Democratic Leadership Training Workshop - Female Medical Doctors

The DLTW - Female Medical Doctors Group was concluded successfully on the 30th of May 2009 at the ALF International Conference Centre, Ota - Ogun State. The Training was attended by 43 Female Medical Practitioners from both Public and Private Health Instituitons representing all the Six Geo-political zones of the country.

The workshop exposed participants to trainings on the principles and styles of leadership, ethics and professionalism, workings of a Democratic government, lobby and advocacy etc while also assisting in identifying innate leadership traits in participants through simulation exercises and role plays.

The Female Medical Doctors Group formed a network amongst themselves under the name "The Female Doctors Leadership Initiative". The network amonsgt other things will be the platform to execute the Group's Action Plan developed after the training. The Group Action Plan aims to vigorously conscientize Medical practtioners on the need to imbibe standard work ethics and proffesionalism.

For further enquiries on how you can be part of next DLTW, please contact the Program Officer, Owofadeju Imoleayo imoleayo@africaleadership.org or democraticleadership@africaleadership.org

Participants at the Workshop.

ALF receives HP GET-IT Grant

(Graduate Entrepreneurship Training through IT)

As part of ALF’s commitment towards constant qualitative capacity building of young people towards acquiring basic requisite leadership skills, micro-enterpise development and basic business management skills with a sharpened IT-edge, the Africa Leadership Forum has been selected has a recipient of the HP GET-IT Grant.

GET-IT (Graduate Entrepreneurship Training through IT) is one of HP’s flagship social investment initiatives and helps young unemployed people and graduates – aged 16 to 25 – acquire the business and IT skills to enter professional life or to create their own businesses.

The GET-IT training initiative operates in 25 countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and comprises a network of 70 GET-IT training centers. Initiated by HP, the programme is run in collaboration with the Micro-Enterprise Acceleration Institute (MEA-I) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in Africa.GET-IT’s mission is to help young people master the dynamics of using of information technology in very small businesses.

ALF is expected to train about 5000 young un- or underemployed people and graduates aged 16 -25 to acquire the business and IT skills to enter professional life or to start their own businesses. The project is expected to kick-off fully before the end of the year.

Check back on this page for more details soon!!!

The 1st Africa Wide Essay Competition on “Young people’s Perception of Human Security in Africa” organised for the Centre for Human Security of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library by the Africa Leadership Forum officially came to a close at the Prize Presentation Ceremony held at the Presidential Library Complex on the 5th of March 2009.

Click here for the pdf version of the summary of the Essay Competition.