Ibrahim Leadership Fellowship
Mo Ibrahim Foundation
Fellowships placing young and mid-career African professionals at leading institutions such as the African Development Bank, with mentorship from the heads of the host organisations.
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Get your personal statement, tailored résumé and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes.
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About
Also: placement at a host institution; mentorship by host leadership; Now Generation Network membership.
Who can apply: African nationals with a master's degree and relevant experience, under 40 (45 for women with children), plus host-specific criteria.
Free to apply.
Annual; the 2027 fellowships are open, with applications made on each host organisation's site.
How to apply: through host portal (you need an account there).
What to prepare: cv, motivation letter, references.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “The application process for the 2027 Fellowships is now open.”
Who can apply
- Open to working professionals, licensed professionals
- African nationals with a master's degree and relevant experience, under 40 (45 for women with children), plus host-specific criteria.
What you will need
- Academic CVUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- Personal statement / SOPOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
- Recommendation letters (drafts for your referees)Upload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (host portal), which needs an account in your name.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get your personal statement, tailored résumé and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to Mo Ibrahim Foundation without your tap.
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