Leadership Africa USA was established with a vision of focusing on the next generation of African leaders in conflict-affected countries. We believe that our leadership training and related program activities targeted towards middle school students will produce Africa’s future leaders. Our mandate is simple, we work with African partners through public-private partnerships in their countries to organize leadership programs that promote sustainable peace and development. Our goal is to empower African youth, especially women and girls, to emerge as Africa’s leaders of change and transformation.
Moving beyond capacity development to focusing on leadership training through peer-to-peer intervention for African youth, our leadership strategy involves:
Effectively communicating the development link between conflict transformation, sustainable peace and youth leadership
Promoting public-private partnerships among strategic players to achieve sustainable peace and democracy through leadership development
Generating a consensus on effective leadership principles for African youth among appropriate stakeholders
Transforming the young African mindset through leadership toward peaceful management of conflict
Developing a leadership curriculum that identifies the skills and opportunities to promote good leadership among African students
"Africa's Youth Define Leadership engages African youth, the future generation of leaders, in an important and timely discussion about how Africa must take responsibility for its own destiny and uplift itself by its own efforts, in partnership with those who wish her well."
- Her Excellency Ambassador Amina Salum Ali
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Challenges Are Opportunities for Change: Summit on Investing in Education in Africa Leadership Africa USA hosted the Summit on Investing in Education in Africa on September 23, 2009 as part of the 2009 Ronald H. Brown African Affairs Series. The goal of the Summit was to generate a set of necessary strategies targeting both African countries and international donors such as the U.S. on improving education outcomes from the primary to tertiary levels in Africa. The Summit featured key speakers: Congresswoman Diane Watson; Dr. Sarah E. Moten, Chief, Africa Bureau, Office of Sustainable Development, Education Division of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Dr. Hilary I. Inyang, President, African University of Science and Technology, Nigeria; Dr. Emmanuel Ojameruaye, Vice-President, Research and Program Development, IFESH (International Foundation for Education and Self-Help); and Mr. Charlie Feezel, Education Program Director, World Cocoa Foundation. To read the report, visit here.
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Africa’s youths definition of effective leadership and governance, “Africa’s Youth Define Leadership” the publication of African student essays provides insights and obtainable knowledge to understand and improve communications with Africa’s youth.
Effectively communicating the development link between conflict transformation, sustainable peace and youth leadership 
