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Common Purpose has just launched the Instrumental Africans: AFC Fellowship Towards South-North Dialogue], in partnership with* Africa Finance Corporation (AFC). The AFC Fellowship will bring together emerging leaders from across Africa, the wider global South, and the global North. It builds on the success of the Climate Challenge Leadership Programme, which ran in 2023 with 50 participants from around the world. The AFC Fellowship is both a leadership development programme and a place for dialogue and exchange between leaders of the rising generation across the global South and North. The focus is our shared climate challenge and other key global issues. To join the AFC Fellowship, the first step is to be accepted onto the Climate Challenge Leadership Programme, which comprises two key elements:
- An introduction to the Common Purpose thought leadership of ‘Leading Beyond Authority’,
- Addressing the challenge “How can the world reform carbon markets to incentivize the preservation and expansion of forests, grasslands, peatlands, and mangroves in Africa and across the global South in the interest of achieving global net zero.”
Successful applicants will be emerging leaders (typically with over 5 years professional experience) from different sectors, backgrounds, countries, and communities across Africa, the wider global South, and the global North. There will be 40 places available and there is no cost for participants as this is funded by Africa Finance Corporation. Applications are now open, and you can apply here . The application deadline is midnight (UK time) on Sunday, 8 September 2024.