Women in Africa (WIA) Young Leaders Program 2025 – YOA

Deadline: June 19, 2025

Applications for the Women in Africa (WIA) Young Leaders Program 2025 are actually open. Since 2021, the WIA Young Leaders program has aimed to assist and spotlight younger African ladies who’re actively contributing to constructing a dynamic, progressive, and inclusive Africa. This initiative is part of the battle for equal alternatives and allows the coaching of younger African ladies leaders by offering high quality assist in their skilled careers and social development, serving to them totally understand their potential.

The chosen WIA Young Leaders can be invited on an unique enterprise journey to Paris. During this journey, they’ve the OPPORTUNITY to have interaction in excessive-stage networking, attend specialised workshops, and meet influential figures in enterprise, philanthropy, and social management. This expertise is designed to broaden their views, improve their skilled networks, and supply useful insights for his or her future careers.

Benefits

• High stage networking with CEOs, ministers, journalists, public figures, achieved enterprise leaders, and entrepreneurs.
• Training program with board coaching, media coaching, profession teaching, ladies’s management, personalized coaching primarily based on particular person wants.
• Visibility by way of WIA’s communication channels and media presence.
• Each awardee is assigned a mentor (a world chief profile).
• Learning expedition in the third quarter with a enterprise journey organized in a significant world financial capital.

Eligibility

• Applicants needs to be 25 to 40 years outdated.
• Born in an African nation or having mother and father born in an African nation.
• Ideally talking a number of languages.
• Possess management abilities comparable to Humility, empathy, resilience.
• Involvement in the event of the continent.
• Self-made & potential to tackle duties on the highest stage.

Application

Candidates are rigorously reviewed primarily based on their tutorial achievements, profession success, management skills, and dedication to creating a constructive affect. The choice committee narrows down the pool to a shortlist of excellent people.

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For extra info, go to WIA Young Leaders.