadership Academy. #ObamaLeaders.”
