Trevor Noah Foundation Education Changemakers Program in East and Central Africa 2026 – YOA

Deadline: May 13, 2026

Applications for the Trevor Noah Foundation Education Changemakers Program in East and Central Africa 2026 at the moment are open. The program is inviting passionate younger leaders working in schooling to apply for a transformative management growth expertise.

The program is spearheaded by the Regional Leadership Center East Africa at Kenyatta University in Nairobi and carried out in partnership with the Trevor Noah Foundation (TNF), with help from the Oak Foundation. Together, the companions proceed to strengthen a rising community of schooling leaders dedicated to enhancing studying outcomes throughout the area.

The Trevor Noah Foundation equips underserved youth in Africa with the schooling, abilities, and alternatives wanted to thrive. Its work focuses on strengthening youth pathways, supporting and growing lecturers, enhancing faculty infrastructure, and investing in domestically led options by the Education Changemakers Program (ECM) and the lately launched Khulani Nathi Innovation Fund (KNIF), guaranteeing younger folks have significant studying and livelihood pathways past matric.

Program Components

The program consists of two phases:

• Phase 1: Four weeks of immersive, in-person management coaching in Nairobi, Kenya. Participants acquire foundational management abilities, discover how enterprise and public-sector instruments can strengthen schooling programs, and take part in case research and web site visits.
• Phase 2: Six months of publish-coaching help, together with teaching, mentoring, and entry to small grants to implement faculty-based mostly initiatives.
• Participants be a part of a rising pan-African alumni community dedicated to remodeling schooling throughout the continent.

Eligibility

They are on the lookout for younger leaders aged 18–35 from the next East and Central African international locations: Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Applicants should:

• Be actively working in or with the first or secondary schooling sector
• Demonstrate dedication to enhancing schooling outcomes
• Be proficient in English
• Be first-time candidates (not alumni of YALI RLC or Mandela Washington Fellowship)
• Commit to the complete in-person coaching and publish-program engagement

Application

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to Changemakers Program in East and Central Africa.