The GHC Africa Leadership Accelerator is a 9-month, hybrid program designed to strengthen the leadership and management skills of early to mid-career health professionals ages 21-35, working across Sub-Saharan Africa. Apply now!
The Africa Leadership Accelerator Fellowship is a good fit for high-potential, early-career public health leaders committed to growing their personal and professional development skills. Public health is a broad field, and the GHC is excited to consider applicants across sectors - local health ministries or state agencies, government agencies, universities, community-based and nongovernmental organizations, and private sector employers.
Program Components
The Africa Leadership Accelerator is designed with a hybrid learning approach including virtual and in-person learning opportunities. The program is completely free to fellows-all virtual programming, travel to retreat locations, lodging costs, and meals for the in-person retreats will be covered by GHC. Fellows should expect to dedicate 6-8 hours per month to the program to get the most out of it.
Once a fellow, always a fellow. After completing the leadership accelerator, fellows join GHC's lifelong global network of 1,200+ alumni and continue to grow as leaders through GHC's robust alumni program. The 9-month fellowship runs from September to May. Participation in all components of the fellowship listed below is mandatory unless otherwise noted.
All fellows will participate in:
Learning Topics:
- You'll be nominated by one of the following:
- An email with a link to the application portal and information about the application process will be sent to nominees within 3-5 business days of nomination form submission.
- You'll submit:
- You'll provide short responses to a variety of prompts so we can learn more about you.
- A letter of recommendation from your supervisor is required to be considered.
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