The African Conservation Leadership Network works to strengthen and develop a rising generation of African conservation leaders and their organizations.
A new generation of African Leaders.
ACLN helps the best African conservation leaders become stronger so that they can achieve more, work together, and support each other in their careers and their missions.
Strong Leaders. Effective Organisations. Transformative Impact.
Leadership Program
A cohort-based leadership development program, based on a tailored curriculum and peer-to-peer learning approach.
The Network
A network of African conservation leaders that fosters long-term connections, relationships, and collaboration.
Track Record
Since piloting the program in 2016, ACLN has grown to include 46 leaders from 24 organisations working across Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, and Namibia.
The challenges that conservation leaders face are daunting – they can achieve more by working together.
Three features of the ACLN Leadership Program
1. A carefully selected annual cohort of about 8 leading African conservation organizations. Each sends their top two people to participate.
2. A peer-to-peer learning and facilitation approach that fosters new relationships and a support structure for the participants.
3. A curriculum that integrates personal, organizational, and systems-level approaches to leadership development.
“ACLN provided the right platform and trusting environment to develop meaningful collaboration and exchanges of ideas. ACLN made this collaboration possible.”
–Leela Hazzah, Executive Director, Lion Guardians, Kenya
