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The MIT Kuo Sharper Center for Prosperity and Entrepreneurship was founded on the belief that entrepreneurs and their market-driven solutions are critical to advancing sustainable prosperity across global growth markets. The Foundry Fellowship embodies this belief through its creation of a community of Africa-based entrepreneurs who share a vision for a continent where people, ideas, and resources move across borders, and where ecosystems enable innovation-driven entrepreneurs to thrive and scale. This community plays a critical role in shifting the narrative of Africa to one of abundance, opportunity, innovation, and dynamism. ABOUT THE FELLOWSHIP  The Foundry Fellowship is an eight-month, transformative experience for accomplished entrepreneurs who are committed to leading the acceleration and interconnection of Africa’s innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems. The fellowship is designed for principled leaders who seek to catalyze systems transformation and inclusive growth ac...

Applications are now open for the 2025 Student Energy Career Training Program. The Student Energy Career Training Program (SECT) builds leadership and employability skills through energy education, project management training, individualized career coaching, and interdisciplinary collaboration through experiential learning opportunities with leading energy companies. Cohort 6 of the SECT Program is themed “Women in Energy Africa” and will be exclusively for young women from 18 to 30 years in Africa interested in developing their careers in the energy sector. EligibilityApplication to the Career Training program is open to women in Africa aged 18-30 years who are interested in working in the sustainable energy sector. The program is fully online and delivered in English. Applicants should meet the following requirements: English Language Fluency: Are you fluent in English and comfortable communicating with global peers, SECT coaches, and industry partners in English? Education: Have you...

Applications are now open for the 2025 Hilton PACE Graduate Engineering Development Programme. PACE is a structured Engineering Development Programme, designed to fast track the development of fresh graduates and qualified internal talents to future engineering leaders. The 24-month programme’s training plan encompasses 2 phases. Program Details The successful candidate will be based at Curio Lagos Aiport. The first phase is a 9-month duration with a mix of competency and skills development enhancing the participant’s technical and competency skills. The second phase is a 15-month duration consisting of 80% technical and 20% administrative learnings to strengthen technical, administrative, and managerial skills in the day-to-day engineering operations. During the programme, the participants will gain on-the-job experience acquiring practical skills and knowledge, presenting a technical project at the end of each phase, towards their development to future engineering leadership position...

Applications are now open for the 2025 wAtt-boost – Youth Power Start Up in Africa program. The RES4Africa Foundation (R4A) and Strathmore University, Enel Foundation is launching the Open Call for the inaugural edition of wAtt-boost – Youth Power Start Up in Africa. This initiative includes both pre-acceleration and acceleration programs tailored for startups and entrepreneurs in the renewable energy sector in Africa. The Training for the selected Participants will cover both technical and business aspects of boosting a startup in the renewable energy and power sector, offering a comprehensive package of services such as Training, Mentoring & Coaching, Networking & Visibility, Fundraising, and more (all activities and services will be conducted in English). The Training is composed of two modules: 1. specific lectures from the NewGen Renewable Energy Accelerator, a program owned and carried out by IRENA with the support of EF, scheduled between June and July 2025;  2. ...

Applications are now open for the 2025 FAO-HASTEN business Incubation Programme. HASTEN business incubation programme is now accepting applications from youth-led enterprises in Lesotho, Rwanda and Sierra Leone. This unique opportunity supports the next generation of food systems entrepreneurs and enterprises committed to building sustainable, inclusive and resilient agrifood systems. HASTEN—Harnessing SDG-based Agrifood System Transformation through the Empowerment of the Next Generation of Agrifood Leadership in Africa— is an FAO project under the Flexible Voluntary Contribution (FVC), operating in Lesotho, Rwanda and Sierra Leone. It aims to: promote capacity development in transdisciplinary systems thinking for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) interlinkages, foster multistakeholder collaboration by strengthening public-private-academic partnerships for inclusive governance, and support agripreneurship and youth empowerment by scaling eco-inclusive business models that contribute ...

Applications are now open for the 2025 Llama Impact Accelerator Program. The Llama Impact Accelerator Program is a regional program supporting startups building impactful solutions with Llama. Running in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, and Senegal, the program enables participants to develop scalable, locally relevant AI applications that address pressing national challenges in sectors like healthcare, agriculture, education, safety, and public services. Through expert mentorship, technical training, and post-accelerator growth opportunities, the program is unlocking Africa’s next generation of AI innovation.  The Llama Impact Accelerator Program is an 8-month innovation and capacity-building initiative designed to support startups building impactful solutions using Llama to develop relevant solutions to pressing challenges in the program countries. The program includes a 6-week intensive accelerator and 6 months of post-program support. Llama is a suite of large language models deve...