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Sierra Leone’s Minister of Technical and Higher Education, Haja Ramatulai Wurie, has been officially admitted into the Inaugural Cohort of the African Academy for Women in Political Leadership.
The minister received her congratulatory letter on July 8, 2026, and was invited to join the academy as a Founding Fellow. Her selection stands out as a major achievement, emerging from a highly competitive pool of applicants from across the continent.
The Academy is a collaborative initiative spearheaded by prominent international and continental bodies.
The program aims to transform governance across Africa by deliberately cultivating the women who lead it.
According to the selection committee, Minister Wurie was chosen not simply as a participant, but as a peer tasked with shaping the core traditions of an institution meant to serve generations of future African women leaders. The committee noted that her selection reflects the depth of her political leadership, her service to her constituency, and the valuable contributions she is expected to bring to the peer community.
“The transformation of governance across our continent will not be achieved without the deliberate cultivation of the women who lead it.”
The launch of this historic inaugural cohort is scheduled to take place next month, on August 3, 2026, in Kigali, Rwanda.
This milestone pins Sierra Leone’s growing influence and representation in high-level continental governance and leadership development platforms.
