World Bank Group Africa Fellowship Program 2026 for Ph.D. students & recent graduates (Fully Funded to Washington, D.C. or a WBG country office)

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Application Deadline: August 25, 2025

Applications at the moment are open for the 2026 World Bank Group Africa Fellowship Program. The Africa area of the World Bank Group (WBG) is happy to announce the opening of the application interval for the 2026 WBG Africa Fellowship Program for Ph.D. candidates and recent Ph.D. graduates who’re Sub-Saharan Africa nationals. Women are particularly inspired to apply. Through the fellowship, we goal to construct the capability of the following technology of African change makers in growth analysis, policymaking and promote the objectives of lowering poverty within the area.  

If accepted, you’ll:

• spend six months getting hands-on expertise at WBG headquarters in Washington D.C. or a country workplace. The fellowship requires an in-person availability for the interval January-June 2025.
• work on analysis, financial coverage, technical help, and lending operations that contribute to the WBG’s aim of eliminating poverty and growing shared prosperity. 

The program targets younger gifted African nationals who’re finishing or have not too long ago accomplished their Ph.D. in an space related to the World Bank’s work. The fellowship program has been very profitable since its inception, constructing a sturdy pipeline of younger African expertise taken with a profession in growth, in worldwide establishments, African governments, suppose tanks, and academia.

The program affords chosen fellows a six-month project at WBG workplaces in Washington D.C. or in country workplaces to achieve hands-on expertise in WBG operations. This consists of information technology and dissemination, design of worldwide and country insurance policies, and the constructing of establishments to obtain inclusive development in creating nations. While benefitting from analysis and innovation in a number of sectors, fellows may also work on analysis, financial coverage, technical help, and lending operations that contribute to the World Bank’s aim of eliminating poverty and growing shared prosperity. 

Eligibility Requirements

• Be a recent Ph.D. graduate (inside three years of completion) or be enrolled within the final yr of the Ph.D. program.
• Have a wonderful command of English, each written and verbal. 
• Possess sturdy quantitative and analytical abilities. 
• Be below the age of 32 by the closing of the application interval.

SELECTION PROCESS

Phase I: A brief-list of candidates might be chosen and made out there for rent to the totally different models of the WBG relying on the candidates’ discipline of specialization and curiosity. Applicants might be notified concerning the standing of their application or whether or not they have been shortlisted or not.

Phase II:

The ultimate record of fellows might be chosen in session with the assorted models of the WBG. When the choice is full, all shortlisted candidates might be knowledgeable of their choice standing. Selected candidates will then be notified and, upon acceptance, be employed as short-term consultants for six months beginning January 2026.

Fellows are eligible to obtain marketing consultant charges and round-trip economy-class air journey to Washington, D.C. or a WBG country workplace.   

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the World Bank Group Africa Fellowship Program