Sierra Leone Youth Excellence Award winner Ngozi Cole is 2013 Milead fellow

Ngozi Monica Cole, Youth Excellence Awards Winner for Leadership, and 2013 MILEAD Fellow

Pictured: Mrs Cole holding Ngozi’s YEA Leadership Award in Freetown in April 2013

Ngozi Monica Cole, a 22 year-old Sierra Leonean undergraduate student at Wooster College has been selected as  2013 MILEAD Fellow. Ngozi who won the  Sierra Leone Youth Excellence Award for Leadership back in April will be one of 25 young women to take part in this year’s leadership and empowerment initiative. This class of 25 were chosen among 2000 of Africa’s most promising young women. Ngozi is an alum of the African Leadership Academy, and the Annie Walsh Memorial School. She has a full scholarship to the College of Wooster in Ohio where she is in her Junior year. This is what excellence looks like….

The 2013 MILEAD Fellows Institute                                                                                                       

The MILEAD Fellows will converge in Accra, Ghana to kick-start the 2013 MILEAD Leadership Institute- a three-week intensive training program, which will be hosted by the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon. The Institute will serve as a platform for Fellows to cross-examine concepts of leadership in a broad African context, cultivate the skills and experiences necessary to occupy and excel in leadership positions, and gain knowledge on cutting-edge issues critical to African women and their communities. In addition to knowledge building lectures, skills-training workshops, teambuilding activities, role plays and other interactive activities, Fellows will be mentored by experienced and accomplished women leaders who are committed to supporting and nurturing the next generation of African women leaders.

 

About The MILEAD Fellows Program
The MILEAD Fellows Program is a uniquely designed initiative committed to the long-term leadership development and promotion of Africa’s most promising young women leaders. Fellows go through a yearlong training and mentoring program, designed to build skills, strengthen networks, and support women’s leadership on critical issues. Over the course of the year, the selected Fellows progress through three phases.  First, identify and prepare Fellows through leadership development, networking, mentoring, and training.  Second, promote the visibility and accomplishments of Fellows through media coverage and networking.  Lastly, support Fellows through career planning, management, and access to opportunities and resources. Fellows will benefit from a lifelong solidarity and support through the MILEAD Network.

About Moremi Initiative

Founded in 2004, The Moremi Initiative for Women’s Leadership in Africa strives to engage, inspire, and equip young women and girls to become the next generation of leading politicians, activists, social entrepreneurs, and change agents- leaders who can transform and change institutions that legitimize and perpetuate injustices and discrimination against women. We firmly believe that the full and active participation of women in leadership is a pre-requisite for positive change and development in Africa, and addresses the current problem of leadership imbalances.