MFAI started as a professional network of alumni of the U.S. Department of State (DoS) exchange Professional Fellows Program (PFP) at Michigan State University (MSU) in 2018. The MSU fellowship was pivotal to connect professional fellows from Africa. Upon return from the United States, the Ugandan fellows registered MFAI as a not-for-profit organization.
Today MFAI has evolved from an agribusiness-focused organisation into a far-reaching Nonprofit organisation with a total of 3 (three) chapters in Uganda, Kenya and Zimbabwe. All the 3 chapters are led by PFP alumni from MSU.
Our journey started at MSU but didn’t end there! We seek to become a nexus of innovations across Africa, and each year we continue to witness more young people join MFAI. We have managed to build codes of friendships and professional relationships among young professionals across the continent who continue to make remarkable progress as leaders in their communities. We continue to advance innovative problem-solving interventions that intentionally address life challenges for women and youth within the agriculture, health and education sectors.
We recognize that these groups are often marginalized, excluded from key decision-making processes, disproportionately affected by socio-economic inequality, and have limited opportunities for decent employment which renders them susceptible to poverty, disease, and abuse.
The MSU fellowship was pivotal to connect professional fellows from East Africa and upon return from the United States, the Ugandan fellows registered MFAI as a Not-for-profit organization. Today, MFAI is in three African Countries of Uganda, Kenya and Zimbabwe- with PFP alumni as of positive change.
We adopt a Gender Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI) approach that views women and youth as equal partners and places them at the forefront of solving life challenges. We offer essential technical and soft skills that enable women to earn a decent income, best manage their finances, and provide for their families. We set realistic, measurable, and actionable targets that ensure that we can achieve transformative and sustainable results.
“Your involvement in the civic engagement program (PACE Academy) will be instrumental to shaping the future of Uganda and building the Uganda you all want to see.”
“We can all take steps in our daily lives and in the work that we are doing to increase diversity and inclusion of different voices in the decisions that we make as leaders. It’s an important part of our values that we want to demonstrate through our programs.”
“As I reflected on MFAI’s commitment to bringing content to fellow Ugandans with an abundance of change in the world, I cheer you and your team's effort. The path to greatness is not an easy endeavor. Your persistence will pay off! Keep up your great work.”
“Wow! This is a big step. Congratulations! We continue to be very proud of the progress you all have made with the organization and I love seeing all of you working together. I can’t wait to visit (when it is safe to travel again)"
“You guys are really doing important and amazing work and have clearly established yourself as a player in agribusiness in Uganda. Maybe I can come work for you some day?”
“I Congratulate the apprentices on completing the AgAP program and commend MFAI for not just investing the time in making the network but also the work you do every day. It is making a difference in the lives of many young people.”
“It is my pleasure to have been a part of your training program. Networking, in my view is the art of creating and nurturing relationships that matter in your social, academic, and professional trajectory- which is something the team at MFAI has mastered quite well”
The idea that is so critical to today’s 21st century Africa is being planted and we are going with it every step of the way. This generation of leaders should embrace and understand what Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging is.
“This Bootcamp is on outstanding thing. It has made us learn and unlearn a number of things that we thought we knew. Now, in terms of connection, social life, it’s something that I know every young leader should have the opportunity to participate in”
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