In partnership with Emerging Public Leaders, the Public Service Commission, and Mastercard Foundation, EPL Sierra Leone marked the launch of our first cohort of the Public Service Fellowship Program, welcoming 75 promising young Sierra Leonean leaders at a ceremony held on October 13, 2025, in Freetown.

A new chapter began for 46 young Malawian leaders, 70 percent of whom were women, at the Malawi School of Government on Monday, October 6, at the orientation ceremony for Emerging Public Leaders of Malawi’s (EPL Malawi) one-year Public Service Fellowship Program.

On Wednesday, August 20, 2025, the President’s Young Professionals Program (PYPP) in collaboration with the Civil Service Agency (CSA) celebrated the completion of 24 young professionals from their two-year public service fellowship program at the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Ministerial Complex Theatre in Congo Town.

H.E. former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf met with Rose Wachuka Macharia, Chief of Staff at the Office of the Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya, and Robert Fefegula, the new country director for Emerging Public Leaders of Sierra Leone, on the sidelines of the 4th Nalafem Summit in July.

2024 Annual Report

Lilongwe, Malawi - Top government officials, private sector and civil society leaders, embassies, media, and Cohort I Public Service Fellows gathered at the Bingu International Conference Centre (BICC) on the morning of Friday, May 9, 2025, for the official launch of the Public Service Fellowship Program.

Freetown, Sierra Leone – Emerging Public Leaders and the Public Service Commission (PSC) of Sierra Leone signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) marking the beginning of a new collaboration on the fellowship program in Sierra Leone.