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

From 25 to 26 August, Kigali will host the inaugural Africa Mindset Reset Forum, a continental convening organized by the African School of Governance to confront a question that sits beneath every de...

Communications Team

· 16 Aug 2026 · 5 min read

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

Communications Team · 16 Aug 2026 · 5 min read

Events

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

As Nairobi prepares to convene government leaders, regulators, academics and citizens under one roof, LéO Africa Institute sees a natural extension of work it h...

15 Aug 2026 · 5 min

Africa Champions Network

Ugandan Environmentalist JulietGrace Luwedde Advances Community-Rooted Climate Action

Juliet Grace Luwedde moves between worlds that rarely speak to each other well. She is at home in grassroots communities where land restoration is a daily, phys...

29 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Fellowships

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

Two days ago, thirty young leaders walked into a room in Kampala carrying questions many of them had never said out loud. Two days later, they walked out with s...

Communications Team · 27 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Fellowships

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

The Young and Emerging Leaders Project has officially welcomed its Class of 2026, a cohort that arrives already carrying weight, wisdom, and grit far beyond the...

Communications Team · 14 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Africa Champions Network

Johnson Mwebaze and the Work of Building from the Ground Up

There is a particular kind of professional who does not fit neatly into one description. Johnson Mwebaze is that kind of person. He is an accountant, a tax offi...

Communications Team · 07 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Johnson Mwebaze and the Work of Building from the Ground Up

Africa Champions Network

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

Trade policy, at its best, is not about numbers on a spreadsheet. It is about whether a farmer in eastern Uganda can get her produce into a regional market, whe...

Communications Team · 23 Jun 2026 · 5 min

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

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

The LéO Africa Institute is proud to announce the Griots Fellowship Class of 2026, a cohort of exceptional storytellers, communicators, and public voices drawn...

Communications Team · 23 Jun 2026 · 5 min

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

Africa Champions Network

Lydie Uwantege Oversees High-Value Residential Developments in Kigali

Kigali is, by most measures, one of the fastest-growing capital cities on the African continent. Its urban population is expanding at a rate of around 4 per cen...

Communications Team · 23 Jun 2026 · 5 min

Lydie Uwantege Oversees High-Value Residential Developments in Kigali

Africa Champions Network

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

Every year on 20 June, the world marks World Refugee Day, a moment designated by the United Nations to acknowledge the courage, resilience, and contributions of...

Communications Team · 19 Jun 2026 · 5 min

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

Africa Champions Network

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

Canary Mugume has a phrase he lives by: truthful, not neutral. It is a deliberate distinction. Neutrality, in journalism, can become a way of avoiding the harde...

Communications Team · 18 Jun 2026 · 5 min

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

Africa Champions Network

Liz Kakooza’s MindLab is reimagining wellbeing

Liz is an Expert Member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council, a Mandela Washington Fellow, and a Global Shapers alumna. She has been recognised a...

Communications Team · 10 Jun 2026 · 5 min

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