Rapula was selected to participate in the 2018 Mandela Washington Fellowship of the Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI). He will participate in a 6 week academic and leadership program at the University of Iowa, USA and attend a 3 day summit in Washington with US Leaders. He will be part of a cohort of 700 leaders across the African continent. Rapula is Founder & CEO of Tantalum Group which is a private healthcare group of companies that is promoting private healthcare access to augment the over reliance and dependence on public health systems.