Applications have been invited for the 2017 Women Green Fellowship Programme.
The fellowship offers six months long fellowship experience for exceptional young Nigerian graduates, matching them with challenging projects and enhance their competitiveness through world class training, internship and funding opportunities.
Details of the fellowship application procedure for the 4th Cohort open from March 1-31 is available on www.fellows.smefunds.com
The program according to a statement by a Director of the organizers, Ayodele Taofiq-Fanida is geared towards helping learners re-establish relationship with nature and learn the wisdom embedded in age-old rural communities.
Taofiq-Fanida said the programme also brings together social entrepreneurs and change agent from around the country to become green expert, leaders and industry thinkers in the clean technology world.
Applicants for the fellowship should be “a disrupter, innovator who is eager to become a solution provider to numerous challenges facing the society today.”
“ We are looking for women who desires to change the way things are done and want to improve it. Our 2016 Fellows were able to solved challenges around the environment, health, food security in a unique and sustainable manner which in turn will provides avenue for employment and job creations in the country, “ Taofiq-Fanida stated.
Modelled after best global practices and in its 3rd season, the Women Green Fellowship Programme invites and galvanizes Active-Unemployed Women Graduates across the country to a six-month Mentor-led Social Business accelerator program.
Young women and professionals through the programme will participate, engage and collaborate to identify and proffer Social and Sustainable Solutions to various problems confronting the poor, our communities, ecosystem and economy.
The Fellowship Programme will be flooded with Business and Life Coaches who will uniquely employ unconventional problem solving ways to turning Ideas into Projects and profitable Businesses. With the growing increase in graduates unemployment and difficult/unfriendly business environment for Start Ups, Social Business Models tend to provide a mix of goodwill, stakeholder externalities, grants, inclusiveness and low-risk patient capitals for innovative entrepreneurs working in difficult regions and communities.
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