AfYWL: The 4th cohort fellows are onboard

November 9, 2025
World map with purple regions in Africa and yellow regions elsewhere.

AfYWL 4th cohort countries of origin and deployment

Over the next year, they will be deployed to 21 UNDP duty stations around the world, where they will contribute to ongoing development efforts while strengthening their leadership, professional skills and global networks. Meet the fourth cohort of the African Young Women Leaders (AfYWL) Fellowship Programme. A new generation of African women shaping institutional and societal transformation around Africa and beyond.

NameCountry of OriginCountry of Deployment
Agnes Ayukmanda Arrey-EttaCameroonTanzania
Amelia Marie-Michele Naweza IrengeDemocratic Republic of CongoUSA
Aminata Sy FallSenegalCameroon
Aminata SankareMaliEthiopia
Anthonette QuayeeLiberiaEswatini
Beauty Oluwayinka JonahNigeriaJapan
Charity AgasaroRwandaEthiopia
Choolwe NsanzyaZambiaNigeria
Christian Anteneh DemissieEthiopiaNamibia
Cynthia Achieng OdhongKenyaUSA
Diana Abena Makafui TuekpeGhanaMalawi
Diana Camila Leonardo PedroMozambiqueAngola
Elizabeth Yonara Sebastiao MoisesAngolaUSA
Esther Tatenda ChawandaZimbabweLiberia
Immaculate TushabeUgandaEthiopia
Janet Kalma ThorlieSierra LeoneSouth Africa
Jesugnon Esther Aldegonde KpodoBeninSenegal
Kezia Makafui Ami AgbenyegahGhanaKenya
Kentia IshimweBurundiSouth Africa
Khouloud GuesmiTunisiaEquatorial Guinea
Kochiwe Lynn Mung’ombaZambiaItaly
Lisa Akinyi AgutuKenyaRwanda
Loretta Awonlie AwiapoGhanaRwanda
Manuella Tchouteng NgamgneCameroonThe Gambia
Mashoud KabaGuinea South Africa
Milzat Saidat Fatma SalimeComorosEthiopia
Natacha DzossouTogo South Africa
Nthuseng Lizbeth MothibeliLesothoUSA
Precious Chidinma NwachukwuNigeriaUganda
Safiatou Latifa SowNigerEthiopia
Sangwa Marvella MutabaziRwandaNigeria
Sarra MansourAlgeriaTogo
Seynabou SallSenegal Nigeria
Siphesihle Tengetile MasukuEswatiniRwanda
Temantungwa Lindelwa NdlangamandlaEswatiniUSA
Tinomuda Daphne GoraZimbabweZambia
Tumelo MakoboBotswanaUSA
Veronica Terenoi NkooyioKenyaItaly
Zainab AbdulfattahNigeriaEthiopia