Huduma Fellowship
Applications for the 2025 cohort of the Huduma Fellowship are opening soon.
Are you a young professional working in Uganda's public service or civic sectors? Are you committed to improving public service delivery and championing impactful leadership?
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About Huduma
Huduma (/ˈho͞odo͞omə/, noun) - A Swahili word meaning service
Huduma is an initiative by the LéO Africa Institute and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung to provide thought leadership training for emerging civic & public sector champions in Uganda. Every year, the programme enrolls 15 outstanding champions who already work in civic & public service or aspire to do so.
Focus
The Huduma Fellowship is built around highly integrated modules modelled along the LéO Africa Institute strategic objectives and vision for leadership in Africa.
Structure
The Huduma fellowship is structured along a series of 2 seminars and 2 workshops in between which Fellows spend time at their work places with occasional interface with the members of the faculty.
Delivery
The fellowship is delivered through a combination of means: some face to face sessions, online facilitated sessions and self-study which include recommended reading materials.
Our Identity
The Nkyinkyim symbol was chosen as Huduma's logo because it depicts the twists and turns of life's journey that require our fellows to have initiative, dynamism and versatility to survive.
What Our Fellows Learn
At the fellowship, which is delivered through a combination of different approaches that include face to face presentations and online studies, fellows engage in faculty presentations, case studies, personal assessments, individual and group exercises, and special projects.
Through a customized case and professional Faculty coaching, fellows develop a personal action plan to tap into their leadership and influencing skills that are used during the fellowship and in fellows' post fellowship career development plan.
Fellowship Structure
The Huduma fellowship is structured along a series of two seminars and two workshops in between which Fellows spend time at their work places with occasional interface with the members of the faculty as they continue to learn and apply the knowledge and skills acquired.
Seminar One
Mar 22 – 24 2024
Seminar Two
May 3 – 4 2024
Seminar Three
Aug 23 – 24 2024
Graduation Seminar
TBC 2024
Selection Criteria
The candidates for the Fellowship are individuals between the ages of 25-35 who have demonstrable interest in volunteerism and civic & public service. The fellows are early stage professionals working in the civic & public sectors in Uganda who are intellectually curious and are interested in public affairs. The fellowship is also open to individuals with a demonstrable interest in public affairs.
After Applying
The assessment of potential Fellows is carried out at two levels:
- Each individual application is assessed against a selected set of indicators. The applicant is required to be honest in their application in order to give members of the Selection Committee a fair understanding of who they are.
- The second stage of this assessment is through a conversation with a member of the Institute faculty. At this stage, shortlisted candidates have an opportunity to discuss in detail their career plans and experience in the public sector. The assessment provides additional information that may have not been availed during the application stage. At this stage, the candidate discusses with a faculty member their expectations from the Fellowship which will be assessed at the end of the programme.
Our Partners
An initiative of the LéO Africa Institute and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
