Yawa Hansen and Emerging Public Leaders: Training the Next Generation of Ethical Public Servants

Change Africa Podcast

Emerging Public Leaders (EPL) is a fellowship for African public servants committed to social impact. In this episode, we showcased their approach to nurturing ethical leaders in African governance and strengthening civil service from the bottom-up to accelerate Africa's development and economic growth. Yawa Hansen, Global Executive Director, Moses Cofie, Country Director Ghana, and two of its current fellows, Aliyata Uthman and Abdul Kudus, represented EPL.

We touch on the importance of nurturing a new type of policy maker that can govern effectively in a constantly evolving world of global pandemics and rapid technological advancements. Yawa and Cofie highlight these demands on future governments and EPL's approach to instilling the values of ethical leadership, critical thinking, and the spirit of change in their fellows to ensure they can meet those demands.

We explored how a merit-based selection of fellows leads to more diversity and representation and how EPL trains and supports its fellows to take on extra duties and responsibilities early on in their careers. The discussion further evolved towards the scalability of EPL's model and the importance of governance and policymaking to change the African narrative and the trajectory of our youthful continent.

The fellows describe the influence of the training they receive from EPL, how its utilization comes alive in their work, and the continued support they receive to lead not just downwards but across and upwards to be effective and impactful in their various roles. Finally, we explore the fellow's views on the required change in governance and how the EPL Fellowship has shaped their ambition to become impactful public leaders.

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