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Applications are now open for the 2025 African Leadership Institute (AFLI) Archbishop Tutu Fellowship Programme. Click here to learn more about this fully-funded training opportunity and apply for it.
Opportunity Details
The flagship programme of the Institute is the Archbishop Tutu Leadership Fellowship Programme (ATLP). Each year, around 25 high-potential individuals from across Africa are awarded the prestigious Archbishop Tutu Fellowship, following a rigorous, competitive selection process. The awards are aimed at the cream of the continent’s future leaders, as indicated by the demanding selection criteria below, specifically targeting the next generation of Africa’s leaders in all sectors of society, between the ages of 30 and 40.
The ATLP is a multi-faceted leadership learning experience, whose focus is African leadership in a Global context. It is a 5-month part-time programme run in partnership with Oxford University’s Said Business School. The world class faculty and guest speakers are drawn from both Africa and outside, and the programme incorporates modules in Africa and at Oxford, reflecting the African/Global duality of the leadership that will be required of future African leaders. Over the thirteen years since its inception the ATLP has established itself as arguably the foremost leadership programme designed specifically for high potential African leaders in the 30-40 age range.
Timeline:
| Nominations open | 10 August 2024 |
| Nominations close | 6 September 2024 |
| Candidates are granted access to the site | Approximately 10 days after nominations close – around mid September |
| Deadline for candidates to submit their application | 4 October 2024 |
| Deadline for Letters of Recommendation by Referees | 4 October 2024 |
| Selection process begins | Mid-October 2024 |
| Finalisation by selectors of the Class | Mid January 2025 |
| Communication with final candidates | Invitation emails sent to Associates and Reserves early February 2025 |
| Announcement of the Class of 2025 | Sometime around the end of March, beginning of April. |
| First Workshop of the Programme | 3-11 May 2025 |
Selection Criteria
Preferred candidates for the Archbishop Tutu Leadership Programme (ATLP) are people, who, by their actions and achievements, and the values and principles by which they conduct their affairs, have demonstrated their potential as an ethical leader committed to contributing to positive change and development of the continent.
They will be between 30 and 40 years of age. They must be older than 30 on 30 April 2025 and younger than 40 years on 30 April 2025. Candidates can come from any sector of society – business, government or civil society. Candidates nominated and selected for the programme must demonstrate many of the following characteristics:
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