Deadline: July 24, 2024
Applications are open for the African Private Equity Fellowship – Fall 2024. Join African Private Equity Fellowship, an initiative launched by Proparco with the support of leading African funds. This program is made for you if you are an active finance professional in Africa (PE, VC, Debt…), willing to accelerate your career, willing to develop your network and ready to commit up to 3 hours per week for 6 months.
Topics covered during the Fellowship include:
- Major trends in private equity in Africa
- Macro risk management
- Financing/debt: focus on private credit in Africa
- The strong growth of Venture Capital in Africa
- ESG in private equity in Africa
- Sector focus: Infrastructure Energy, Telco/FinTech, Healthcare, Agri-food etc.
- Regional focus: East & South Asia, MENA, West Africa etc.
At the end of the Fellowship, participants will join the growing community of next-generation African Investors.
Cost
- The Fellowship is provided at no cost for the participants. Training fees are covered by The African Private Equity Fellowship.
Eligibility
The program is open to investment professionals, from the whole African continent and promote synergies between regions. They will pay particular attention to achieving gender parity in the program.
Applicants will be selected according to these criteria:
- Already working in PE / VC / Private Debt (or working in Finance and willing to initiate your career in those sectors);
- Working with the African continent;
- English-speaking (fluent);
- Have 2 to 6 years of experience in PE / VC / Private Debt;
- Available to attend the program : approximately 2/3 hours per week.
Commitment
- The program is designed for active professionals, with mandatory webinars every two weeks after working hours. The Fellowship is 100% online and totally free of charge.
- 2-3 hours per week max, over a 6 months period. This includes both synchronous (mandatory) webinars and asynchronous times (optional MOOC, mentorship etc..).
- Commitment and rigour are expected from the Fellows, with regard to the quality of the stakeholders involved in the programme.
Application
For more information, visit African Private Equity Fellowship.
