Acumen Fund Fellows Program

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Each year, the Acumen Fund Fellows Program provides extraordinary young professionals with a unique opportunity to use their skills to effect real social change with the Acumen's portfolio organizations in Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, and to build lasting relationships with other like-minded individuals.

Fellows spend one year working with the Acumen's team and with local entrepreneurs, gaining intensive experience in price performance, logistics, distribution systems, scaling and innovative technology.

Fellows will learn and apply these skills while enjoying an unusual level of responsibility both at Acumen Fund and within their portfolio organizations.

Becoming an acumen fund fellow

Acumen fund fellows include:

individuals who have already decided on a career in social ventures

individuals who seek a career at the highest levels in the corporate world but want to

be connected to ventures that make a diference on the problems of poverty

future entrepreneurs who want to learn about entrepreneurship in the most demanding setting

Acumen fund seeks individuals with graduate degrees or equivalent work experience, as well as:

demonstrated ability to engage with and add value to an unfamiliar business

passion for applying business skills to efect social change

project management experience

evidence of entrepreneurialism

proven ability to adapt to diferent cultures or new environments

Contact:

76 ninth avenue, suite 315, new York, nY 10011Phone: 212.566.8821
Fax: 212.566.8817
Email: info[at]acumenfund.org

Application Deadline: October 24 each year

For more information and application materials, contact: Acumen Fund Fellows Program Website

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