Africa Graduate Mentorship and Coaching Programme 2025

INTRODUCTION

The Africa Graduate Mentorship and Coaching Programme (AGMCP) is a mentor-mentee network facilitated by the Interconnections for Making Africa Great Empowered and Sustainable (IMAGES) Initiative. The AGMCP Fellowship is designed for mentoring and coaching graduate-level students (Master and Ph.D.) between 20 and 30 years of age, and post-doctoral candidates who are less than 40 years of age. The life goals and professional profiles of mentees and mentors will be matched. Each successful candidate from an African country will be assigned to a mentor and life coach in Africa and the diaspora.

RESEARCH THEME
Developing Capacity for Assessing Sustainable African Agri-Food Systems

RESEARCH SUB-THEMES

  • Social Sustainability of African Agri-Food Systems
  • Economic Sustainability of African Agri-Food Systems
  • Agro-ecological and Environmental Sustainability of African Agri-Food Systems
  • Technologies for Transforming African Agri-Food Systems
  • Politics and Governance for Sustainable African Agri-Food Systems

DURATION OF PROGRAMME AND EXPECTATIONS

  • Application for the 2025 set (cohort 6) opens on 1 October 2024 and closes on 31 October 2024
  • The programme runs from January to December each year
  • The life goal and professional profile of mentees and mentors will be matched
  • Each successful candidate from an African country will be assigned to a mentor

APPLICATION PROCESS AND REQUIREMENTS

  • Interested graduate students in any African University should apply by clicking here.
  • For more information and enquiries, please contact: agmcp@imagesinitiatives.org | +234 803 597 3449