Stories of Impact & Transformation

Leadership

Resetting the African Mindset: LéO Africa Institute Joins the African School of Governance in Kigali

16 Aug 2026 • 5 min

From 25 to 26 August, Kigali will host the inaugural Africa Mindset Reset Forum, a continental conve...

Leadership

The Trust Summit 2026: Why LéO Africa Institute Stands With Nairobi's Global Conversation on Trust

15 Aug 2026 • 5 min

As Nairobi prepares to convene government leaders, regulators, academics and citizens under one roof...

Insights

Ugandan Environmentalist JulietGrace Luwedde Advances Community-Rooted Climate Action

29 Jul 2026 • 5 min

Juliet Grace Luwedde moves between worlds that rarely speak to each other well. She is at home in gr...

YELP

Who You Are Is How You Lead: Inside the First YELP Seminar

27 Jul 2026 • 5 min

Two days ago, thirty young leaders walked into a room in Kampala carrying questions many of them had...

YELP

A New Class, A New Chapter: YELP Welcomes Its 2026 Cohort

14 Jul 2026 • 5 min

The Young and Emerging Leaders Project has officially welcomed its Class of 2026, a cohort that arri...

Insights

Grounded and Intentional: Donald Byamugisha and the Business of Sustainable Growth

23 Jun 2026 • 5 min

Trade policy, at its best, is not about numbers on a spreadsheet. It is about whether a farmer in ea...

Insights

Announcing the Griots Fellowship Class of 2026: Storytellers Chosen to Carry Africa's Most Important Narratives

23 Jun 2026 • 5 min

The LéO Africa Institute is proud to announce the Griots Fellowship Class of 2026, a cohort of excep...

Insights

Lydie Uwantege Oversees High-Value Residential Developments in Kigali

23 Jun 2026 • 5 min

Kigali is, by most measures, one of the fastest-growing capital cities on the African continent. Its...

Special Days

When Home Is No Longer Safe: On World Refugee Day and the Work of Building Back

19 Jun 2026 • 5 min

Every year on 20 June, the world marks World Refugee Day, a moment designated by the United Nations...

Insights

Truthful, Not Neutral: Canary Mugume and the Weight of the Story

18 Jun 2026 • 5 min

Canary Mugume has a phrase he lives by: truthful, not neutral. It is a deliberate distinction. Neutr...

Distinguished Fellow's Profile

Liz Kakooza’s MindLab is reimagining wellbeing

10 Jun 2026 • 5 min

Liz is an Expert Member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council, a Mandela Washington Fe...

Leadership

Building a Network of Transformational Leaders: An Invitation to Build Africa's Future Together

03 Jun 2026 • 5 min

Magnus and Awel have spent years at the heart of the LéO Africa Institute, cultivating the convictio...