TRANET AFRICA: NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND THE CHANGING TIDE
The release of Nelson Mandela from prison after 27 years, not only took the world by surprise, but also left a lot more burden to him and his colleagues who were involved in the anti-apartheid struggle to reform the country’s political landscape and the ethnic divides as well the economic quagmire. If his statement , “after climbing a great hill, you realize that there are many more hills to be climbed” is something to go by, we can say that the Transformative Leaders Network- Africa (TRANET AFRICA) has not only climbed another hill, but also set foot to climb more other hills. In 2008, FOWODE’s LBI alumni came together and formed an association known as the FOWODE Young Leaders Alumni Association (FYLAA) with a vision of a society where the leadership upholds the ideals of social justice and gender equality and set out on a mission to build a strong cadre of young leaders who promote gender equality and social justice through capacity building, advocacy, net-working and res