Are you an extraordinary individual with an entrepreneurial mindset and a commitment to solve problems of poverty in your community and nation? Do you have what it takes to create a meaningful change in your region? Then apply for the West Africa Acumen Fellowship 2025.
The Fellowship identifies and prepares leaders with the hard skills needed to build robust and scalable solutions to poverty and the harder skills of moral leadership to re-imagine and build a better world.
SUMMARY:
- Fellowship Sponsor(s): Acumen Academy
- Host Institution(s): Acumen Academy
- Funding Amount: Not specified
- Number of Awards: Several
- Study Level: Not specified
- Nationality: Select Nationalities
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West Africa Acumen Fellowship 2025 | DETAILS
Through the program curriculum and a supportive cohort, participants peel back notions of themselves as leaders and build greater self-awareness. They hone their skills to become better team leaders, authentic storytellers, and navigate values in tension. They leave the program with the ability to negotiate across differences, motivate themselves and others, challenge traditional ways of working, and reshape the people, organizations, and systems around them.
Eligibility Criteria
To be considered for the West Africa Acumen Fellowship, applicants must meet the following criteria:
- You are a social entrepreneur or senior decision-maker solving problems of poverty.
- You have 5 years of work experience (minimum) and are able to demonstrate commitment towards solving issues of poverty. On average our Fellows have 10-15 years of work experience with 10 years working on problems of poverty.
- You have a reliable internet connection and will be fully available to participate throughout the entirety of the program.
- Applicants must be over the age of 18 to apply for the fellowship.
- There are no specific academic prerequisites.
Application Procedures
How-to-Apply: Interested applicants for the West Africa Acumen Fellowship 2025 are to read the applicant toolkit to prepare for their application. Applicants will also need to submit the online application on or before the application deadline.
Applicants should note that the application has been designed to understand more about you, your work and impact, as well as your program readiness. Applicants are encouraged to begin their application early.
Application Deadline: November 25, 2024