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Instrumental Africans: AFC Fellowship
Towards South North Dialogue.   

Thank you for your interest in the Africa Finance Corporation Fellowship. The deadline to apply is midnight BST on Sunday, 21 September 2025

To learn more about the Fellowship please visit  The AFC Fellowship | Common Purpose

 APPLICATION CRITERIA:

Successful applicants will be emerging leaders from different sectors, backgrounds, countries, and communities across the global North and South.  

They will be:

• Emerging leaders (with 5+ years of professional experience)
• Highly motivated individuals who show commitment to bring about positive change, and who can demonstrate their leadership potential and/or capability
• Able to clearly demonstrate what they bring to the programme challenge
• Interested in environmental issues and in addressing the imbalance between the global North and South
• Proficient in written and spoken English
• Able to commit to the duration of the Fellowship

Please note that in this application, we sincerely wish to learn about your experiences and your motivations in your own voice. Applications that show evidence of having depended on AI for their content will be disqualified.

If you require adjustments to take part in the recruitment process or to participate in the Fellowship due to a disability, neurodiversity, caring responsibilities, or any other reason, please provide details here or contact Sue.crawford@commonpurpose.org at Common Purpose to discuss further.

About you

Data Protection – using your data

If accepted as a participant on to the Africa Finance Corporation Fellowship, your data will be stored and used to send you information relating to the Fellowship and to request feedback. 

To see the full Privacy and Data Protection Policy, please visit http://commonpurpose.org/privacy-data-protection-policy

Common Purpose is the data controller for the purposes of the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2018. Except where required to do so by law, we will not disclose your data to third parties without your consent. Common Purpose takes all reasonable precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your data. If you have queries relating to the use of your data, please email info@commonpurpose.org

Consent for Africa Finance Corporation ("AFC) to Process Your Personal Data 

I consent to AFC using my personal data for the purposes of selecting applicants, administering and promoting the Fellowship and associated events.

AFC is committed to processing information in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (GDPR). The personal data collected on this form will be held securely and used for the purposes described.  You have the right to request to see a copy of the data AFC holds about you and to request corrections or deletions of the information if it’s no longer required. To see AFC’s full Privacy Policy, please visit https://www.africafc.org/privacy-policy

During the Fellowship

Participant contact details
As part of the Fellowship materials distributed to participants, we will publish your name, job title, organization and contact details strictly to members of your own participant group. This is to facilitate learning and connection during the Fellowship. If you do not opt in, your contact details will not appear on any information shared with your fellow participants.

Photography & Filming

If accepted onto the Fellowship, Common Purpose and Africa Finance Corporation (“AFC”) may take video footage and images for the purpose of publicity, online promotion and social media content.

I grant Common Purpose and AFC the right to take video footage and stills pictures of me during the Fellowship and associated events, and to use the Materials, without restriction as to changes or alterations, for any and all purposes (including, without limitation, trade, advertising, social media and publicity purposes) at any time, in perpetuity, in any and all media now known and hereafter devised, by any and all means of delivery. You can ask Common Purpose and AFC to stop using your image at any time, in which case, it will not be used in future publications but may continue to appear in publications already in circulation.

After the Fellowship

Participants successfully completing the Fellowship gain access to a worldwide network of Common Purpose alums. You can opt in to receive Common Purpose’s alumni-only emails. You will be sent occasional email newsletters with the latest news, articles, exclusive alumni webinars and more.

Terms and conditions

I confirm that in signing this application I have read and understood the terms and conditions Terms and conditions

I understand that I have a commitment to attend the Fellowship in full, and to provide all of the required feedback surveys, and that failure to do so may jeopardise my ability to graduate from the Fellowship.