Mo Ibrahim Foundation Leadership Fellowship Program 2026 at AfDB (Stipend available) – YOA

Deadline: November 20, 2025

Applications are open for the Mo Ibrahim Foundation Leadership Fellowship Program 2026 at AfDB. The Mo Ibrahim Leadership Fellowship Programme is a selective Fellowship that prepares the following technology of excellent African leaders by offering them with distinctive work alternatives at essentially the most senior stage of distinguished African establishments or multilateral organizations, whose mandate is to enhance the financial and social prospects of Africa.

The Fellowship permits proficient people to extend and improve their skilled capability, with the intention of contributing to the governance and growth of their nations thereby making a pipeline of future African leaders. The Fellow will work with the Bank for this objective, for a interval not exceeding twelve (12) months, and the Foundation will finance the prices related to the place.

Duties

The Ibrahim Leadership Fellow will take management steerage from the President, the Senior Vice President, the Chief of Staff and Director of Cabinet and/or a chosen Representative. With this steerage, the Fellow will contribute to the design and implementation of strategic assignments that can enhance and improve their skilled and management capability, with the intention of contributing to the governance and growth of their nations. The Fellow may even have the next tasks:

• Design, develop and assist implement progressive approaches to numerous strategic problems with significance to the Bank’s mission and aims, primarily based on worldwide greatest observe.
• Undertake analysis and evaluation of current and rising technique, program and coverage areas related for the Bank, as required.
• Assist with the monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of varied Bank Group initiatives in addition to the common work program, and put together briefs, memos and different documentation that convey in non-technical phrases the possible influence;
• Participate in excessive-stage discussions and contribute to the preparation of the President’s conferences and missions; and
• Carry out another assigned duties by related senior employees within the President’s workplace.

Benefits

• The fellow will obtain an annual stipend month-to-month paid by the Bank out of the funds offered by Foundation. The Fellow could also be required to journey to totally different areas on directions of the Bank. All bills associated to the Fellow’s official mission journey, together with journey insurance coverage however excluding journey and delivery prices regarding assumption of responsibility and repatriation, will probably be borne by the Bank.

Eligibility

The Fellowship is for younger professionals, mid-profession or/and new executives. The Fellow should:

• Be nationwide of an African nation, residing wherever on the planet;
• Not be an lively, non-lively, retired, or separated employees member of the Bank;
• Not have shut household relations with an lively or non-lively employees member, resembling mom, father, sister and brother;
• Government officers, lively navy personnel and political social gathering leaders will not be eligible;
• Age restrict is forty (40) years for women and men and forty-5 (45) years for girls with youngsters;
• Have excellent tutorial credentials backed by a minimal of a Master’s Degree from a acknowledged establishment in banking, enterprise, economics or different social sciences, finance, worldwide growth, or in another self-discipline related to the Bank’s enterprise;
• Have related and demonstrable work expertise, sturdy communication expertise, demonstrated management expertise and talent to work with others;
• Have at least 7 (seven) years’ work expertise related to the Bank’s actions;
• Demonstrate confirmed management and consultative expertise;
• Have expertise in strategic planning, venture administration and execution;
• Have expertise in formulating coverage, and creating and implementing new methods and procedures;
• Demonstrate sturdy potential to investigate and interpret monetary and different knowledge;
• Excellent written and oral presentation expertise;
• Demonstrate potential to speak and work together with officers at all ranges of presidency and to work successfully with a variety of constituencies in a various neighborhood;
• Demonstrate potential to inspire groups and concurrently handle a number of initiatives.

Application

• Applications will solely be thought-about if they’re submitted on-line with a complete Curriculum Vitae (CV) indicating date of start, nationality, schooling and related expertise.
• Applicants should additionally connect copies of educational transcripts and three letters of advice.

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For extra data, go to Mo Ibrahim Foundation Leadership Fellowship.