YALI RLC West Africa is one of the four regional leadership centres across Africa. The Ghana campus is situated at

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, provides

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, networking, and

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activities for young people ages 18–35 in West Africa (

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, Ghana,

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, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso,

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, Togo). RLC is the acronym for Regional Leadership Center (RLC).

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(YALI) is an initiative of the United States Department of State. YALI started in 2010 by President Barack Obama. YALI is a programme aimed at educating and networking young African leaders regionally, which started in 2014. YALI RLC West Africa was one of the four regional "leadership centers" Ghana, West Africa. The centre at Ghana, is located at Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). The West Africa centres carry out training which aims at

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within west African region. Participants of the Regional Leadership Centres go through online and in-person training and are provided with

opportunities in these three track areas; business and entrepreneurship, civil society management and public policy and management. According to USAID, a sum of $38,770,950.00 is Total Lifetime Investment support for the project; USG Investment $12,500,000.00; Non-USG Investment $26,270,950.00

Activities within West Africa

"YALI RLC West Africa, Accra was developed in order to provide a platform for the next potential generation of Africa’s leaders to come together and prepare for future endeavours that will effect change and ultimately transform the continent." According to the former President of the United States, Barack Obama: "You will not only be making a difference in your own countries but also be the foundation of a new generation of global leadership". The implementing organisation carry out training of African leaders. In 2017, YALI RLC West Africa held its first alumni conference at Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Accra, Ghana. In 2018, YALI RLC in Lagos, Nigeria had 127 participants.

Organisation and Partnership

The organisation comprises the YALI Regional Leadership Center (RLC) Director, the Deputy

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of the Ghana Institute of Management, and the RLC

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. Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) serves as the implementing partner along with other resources partners which are namely: * Higher education Institutions * Non-governmental organizations * Private Organizations * Private Businesses *

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Other RLC locations

The Regional Leadership Center West Africa centers are also at: * Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Accra, Ghana * Centre Africain d’Etudes Supérieures en Gestion (CESAG), Dakar, Senegal * Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON), Lagos, Nigeria

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://yaliwestafrica.net/rlc/ Organisations based in Ghana Leadership Barack Obama