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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Colombia
Emerging leaders use bottom-up approaches to create change—restoring the social fabric for a new post-conflict Colombia.
Learn MoreEast 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.
India
APPLICATIONS OPEN
Dynamic leaders from nearly every walk of life who have impacted their sector and are deeply committed to creating meaningful change in India.
Applications OpenPakistan
Bold leaders building radical new solutions to bridge divides and create a society that works for all.
Learn MoreSoutheast 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.
Applications OpenUnited Kingdom
A community committed to solving problems of poverty in the United Kingdom
Keep UpdatedWest Africa
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
About the Fellowship
Overview
Acumen invests in social entrepreneurs across the capital continuum and accompanies them on the journey to create transformational change. At Acumen Academy, we identify and prepare these leaders with the hard skills required to build scalable solutions to poverty and the harder skills of moral leadership to re-imagine and build a better world.
Who are we looking for
We look for individuals who see problems as opportunities, who dare to dream and take action, who are idealistic in their pursuits and grounded in the hard work it takes to get there, who believe that change in the world starts with changing ourselves, and who have the humility to know that none of this is possible going at it alone.
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.
Community to accompany you on the journey
Test new skills with your cohort in real time, and build long-lasting peer relationships to support you.
Tools to build and scale
Join a global alumni network of more than 1,600 peers and get access to resources, mentoring, and social and financial capital.
Featured Fellows
Gayatri Jolly
Founder of MasterG
Radha Karnad
Public Health Clinician for Jhpiego
Sarah Matindi
Operations Manager at East Africa Playgrounds
Haroon Yasin
Founder of Orenda
Kibret Tuffa
Founder of Tebita Ambulance Pre-Hospital Emergency Medical
Julian Facundo Rinaudo
Coordinator of Red Etnósfera
