“The minds and the hearts of Africans, particularly young Africans, have just so many great ideas and just need, you know, to unlock new opportunities or need investment to move to the next level.” – Yawa Hansen-Quao, Executive Director, Emerging Public Leaders Welcome to Made in Africa, our conversation series
Driving Change starts the new year with a new episode of our Made in Africa podcast series. Sarika Bansal speaks with Yawa Hansen-Quao about her work with Emerging Public Leaders and Leading Ladies Network. Through this work, Hansen-Quao is helping build a new generation of public servants, particularly women, committed
As a self-described military brat whose father's work brought her to England, Florida, Arkansas, and Virginia, Dr. Candice Piercy knew what she did NOT want to be. Not an active-duty officer. Not an academic. What DID she know? That she wanted to give back and to serve. "Both my parents
Andrew Knight reckons there are 30,000 policymakers in the UK central government alone. But there could be many more. “It becomes a bit ethereal around what constitutes a policymaker,” he muses. “Are they people who make public policy and services? If it includes all those people, then there are hundreds
Yawa Hansen-Quao, Executive Director, Emerging Public Leaders
