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Home»Search by Region»Africa»Acumen West Africa Fellowship 2025 for Social Entrepreneurs

Acumen West Africa Fellowship 2025 for Social Entrepreneurs

Jude OgarOctober 22, 20243 Mins Read
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Deadline: November 25, 2024

Applications are open for the Acumen West Africa Fellowship 2025. Acumen invests in social entrepreneurs across the capital continuum and accompanies them on the journey to create transformational change. At Acumen Academy, they identify and prepare these leaders with the hard skills required to build scalable solutions to poverty and the harder skills of moral leadership to re-imagine and build a better world.

The West Africa Acumen Fellowship is a transformative program that brings together a cohort of extraordinary individuals with an entrepreneurial mindset and a commitment to solve problems of poverty. They equip them with the tools and community to strengthen their leadership, scale their impact, and create meaningful change in West Africa.

West Africa is at a crossroads, with socio-political issues like conflict, insecurity, corruption, increased inflation, bad governance, and the economic fallout of COVID-19 deepening poverty in the region. Fellows are building solutions that redefine Education, Workforce Development, Agriculture, Energy Healthcare, and more. Solutions that cultivate dignity and present the greatest hope for the future of our society and our planet.

Curriculum

  • Polarity Management: Learn to operate in a world of opposing views and to cross lines of difference to mobilize others towards a shared cause or problem.
  • Good Society Readings: Explore the meaning of a just society and the moral and historical foundation of social change through classic and contemporary texts by thinkers such as Plato, Ursula K. LeGuin, Chimamanda Adichie, Dr. Martin Luther King, and Amartya Sen.
  • Adaptive Leadership: Learn to understand stakeholders, map their needs, and navigate uncertainty to catalyze change.
  • Authentic Voice: Learn to tell stories that compel and inspire others to take action in pursuit of a bold idea. Build audience awareness to improve your pitch, talk to investors, form partnerships, and make connections.

Cost

  • Once you are selected as an Acumen Fellow Candidate, Acumen covers all program-related expenses during the Fellowship. This includes all costs associated with the immersives including lodging and food. 

Eligibility

  • 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, 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.
  • You must be over the age of 18 to apply for the Fellowship.

Application

The application has been designed to understand more about you, your work and impact, as well as your program readiness. Start the application early!

Click here to apply

For more information, visit Acumen West Africa Fellowship.

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Jude Ogar is an educator and youth development practitioner with years of experience working in the education and youth development space. He is passionate about the development of youth in Africa.

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