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The Fireside Never Went Out: Remembering Alex Mukulu

Alex Mukulu Kabangala, born 1954 in Misebe, died August 15, 2026 in Kampala, was Uganda's griot before we had the language to call him one. He never formally jo...

Communications Team · 19 Aug 2026 · 5 min

Events

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 confro...

Communications Team · 16 Aug 2026 · 5 min

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...

Communications Team · 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...

Communications Team · 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

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

Events

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

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

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

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

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