2019 · Obama Foundation
Elvis Ossindji-Binou — Obama Leaders: Africa 2019
The founder of NZILA Leaders is among the young African leaders selected by the Obama Foundation (Obama Foundation Leaders: Africa, 2019 cohort).
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At a glance
About the association
The NZILA Leaders Association is a Gabonese non-profit association, founded in 2019 in Libreville and governed by law no. 35/62 of 10 December 1962. Its name, drawn from a Bantu language of Gabon, means "the path".
NZILA Leaders brings together young leaders from diverse backgrounds around a shared mission: to provide the most vulnerable people with concrete solutions to improve their quality of life and to develop youth leadership, drawing on the Sustainable Development Goals. Its areas of action span education, health, childhood, environment, solidarity and youth leadership.
Slogan: "The path of enlightened Leaders".
Values: fellowship, assistance, solidarity.
Verified key facts
2019Year founded
LibrevilleRegistered office (Gabon)
Law 35/62Registration receipt no. 000317/MI/SG/DGELP/DFAC
Compliant · 2026Certificate of compliance no. 0000111 (Min. of Youth & Sports)
SDG 3·4·7·11·15·17Sustainable Development Goals
23,000+Facebook followers
3,000+ / 4,000+Clothes distributed / children delighted at Christmas 2022
Figures provided by the association (2019-2020 data). Please credit them "Source: NZILA Leaders" and contact the association for any updated data.
Press news
Press releases & media coverage
Articles and press releases about the NZILA Leaders Association.
30 March 2026 · Press release
NZILA Leaders recognised as compliant by the Ministry of Youth and Sports
The association receives its Certificate of Compliance (DGJASE).
Read →2022 · Convergence Afrique
School kits distributed in Okala (CICIBA)
"The Nzila Leaders association, a good Samaritan for around a hundred children."
Read the article →La Plume de l'Info
Nzila gives 1,000 gifts to vulnerable children in Rio
A look back at one of the association's end-of-year campaigns.
Read the article →Tendance Gabon
A recreation room for the children of the Gahouma hospital
NZILA Leaders fits out and equips a recreation room and gives Christmas presents to the hospitalised children of the Institut Pr Daniel Gahouma.
Read the article →Dec. 2024 · Gabon-Info
At Christmas, a play space for the sick children of the Gahouma Institute
A permanent paediatric recreation room: multimedia, educational games, a library and Christmas presents.
Read the article →Dec. 2022 · Convergence Afrique
NZILA Leaders plays Santa Claus
"One child, one toy, one reality": more than 4,000 children delighted across the country.
Read the article →L'Union
People at the heart of NZILA Leaders' work at CICIBA
Medical caravan: 354 consultations (gynaecological, dental, paediatric) and clothing donations.
Read the article →Focus Groupe Média
"Get yourself registered": citizen mobilisation
NZILA Leaders urges people to register en masse on the electoral rolls.
Read the article →Aug. 2021 · Gabon Actu
COVID-19: 1,008 bottles of sanitiser for the CHUL
NZILA Leaders donates more than 1,000 bottles of hand sanitiser to the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Libreville.
Read the article →L'Union
COVID-19: masks for the Ministry of the Interior
A donation to protect the law-enforcement officers mobilised during the pandemic.
Read the article →Apr. 2023 · Convergence Afrique
NZILA Leaders' humanitarian stopover at CICIBA
2nd edition of the medical caravan (with the Samu Social) and distribution of more than 2,000 items of clothing.
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Press contact
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- ✉️ Email: nzilaleaders@gmail.com (subject: "Press")
- 📱 Facebook: NZILA Leaders
- 📍 Office: 278 rue Jean-Baptiste Ndende, B.P. 6305, Libreville — Gabon