15 Dec
The Julius Nyerere Leadership Centre (JNLC) continued to advance its mission of nurturing transformative leadership, promoting Pan-African ideals, and fostering intergenerational dialogue throughout 2024. Despite operating under significant financial constraints following an 80% budget reduction, the Centre sustained a vibrant programme of activities, partnerships, and leadership engagements that reached young leaders, policymakers, scholars, and institutions across Uganda and beyond.
The 2024 Bulletin of Activities captures a year marked by leadership training, peace and security initiatives, cross-generational conversations, international partnerships, and celebrations of the enduring legacy of Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere. Through collaborations with regional and international institutions, JNLC strengthened its commitment to developing values-based leadership and promoting unity, peace, and social transformation.
Among the notable highlights were youth leadership trainings in Mbale and Gulu, peace and security programmes for university guild leaders and graduating student leaders, the expansion of the Let’s Talk mental health series, the annual celebration of Mwalimu Nyerere’s birthday, and the development of new curricula on Kiswahili, social media, gender, and environmental sustainability. These initiatives reflected the Centre’s vision of preparing young people to become ethical and transformative leaders capable of addressing contemporary challenges.
The bulletin also documents JNLC’s growing international engagements, including participation in the celebration of 50 years of Uganda-Cuba diplomatic relations, leadership training for Rotary Peace Fellows, collaboration with the East African Community Young Leaders’ Fellowship Programme, and dialogues involving African and Arab youth leaders. Through these engagements, the Centre continued to champion cooperation, peacebuilding, and Pan-African solidarity.
Read the full bulletin to discover the activities, partnerships, and leadership initiatives that shaped JNLC’s work throughout 2024.
Key Activities (Table of Contents Highlights)
- 50th Anniversary of Cuba-Uganda Diplomatic Relations
- Zimbabwe Delegation Visits JNLC
- Leadership Training Program for Rotary Peace Fellows
- Leadership Development Workshop for Scholar Leaders
- Afro Arab Youth Council (AAYC) 20th Anniversary
- Human Development Report 2023/24 (#HDR2024)
- Celebrating Mwalimu Nyerere’s Legacy
- H.E. Jakaya Kikwete Visits Julius Nyerere Leadership Centre
- Fostering Peace Through Social-Emotional Learning
- The 90th Guild Leadership Induction Workshop
- Young Women and Youth Leadership Training
- African Youth Convention on AfCFTA, Youth, Peace and Security
- Resumption of the Let’s Talk Series on Mental Health Awareness
- Rotary Peace Fellows Leadership Training
- YouLead Africa Summit 2024
- Peace and Security Leadership Training Programmes
- Ekyooto: Cross-Generational Conversation on Peace and Security
- Piloting the JNLC Leadership Training Programme for Secondary School Student Leaders
Looking Ahead
As the Centre builds on the achievements of 2024, it remains committed to expanding leadership development programmes, strengthening partnerships, and creating platforms that empower young Africans to lead with integrity, unity, and a spirit of service.
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