Walaa Ahmed is the Former Minister of Youth and Sports, Sudan’s Transitional Government. She was selected at the age of 33 as the youngest female minister in the history of Sudan, the first woman to hold the position of the minister of youth and sports and the youngest minister in the transitional council of ministers. Former Chairperson of the East and Central African Regional Advisory Board for the Mandela Washington Fellowship for young African Leaders. Walaa served in Public Sector, she was the first female mechanical engineer in Sudan’s Sugar Company’s workshop since its establishment, she also worked at Sudanese Standards and Metrology Organization. In addition to that she worked at Private Sector as Process Integration Specialist at DAL Group, Sudan’s Largest Conglomerate, the Civil Society, and as a Lecturer at Sudan University for Science and Technology. Walaa founded and led several initiatives in Sudan and across the African content, she was part of the peaceful revolution that overthrown the 30 years of dictatorship in Sudan. Walaa was selected among the 100 most influential young Africans in 2020 by Africa Youth Award and among the 100 most influential African women by Avance Media. Walaa is a mechanical Engineer with a MSc and DIC in Advanced Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London.

Participant in: March 2023 Fellowship: Climate Change, Gender, and Conflict