Growth Opportunities for Women
African Union (AU) Internship Program 2024 (Monthly Stipends with Training)
The AU internship program is a full-time engagement through which qualified individuals from diverse academic backgrounds are given the opportunity to gain professional exposure within the AU. APPLY HERE: https://jobs.au.int/job/Internship-Program/1506-en_US
Schlumberger Foundation Fellowship (Faculty For The Future) (Up to $50,000 Annual Grant)
The Schlumberger Foundation Faculty For The Future Fellowship offers an annual grant of $50,000 per year to women from developing and emerging economies to pursue PhD or Post-doctoral research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields at leading universities worldwide. APPLY HERE: https://www.fftf.slb.com/
HBS Startup Pitch Competition 2024 ($20,000 prize)
Are you an early-stage startup working on innovative climate solutions? Apply now for the Climate Symposium at HBS Startup Pitch Competition 2024. They offer you the chance to accelerate your journey.
APPLY HERE: https://www.climatesymposium.org/pitch-competition
SHE CAN with ICT – Skill Up For Female Entrepreneurs (Seed Funding, Mentorship, and Certification)
SHE CAN with ICT (Sustaining Her Enterprise, Career and Network) is a W.TEC initiative designed, to improve the productivity and profitability of women-owned businesses, by equipping them with in-depth practical digital technology skills and tools to catalyze their entrepreneurial growth in an increasingly technology-driven business environment. APPLY HERE: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=-tQloEDKUkyeQlkFgHSOA0SzicxRRKFDox7V_5cxL1VUQjhFOU4yVzJHNzg3S01BSTdSSDBNUVNPMC4u
IOM Innovation Facility – Fostering Transformative Solutions 2024 ( Up to USD $80,000 Funding)
The IOM Innovation Facility is a dynamic platform that supports novel and transformative initiatives on migration. By offering seed funding, building innovation capacities, and nurturing an innovation ecosystem, it enables the creation and expansion of impactful and innovative projects. The Facility’s approach centers on fostering partnerships and collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders, ensuring that innovative ideas can be effectively piloted and scaled to drive system-wide solutions. APPLY HERE: https://www.iom.int/innovation-facility
University of Edinburgh, Mastercard Online Masters Program Scholarship For African Students
he University of Edinburgh has announced a new scholarship program aimed at supporting students from Africa with significant academic potential but limited educational opportunities.The Edinburgh Online Mastercard Scholarship will offer part-time online Master’s scholarships for three years and postgraduate Diploma scholarships for two years, targeting individuals living or working in Africa. APPLY HERE: https://global.ed.ac.uk/mastercard-foundation/apply-for-a-scholarship/online-postgraduate-scholarships
Melton Foundation Global Solvers Accelerator 2025
The Global Solvers Accelerator engages emerging change agents from diverse world regions around developing competencies for global citizenship, sustainable development, and collective leadership. APPLY HERE: https://meltonfoundation.org/global-solvers-accelerator/
WTO-ITC Women Exporters in the Digital Economy (WEIDE) Fund for Business Support Organizations (BSOs)
The World Trade Organization (WTO) and the International Trade Centre (ITC) have jointly launched a pioneering initiative, the Women Exporters in the Digital Economy (WEIDE) Fund. The US$50 million fund aims to empower women entrepreneurs in growing their businesses by leveraging international trade and digitalization.
APPLY HERE: https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/womenandtrade_e/weide_e.htm
Youth Climate Innovation Program 2024
The YCI Programme provides a clear pathway for young innovators from ideation to scaling groundbreaking climate technologies in developing countries across four regions Asia and the Pacific, Africa, Latin America & the Caribbean (LAC), and the Middle East and North Africa. APPLY HERE: https://www.youthclimateinnovation.com/
TotalEnergies Young Talent Trainee Program 2025 For Africans
TotalEnergies Young Graduate Program is an opportunity for young people to discover working life through a genuine hands-on professional experience while benefiting from international exposure just after graduating from university. APPLY HERE: Young Talent Trainee (x2) – Job detail | Careers Portal – TotalEnergies
GAIN Entrepreneurship Masterclass for Women (Nigeria) 3.0
The GAIN Entrepreneurship Masterclass for Women (Nigeria) is an empowerment program by Grand Africa Initiative (GAIN) in sponsored by Development Bank of Nigeria PLC (DBN).
This program is designed to equip 350 young women entrepreneurs who would be selected from across Nigeria with entrepreneurial knowledge and skills to build and scale their businesses, become economically empowered and employers of labour. APPLY HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1TOEqmFs9MaXX7-7H_QJFOOSxsjSSLfbo_094einTkhU/viewform?pli=1&pli=1&edit_requested=true