Acumen Academy is currently accepting applications for its Green RISE West Africa Fellowship 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About Acumen Academy Green RISE West Africa Fellowship
The Green RISE Africa (Resilient Impact through Sustainable Entrepreneurship) Fellowship delivered by Acumen Canada (together with Acumen Fund, Inc. and its affiliates, “Acumen”) in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation is designed to equip women and youth living in poverty to build a more inclusive and sustainable green economy. Throughout the Fellowship, entrepreneurs gain practical tools, frameworks, and community to strengthen their leadership capacity, refine their business models, expand inclusive green jobs, and grow climate-aligned solutions across the region.
Benefits of Acumen Academy Green RISE West Africa Fellowship
Green RISE West Africa Fellows gain access to these selective opportunities:
- Impact-focused learning: Get taining on how to create dignified and sustainable green-sectors jobs for women and youth across your value chain.
- Community: Join a community of value aligned climate-focused social entrepreneurs offering collabiration, peer learning and sghared experience.
- Accelerate Growth: Get the chance to enroll in the Green RISE Africa Accelerator program to strengthem your business model.
- Access to funding: Opportunities to receive funding for projects through Angels Green RISE Africa to increase impact.
Acumen Academy Green RISE West Africa Fellowship Requirements
- The Green RISE West Africa Fellowship is open to entrepreneurs working in Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and The Gambia who are driving climate solutions and solving problems of poverty by creating dignified work and green job opportunities for young rural women and youth.
Application Date and Process
- Click on the link to the application website to apply.
Application Deadline
11 May, 2026
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