Leap Africa Social Innovators Program and Awards (SIPA) For Young Nigerian Entrepreneurs 2019/2020

Published: 21 Jul 2019 1,589 views

LEAP Africa is a youth-focused leadership development nonprofit organization with a mission to inspire, empower and equip a new cadre of leaders with skills and tools for personal, organization and community transformation. Its interventions for youth, bridges gaps in effective leadership, education, employability, entrepreneurship and awakens civic participation in citizens to demand good governance or creatively address social issues.

Currently it is accepting applications for the Leap Africa Social Innovators Program and Awards (SIPA) For Young Nigerian Entrepreneurs to participate in.  To be invited to the program, the fellows have to be
between the ages of 18-35 years with ideas and initiatives offer effective solutions to challenges in local communities across Nigeria.

LEAP Africa Fellowship

Application Deadline	August 4, 2019
Country to study
Type	Anambra
Sponsor	LEAP Africa
Gender	Men and Women

Benefits of LEAP Africa Fellowship

LEAP will support successful applicants scale their social enterprise through:

1. Provision of local and international opportunities: we support fellows with opportunities to get access to grants, trainings, workshops, organized by our partners both locally and internationally. Fellows have been able to access grants from international grant-giving organizations through their participation in the SIPA.
2. Publicity for Fellows: During the course of the fellowship year, LEAP leverages its various online media platforms to showcase the innovative work done by fellows to the online community.
3. Creating local partnerships for Fellows: LEAP provides the opportunity and recommendations for fellows to partner with organizations who will support with project implementation and support services.

Requirements for LEAP Africa Fellowship

An ideal SIP fellow should be:

1. Youth between the ages of 18-35 years, whose ideas and initiatives offer effective solutions to challenges in local communities across Nigeria.
2. Initiators/co-founders of a social-focused project/venture/enterprise/ Foundation,
3. located in Nigeria.
4. Applicants who have been involved in operating their project/enterprise beyond 12 months prior to the commencement of the Fellowship.

Selection Process

In our review of applications, we will be looking for the following:

1. Level of creativity/innovation applied in their entrepreneurial approach towards social change.
2. Experience mobilizing people and resources to achieve set goals.
3. Motivation for application: Applicants must give compelling reasons why they would like to participate in the fellowship programme and also show a strong desire to increase the impact of their change initiative.
4. Demonstrate a passion for social change and active participation in community building.
    

Application Documents

1. Valid Government issued identification.
2. Evidence (photographs, videos, fliers, publications etc.) of past project implemented by the organization.

Application Deadline

August 4, 2019

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to LEAP Africa on www.leapafrica.org to apply