African Private Equity Fellowship for Investment Professionals 2024. Join African Private Equity Fellowship, an initiative launched by Proparco with the support of leading African funds.
A first-ever executive program to boost your career in PE, VC & Private Debt in Africa:
- Meet investors from leading African funds
- Access the best use cases to level-up your industry knowledge
- Join a network of tier-1 investors in Africa
- The applications for the Fall 2024 cohort are open
Why join?
Join African Private Equity Fellowship, an initiative launched by Proparco with the support of leading African funds.
This program is made for you if you are:
- An active finance professional in Africa (PE, VC, Debt…)
- Willing to accelerate your career
- Willing to develop your network
- Ready to commit up to 3 hours per week for 6 months
What you get
Topics covered during the Fellowship include :
- Major trends in private equity in Africa
- Macro risk management
- Financing/debt: focus on private credit in Africa
- The strong growth of Venture Capital in Africa
- ESG in private equity in Africa
- Sector focus: Infrastructure Energy, Telco/FinTech, Healthcare, Agri-food etc.
- Regional focus: East & South Asia, MENA, West Africa etc.
At the end of the Fellowship, participants will join our growing community of next-generation African Investors.
Your commitment
- The program is designed for active professionals, with mandatory webinars every two weeks after working hours. The Fellowship is 100% online and totally free of charge.
- 2-3 hours per week max, over a 6 months period. This includes both synchronous (mandatory) webinars and asynchronous times (optional MOOC, mentorship etc..).
- Commitment and rigour are expected from the Fellows, with regard to the quality of the stakeholders involved in the programme.
Selection criteria
Applications for the Fall 2024 cohort are open.
The program is open to investment professionals, from the whole African continent and promote synergies between regions. We will pay particular attention to achieving gender parity in the program.
Applicants will be selected according to these criteria:
- Already working in PE / VC / Private Debt (or working in Finance and willing to initiate your career in those sectors)
- Working with the African continent
- English-speaking (fluent)
- Have 2 to 6 years of experience in PE / VC / Private Debt
- Available to attend the program : approximately 2/3 hours per week
Application details
- Applications for the third cohort, starting in Fall 2024, are now open!
- Applications for the third cohort, starting in Fall 2024, will close on July 24, 2024
For more information:Visit the website for African Private Equity Fellowship for Investment Professionals 2024
