Call for Applications: Green RISE Africa Fellowship
📢 Call for Applications: Green RISE Africa Fellowship 🌱🌍
Are you building a climate-focused business and creating opportunities for women and youth? This is your chance to scale your impact!
The Acumen Green RISE Africa Fellowship, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, is now open for applications. This program is designed to empower entrepreneurs driving solutions in Africa’s growing green economy.
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About the Fellowship
The Green RISE (Resilient Impact through Sustainable Entrepreneurship) Fellowship equips founders with the tools, networks, and support needed to build sustainable, inclusive, and climate-aligned enterprises.
If you’re working in areas like:
♻️ Clean Energy
🌾 Climate-Smart Agriculture
🔄 Circular Economy
🚗 E-Mobility
…or other climate-related sectors — this opportunity is for you!
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What You’ll Gain
Participants will:
✅ Strengthen leadership & decision-making skills
✅ Access tools to grow resilient green businesses
✅ Refine business models for inclusive job creation
✅ Join a powerful network of impact-driven entrepreneurs
✅ Unlock funding and growth opportunities
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Eligibility Criteria
✔️ Founder of a green enterprise creating (or with potential to create) jobs for women & youth
✔️ Based in West or East Africa
✔️ Minimum of 5 years professional experience
📍 West Africa Focus Countries: Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, The Gambia
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Why Apply?
Through the Acumen Academy, fellows gain both:
- Hard skills to scale impactful businesses
- Moral leadership training to drive long-term systemic change
This fellowship is especially focused on empowering young rural women and youth, helping entrepreneurs create dignified green jobs and reduce poverty across Africa.
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Application Deadline
🗓 May 11, 2026
🔗 Apply here:
https://fellowship.acumenacademy.org/green-rise-west-africa-fellowship-2026
