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Young African Leaders Initiative Regional Leadership Center (YALI RLC), West Africa | |
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| Founder | Barack Obama |
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| Founded at | United States of America |
| Type | Non-governmental organisation, Education |
| Purpose | Human Capital Development within West Africa. |
| Headquarters | Accra |
| Origins | 2015 |
Region | West Africa |
| Fields | Education |
Official language | English, French |
Parent organization | Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) |
| Website | yaliwestafrica |
YALI RCL West Africa is one of the four regional leadership centres across Africa.[1] The Ghana campus is situated at GIMPA in Accra, provides leadership training, networking, and professional development activities for young people ages 18–35 in West Africa (Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Togo).[2] RLC is the acronym for Regional Leadership Center (RLC).[3][4] Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) is an initiative of the United States Department of State.[1] YALI started in 2010 by President Barack Obama.[5][6] YALI is a programme aimed at educating and networking young African leaders regionally, which started in 2014. YALI RLC West Africa was one of the four regional "leadership centers" Ghana, West Africa.[6][7] The centre at Ghana, is located at Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA).[8] The West Africa centres carry out training which aims at millennials within west African region.[9] Participants of the Regional Leadership Centres go through online and in-person training and are provided with professional development opportunities in these three track areas; business and entrepreneurship, civil society management and public policy and management.[9]
According to USAID, a sum of $38,770,950.00 is Total Lifetime Investment support for the project; USG Investment $12,500,000.00; Non-USG Investment $26,270,950.00[1]
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- ^ a b "YALI and Africa". Young African Leaders Initiative. Retrieved October 8, 2020.