Activating Our Alumni for Public Sector Impact
Our alumni moved from learning to leadership, strengthening institutions, improving service delivery, and mentoring the next generation of public servants. Through targeted upskilling, peer networks, and alumni-led reform initiatives, discover how they are helping build a continent-wide community of reform-minded leaders shaping Africa’s public sector from within.
We deepened our investment in the public servants who make up our growing alumni community, supporting them to turn knowledge, networks, and leadership skills into measurable impact within their organisations and sectors.
Over 200 alumni participated in four targeted upskilling sessions, designed by the Foundation to strengthen capabilities in proposal and report writing, change management, procurement, and evidence-based decision-making, skills critical to driving reform within complex public institutions.
Through structured mentorship, peer-learning forums, and alumni affinity groups, we created platforms for collaboration, experience-sharing, and cross-sector problem-solving among public servants working across ministries, agencies, and regions.
Alumni Impact Across the System
In addition to individual achievements, our alumni are delivering impact at scale across the public service:
This year, alumni implemented initiatives across more than 20 Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs), applying skills gained through our capacity-building initiatives to improve planning, budgeting, service delivery, and internal processes.
Over 100 public servants were trained through alumni-led cascaded trainings, extending leadership, change management, and operational improvement skills deeper into public institutions.
Alumni working in finance, health, education, justice, and regulatory institutions supported improvements in procurement processes, reporting quality, service turnaround times, and frontline delivery, strengthening how public resources are managed and services delivered.
Through mentorship, peer learning, and collaboration across the alumni network, public servants are sharing reform tools, adapting successful approaches, and accelerating implementation within their own organisations.
Together, these efforts demonstrate how sustained investment in people creates a multiplier effect, turning individual leadership development into system-wide public sector improvement.