Applications are now open for the 2025 Young Impact Associates in Agrifood Systems Fellowship
Closing Date: 30 April 2025
Applications are now open for the 2025 Young Impact Associates in Agrifood Systems Fellowship
Overview
Are you a young African passionate about driving transformational change through data-driven decisions in African agrifood systems? Are you ready to make a difference? Measure impact – Create change – Transform Africa’s agrifood systems landscape? Join the Young Impact Associates (YIA) – Agriculture Focus Fellowship and be part of shaping Africa’s development narrative. The Call to apply for the Young Impact Associates in Agrifood Systems Fellowship is now open to applicants who are between the ages of 18 and 35 years from Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda.
The YIA Fellowship in Agrifood Systems is a year-long flagship program designed to prepare a new generation of African leaders capable to make a difference in the impact measurement field and contribute to driving transformative change in Africa’s agrifood landscape. The Young Impact Associates in Agrifood Systems Fellowship is implemented by a consortium of partners including CIFOR-ICRAF, African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD), African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP), and Akademiya2063.
Through the YIA Fellowship, the Mastercard Foundation and the consortium of partners known as Impact Partner Organizations (IPO) aim to accelerate career of emerging African leaders in impact measurement, research, and consulting positioning them to contribute to Africa’s evidence-driven decisions and development. The YIA Fellowship will support African young professionals in data and impact measurement and will equip them with knowledge, tools and skills, to evaluate, package, and demonstrate the impact of socially inclusive interventions in the African agrifood systems.
The selected participants, known as Young Impact Associates (YIAs), will contribute to Mastercard Foundation’s transformative agenda of “fostering the professional growth and development of young impact leaders by developing their expertise and maintaining their engagement and interest in the impact field”.
Program benefits
Upon your successful selection, you will join the YIA Fellowship for one year and receive a
monthly stipend throughout the program’s duration -12 months. The program will also cover
non-financial items, which will be detailed at the start of the Fellowship activities.
Upon completing the Fellowship, you will become a part of the Mastercard Foundation global
alumni, connecting you with a community of passionate individuals committed to leading
positive change in the continent.
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