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The Acumen Fellowship Program

We equip leaders to build the change they dare to dream

Fellowship Graduates in Action

Learn how Acumen Fellows solve problems of poverty

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Around the Globe

Colombia

Emerging leaders use bottom-up approaches to create change—restoring the social fabric for a new post-conflict Colombia.

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Around the Globe

Colombia

Emerging leaders use bottom-up approaches to create change—restoring the social fabric for a new post-conflict Colombia.

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East Africa

Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Burundi, and South Sudan

Emerging entrepreneurs and change agents represent the best and brightest in a diverse range of cultural, geographic and socioeconomic backgrounds.

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India

Dynamic leaders from nearly every walk of life who have impacted their sector and are deeply committed to creating meaningful change in India.

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Pakistan

Bold leaders building radical new solutions to bridge divides and create a society that works for all.

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Southeast Asia

Extraordinary leaders harnessing the strength of Southeast Asian diversity to tackle the region’s most pressing social issues and create a more equitable future.

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Spain

APPLICATIONS OPEN

A community of leaders working to create systemic and sustainable change in Spain.

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United Kingdom

APPLICATIONS OPEN

A community committed to solving problems of poverty in the United Kingdom

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West Africa

APPLICATIONS OPEN

Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia and The Gambia

Entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and organization-builders from both public and private sectors model a new type of leadership grounded in hope and dignity.

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Today, I am strong enough to do this work no matter what. That feeling came through the Acumen Fellowship.”

Ashweeta Shetty,

Acumen India Fellow

The Fellowship Experience

A transformative, cohort-based leadership program for extraordinary individuals with an entrepreneurial mindset and a commitment to solving problems of poverty.

Curriculum to strengthen your leadership

Learn to negotiate across differences, motivate yourself and others, challenge traditional ways of working, and reshape the people, organizations, and systems around you.