She Leads African Food Futures (SHEAF) Fellowship 2026 – YOA

Deadline: January 31, 2026

Applications are open for the She Leads African Food Futures (SHEAF) Fellowship 2026. The Fellowship targets candidates from Kenya, Malawi, and Senegal for an immersive profession growth program that can combine management growth, mentoring, community growth, and technical excellence.

Fellows can be drawn from numerous organizations, together with authorities ministries and businesses, non-governmental organizations, academia, analysis, the non-public sector, civil society, regional and sub-regional organizations, amongst others. SHEAF Fellowship targets African ladies at completely different phases of their careers who’re actively engaged find options that tackle gender inequalities in agri-meals methods insurance policies and applications.

The Fellowship will construct a vibrant community of African ladies professionals from diversified disciplines to drive coverage and programmatic change for equitable agri-meals methods in sub-Saharan Africa. Up to 25 Fellows can be chosen, with a particular concentrate on ladies working in AGRA-supported organizations and applications.

Benefits

• Successful candidates will obtain custom-made coaching in management, gender, and agrifood methods, coupled with mentoring, teaching, and peer studying help to sharpen their expertise in designing and implementing gender-responsive agrifood methods insurance policies and applications.

Eligibility

• Open to African ladies professionals in agrifood methods who’re residents of Kenya, Malawi, and Senegal.
• Applicants might be engaged on applications or tasks in agriculture and meals methods at organizational, nationwide, regional, or continental ranges, and never solely on coverage.
• The Fellowship can be delivered solely in English. Applicants should exhibit a enough stage of English proficiency (studying, writing, and talking) to successfully take part within the Fellowship.

Application

The name for purposes closes at midnight on January 31, 2026, East Africa Time (GMT+3). Applications will NOT be accepted after this date.

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For extra info, go to SHEAF Fellowship.