Deadline: June 20, 2025.

The new Africa Leadership Accelerator brings Global Health Corps’ renowned global health leadership curriculum to rising leaders currently working in public health roles in organizations across Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia. 

Across nine months, fellows will engage in virtual leadership academy workshops, in-person retreats, executive coaching, professional mentorship, and more all while continuing to work at their current organization.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

The Africa Leadership Accelerator is a good fit for high-potential, early-career public health leaders committed to growing their personal and professional development skills. Public health is a broad field and they are excited to consider applicants across sectors – local health ministries or state agencies, government agencies, universities, community-based and non-governmental organizations, and private sector employers. 

They are committed to advancing diverse leaders, and especially welcome applications from:

• Ministries of Health
• Community based-health
• Health IT
• Data informatics and analytics
• Environmental Health 
• Behavioral Health 
• Health communications

To be eligible for the Africa Leadership Accelerator Fellowship, you must:

• Be age 21-35 by September 1st, 2024
• Be a citizen of Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, or Zambia.
• Be currently employed full-time in a non-clinical public health role for at least six months at the time of application. 
• Be currently employed by a public health organization operating in Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, or Zambia and has expressed written support for your participation in the program.
• There are no specific education or training requirements to be eligible for participation.

BENEFITS

1. The Africa Leadership Accelerator is designed with a hybrid learning approach including virtual and in-person learning opportunities.
2. The program is completely free to fellows—all virtual programming, travel to retreat locations, lodging costs, and meals for the in-person retreats will be covered by GHC. Fellows should expect to dedicate 6-8 hours per month to the program to get the most out of it. 
3. Once a fellow, always a fellow. After completing the leadership accelerator, fellows join GHC’s lifelong global network of 1,200+ alumni and continue to grow as leaders through GHC’s robust alumni program

Find more information on the OFFICIAL LINK