From beating the odds to changing the odds: transformative leadership in Africa

Food security, conservation, girls' schooling and human rights organisations, infrastructure projects, and robotics lessons for young people. These are just a handful of the initiatives led by young graduates of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program, who attended the HSRC conference on transformative leadership from 21 to 26 March 2022, in Zanzibar, Tanzania. These young leaders gathered with social science researchers to debate what transformative action looks like in African contexts. How does it differ from social action? And what is the impact of education on young people's leadership skills?