YALI Regional Leadership Center East Africa
Koech Benard currently serves as an Investor Education Resource Person at the Capital Markets Authority in Kenya, a position held since September 2023. In addition, Koech is actively involved with various organizations, including UNESCO Global Youth Community, Theirworld, International Teachers Association, and The Queen's Commonwealth Trust, holding roles such as Member and Global Youth Ambassador. Koech has also served as an AU Bingwa with Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and as the Executive Director of the Board for Boresha Life Empowerment Kenya. Since January 2020, Koech has worked as a Teacher at the Teachers Service Commission in Kenya and has been an alumnus of the YALI Regional Leadership Center East Africa since 2017. Previous experience includes managing BRIVBEN Enterprises from June 2017 to February 2023. Koech holds a Certificate in Public Management from ASU Watts College of Public Service & Community Solutions, obtained in 2017, and received early education at Kiptenden Primary School from 1998 to 2006.
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YALI Regional Leadership Center East Africa
The Young African Leaders Initiative (commonly referred to as 'YALI") was launched by the U.S. Government as a signature effort to invest in the next generation of African leaders. There are four Regional Leadership Centers across the continent, in Ghana, Senegal, South Africa, and Kenya. These Centers serve as regional hubs to encourage transformational learning and enhancing leadership skills. The YALI Regional Leadership Centers are a project of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in close partnership with the MasterCard Foundation. Each Center is managed under a public/private partnership. The YALI Regional Leadership Center East Africa, located at Kenyatta University in Nairobi, serves 14 countries in East and Central Africa. The Center is overseen Kenyatta University and is supported by a growing number of African and international public and private partners. The YALI Regional Leadership Center East Africa is more than a location for learning or a venue for collaboration; it is a philosophy, a forward-leaning culture of diversity that invites dreaming and thinking differently to define and realize one’s potential. Selected participants will engage in leadership training across three tracks of study: (1) Business and Entrepreneurship, (2) Civic Leadership, and (3) Public Management in a 4-week residential format with a focus on individual and team leadership skills, innovation, creative learning, and communication. The program's emphasis is on interactive and experiential learning which fosters each participant's ability to contribute both individually and in teams.