Amujae Leaders

February 8, 2021

Last month, the EJS Center announced the 2021 Amujae Leaders in an expansion of its...

2021 Amujae Leader Umra Omar featured on CNN’s African Voices Changemakers

February 4, 2021

Recently, 2021 Amujae Leader, Humanitarian, Community Development Strategist, and Gubernatorial Candidate Umra Omar was featured...

2021 Amujae Leaders induction lifted by inspirational words from women leaders

February 1, 2021

Since its launch in March 2020, the EJS Center’s flagship program, the Amujae Initiative, and...

Amujae Leader Aïda Alassane N’Diaye-Riddick shares how new approaches to education delivery are keeping children learning in Côte d’Ivoire

October 16, 2020

In an op-ed for World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), Amujae Leader Aïda Alassane N’Diaye-Riddick...

Amujae Leader Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr shares why locally-led solutions and community engagement are critical in the fight against COVID-19

August 11, 2020

Amujae Leader and Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, OBE recently appeared on a...

Raising awareness – and funds – for Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 response

July 21, 2020

With Zimbabwe’s public health system just beginning to recover from a prolonged doctors’ strike before...

Amujae Leader Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings discusses the need for proactive policies to ensure women’s participation in leadership

July 16, 2020

Amujae Leader and Member of Parliament in Ghana Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings recently joined a panel...

Amujae Leader Malado Kaba featured in the Milken Institute’s COVID-19 Africa Watch series

June 26, 2020

In an interview with the Milken Institute’s COVID-19 Africa Watch series—a hub created to share...

How one leader’s response to COVID-19 was shaped by insights from the inaugural Amujae Leadership Forum

June 22, 2020

Blen A. Sahilu’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in her country, Ethiopia, began while she...

Amujae Leader Malado Kaba calls for greater transparency in the use of public funds to fight COVID-19