{"id":69351,"date":"2016-05-06T13:30:14","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T11:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/u-s-ambassador-congratulates-100-newest-mandela-washington-fellows\/"},"modified":"2016-05-06T13:30:14","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T11:30:14","slug":"u-s-ambassador-congratulates-100-newest-mandela-washington-fellows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/u-s-ambassador-congratulates-100-newest-mandela-washington-fellows\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Ambassador Congratulates 100 Newest Mandela Washington Fellows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span dir=\"ltr\"> WASHINGTON D.C., United States of America, May 6, 2016\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ &#8212; <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, the U.S. Embassy recognized 100 young Nigerians selected to participate in the 2016 Mandela Washington Fellowship.\u00a0 The Mandela Washington Fellowship is the flagship program of the President\u2019s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) and a key component of President Barack Obama\u2019s commitment to invest in the future of Africa.\u00a0 The White House developed this initiative in recognition of the critical and increasing role that young Africans are playing in strengthening democratic institutions, spurring economic growth, and enhancing peace and security in Africa.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p \/>\n<p \/>\n<p \/>\n<p>Speaking at a special gathering in Abuja, U.S. Ambassador James F. Entwistle congratulated the new fellows on their competitive selection amongst 10,000 Nigerian applicants and tens of thousands of others throughout Africa.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p \/>\n<p \/>\n<p>\u201cOur goal was to select a diverse group, both geographically and socio-economically, representing all Nigeria has to offer,\u201d said Ambassador Entwistle.\u00a0 \u201cYou represent the best of Nigeria\u2019s youth and the future of the country.\u00a0 Your selection says a lot about who you are as young leaders and the level of impact you are having on your communities as entrepreneurs, civic leaders, public servants, and champions of renewable energy,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p \/>\n<p \/>\n<p>Since 2014, 86 Nigerians have participated in the Mandela Washington Fellowship.\u00a0 Fellows participate in an intensive, six-week program on academic excellence and leadership focused on business and entrepreneurship, civic leadership, public management, and renewable energy at U.S. colleges and universities.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p \/>\n<p \/>\n<p>Attached is a list of the 2016 fellows, including their disciplines and hosting institutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON D.C., United States of America, May 6, 2016\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ &#8212; Yesterday, the U.S. Embassy recognized 100 young Nigerians selected to participate in the 2016 Mandela Washington Fellowship.\u00a0 The Mandela Washington Fellowship is the flagship program of the President\u2019s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) and a key component of President Barack Obama\u2019s commitment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4584],"tags":[428,4585,830],"class_list":{"0":"post-69351","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-africa-news-2","7":"tag-africa","8":"tag-apo","9":"tag-news","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}