2025 AfDB Pan-African Fellowship for Emerging Fund Managers: Capacity-Building Program by I&P

About the Fellowship

Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) is happy to announce the launch of the African Development Bank Fellowship for Emerging Fund Managers. This fellowship goals to help 20 rising African fund managers actively investing throughout the continent.

About the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab: Is housed beneath the Human Capital, Youth and Skills Development Department (AHHD) at AfDB. The Lab goals to help high-potential startups and improve entrepreneurial ecosystems throughout the continent.

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This 8-month programme, beginning in June 2025, is designed to assist rising fund managers:

• Scale their operations

• Overcome key development obstacles

• Strengthen investor relations

• Build lasting institutional capability

It gives a complete mix of coaching, mentorship, and networking alternatives particularly tailor-made to the African funding panorama.

Download Programme Brochure

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Responding to Sector-Wide Challenges

The fellowship addresses a spread of structural points confronting fund managers throughout Africa:

• Difficulty accessing capital and constructing belief with institutional buyers and DFIs

• Complexities in fund structuring and aligning with various LP expectations

• Operational challenges in group administration, deal execution, and compliance

• Rising expectations associated to local weather finance, gender-lens investing, and impression measurement

• Limited entry to LP networks and capital allocators

• Broader macroeconomic and perception-related obstacles, particularly for youth- and women-led funds

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What the Fellowship Offers

Fellows will entry a curated mixture of studying codecs and help channels, together with:

• Master the Fundamentals
  Interactive webinars and deep dives on:

  • Fundraising methods

  • Legal structuring

  • Investment execution

  • Impact measurement

• Immerse & Connect
  Participate in a bootcamp aligned with a significant ecosystem occasion, gaining visibility and key connections.

• Tailored Expert Insights
  One-on-one mentorship from skilled personal fairness and enterprise capital professionals.

• Unlock Networking Potential
  Ongoing entry to a vibrant community of restricted companions, buyers, and fellow fund managers throughout Africa.

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Eligibility

The fellowship is open to rising personal fairness (PE) and enterprise capital (VC) fund managers who:

• Are actively investing throughout Africa

• Have secured preliminary commitments or are at/close to the launch or shut of their first fund

• Manage comparatively small, high-potential portfolios

• Focus on underserved sectors or areas

• Have lower than USD 50 million in belongings beneath administration

Note: Fund managers with youth (beneath 35 years) in senior management roles are strongly inspired to apply.

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Timeline & Application Details

• Fellowship Start Date: June 2025

• Application Deadline: 21 May 2025

• Application Link: Apply Now

For questions or additional details about the programme : CLICK HERE
Explore extra alternatives on: opportunitiesforyouth.org

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