In Summary
• The initiative launched in 2022 seeks to inspire and prepare the women to take up roles and excel in the highest echelons of public leadership.
• EJS was founded in 2018 by then Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the first democratically elected woman President in Africa.
Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf during the unveiling of the third cohort of Africam women leaders to join the Amujae Initiative in Nairobi on April 30, 2023.
Former South Africa's first lady Graca Machel (left) with former Malawian President Joyce Banda during the unveiling of the third cohort of Africam women leaders to join the Amujae Initiative in Nairobi on April 30,2023.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (left) has a word with Janet Mbugua and Agatha Gichana during the unveiling of the third Cohort of Amujae leaders in Nairobi on April 30, 2023.
Some of African women leaders selected to join the Amujae Initiative pose for a photo at a Nairobi hotel on April 30, 2023.
Amujae leaders with their coaches at a Nairobi hotel on April 30, 2023.
A section of Amujae leaders. From left: Botswana's Finance minister Peggy Serame, Kirinyaga Governor Ann Waiguru, EJS Center interim Executive Director Oley Dibba-Wadda, Liberian Lawyer and political activist Moriah K.D. Yeakula and Namibia's MP and ICT Deputy Minister Emma Theofelus during the event in Nairobi on April 30, 2023.
Former South Africa's first lady Graca Machel address an audience during the event in Nairobi on April 30, 2023.