Young African entrepreneurs training and touring at Notre Dame | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Young African entrepreneurs training and touring at Notre Dame Young African entrepreneurs training and touring at Notre Dame Published: June 24, 2015 Author: Michael O. Garvey Twenty-five young African leaders from 19 countries in Africa have arrived at the University of Notre Dame for six weeks of business training and cultural immersion as participants in the Obama administration’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI). The YALI program was launched in 2010 by President Barack Obama to support young African leaders in spurring economic growth, democratic governance and peace on their continent. This is the second year that Notre Dame has been among the elite group of colleges and universities chosen by the U.S. Department of State as a host institution for YALI’s Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders program. As part of the Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development (NDIGD), the six-week institute is supported by a $150,000 grant from the State Department. In addition to their academic coursework in Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, the YALI fellows will go on day trips to Detroit, Indianapolis and Chicago. They also will visit the municipal offices of the City of South Bend and such local businesses as Better World Books, enFocus and the South Bend Chocolate Co.; tour the Amish country around Shipshewana; attend a music festival in St. Joseph, Michigan; and take in a South Bend Cubs baseball game. This summer, the YALI program expanded with the establishment of four Regional Leadership Centers across the African continent to provide training, mentoring and networking support for young African leaders. In July and August, two Notre Dame faculty members, Marc Hardy, director, and Angela R. Logan, associate director of Nonprofit Executive Programs, will travel to centers in Nairobi, Kenya and Accra, Ghana, to teach week-long courses in leadership. “Working with the U.S. Department of State’s Mandela Washington Fellows at Notre Dame has been an incredible experience,” said Joya Helmuth, associate director of NDIGD. “Having Notre Dame faculty teach in the African Regional Leadership Centers will enrich, broaden and contextualize what they are already doing with these leaders. These types of education programs highlight NDIGD’s work with faculty to extend Notre Dame’s research and educational expertise beyond campus and into the world.” The YALI program at Notre Dame receives additional support from the Kellogg Institute’s Ford Family Program in Human Development Studies and Solidarity, the University’s Engineering, Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship Excellence Masters (ESTEEM) program, the IBM Corp. and Coca-Cola Foundation’s #5by20 program for female entrepreneurs. Contact: Joya Helmuth, 574-631-9753, jhelmuth@nd.edu Posted In: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion International Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related September 12, 2022 Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street … in different countries? August 29, 2022 Former president of Colombia to teach in Keough School of Global Affairs, deliver public lecture May 05, 2022 Kroc Institute releases special report on ethnic approach within the Colombian Peace Agreement May 03, 2022 Pulte Institute launches Central America Research Alliance April 06, 2022 Rise in trust of institutions led to boost in entrepreneurial intent, especially among STEM undergraduates For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn