When Gambian Health Minister, Ahmadou Samateh departed Boston after the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Forum last June, he was eager to begin implementing his newly developed
“Our women ministers will disprove the old adage that women can’t lead.” In October 2018, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced his decision to appoint
The traditional silo structures of most governments are not well suited to advancing progress in human capital development. Tackling human capital priorities requires a multi-sectoral
Côte D’Ivoire Education Minister, Kandia Camara, is the first winner of the Harvard Ministerial Medal of Achievement. When Minister Camara was invited to participate in
Like virtually all philanthropists, I started out seeking the “best” projects to fund. I described myself as a mezzanine funder—I hunted for programs with evidence
Human development priorities are generally multidimensional and intersectoral; yet government is traditionally organized in silos and thus ill-equipped to address cross-sectoral challenges. Ministers implement their
The Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program’s 2025 Tessa Jowell Fellowship for Doctoral Research was awarded to Tosin Adebola, a DrPH student at the Harvard T.H. Chan
High-level government leaders from across Africa and Asia, including Vice Presidents, Vice Prime Ministers, Finance Ministers, Planning Ministers, and Heads of Presidential Delivery Units, gathered
The Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program established the Tessa Jowell Student Research Fellowship providing up to $15,000 in support of doctoral or post-doctoral level research. Research
The Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program is proud to welcome the Rt. Hon. Patrick Achi, former Prime Minister of Côte d’Ivoire, to its distinguished Advisory Board.
The fact that most Africans are under 35 is driving a shift in expectations of government. This was a central point made by two of
In the wake of the COVID pandemic and global economic crisis, Africa, more so than most parts of the world, is experiencing high inflation, increased
