African Food Fellowship Systems Leadership Programme 2022 for emerging food systems leaders. (Scholarships Available)

The African Food Fellowship is made up of food system leaders, practitioners, and influencers. These are people who can see the big picture and are motivated by a desire to make a difference, a desire to act, and a grasp of how to effect change. You’ll perceive yourself as a like-minded leader eager to join a growing movement of change-makers.

Join 40 leaders from Agri-Finance, Aquaculture and Horticulture on a world-class leadership development programme hosted by Wageningen University & Research, and Wasafiri Consulting. The Food Systems Leadership Programme will help unleash your leadership for transforming food systems. It will inspire and challenge you to grow as a leader, better able to drive change and deliver impact.

African Food Fellowship Systems Leadership Programme 2022 Requirements

Are you a leader fuelled by an ambition for impact and a hunger for action? Are you working in the fields of Agri-Finance, Aquaculture and Horticulture? Do you meet the following requirements:

A legal resident of Kenya (non-nationals are also eligible).
45 years of age or younger.
Fluent reading and writing English.
Willing and able to commit 4 hours per week.

Please note that the participation fee for this programme is 94,800.00 Kenyan Shillings, payable in two installments. A limited number of scholarships are available.

African Food Fellowship Systems Leadership Programme 2022 Benefits

You’ll join a cohort of 40 leaders on a world class Food Systems Leadership programme, starting in November.
The 10-month programme will be delivered online, with informal meetups and assignments to visit other rFellows, organisations and businesses.
Your time investment will be an average of 4 hours per week.
Upon completion, you’ll be awarded a Certificate of Commitment to Food Systems Transformation from Wageningan University and Research. You’ll also graduate into the African Food Fellowship.

Join a professional network of food systems leaders across the continent.
Gain cutting-edge knowledge on food system change through expert faculty and mentors.
Acquire world-class tools and capabilities to lead systems change.
Learn from leading innovators, influencers and practitioners.
Build your profile to inspire other changemakers to action.

African Food Fellowship Systems Leadership Programme 2022

African Food Fellowship Systems Leadership Programme 2022 Programme Details

The 2022 cohort will comprise 40 Fellows, working across the fields of Agri-Finance, Aquaculture and Horticulture.
Your leadership journey will commence in November and continue for ten months of inspiring, action-oriented learning, culminating with graduation into the Kenya Food Fellowship and a life-long professional association of change-makers.
Module 1 – Fundamentals of Food Systems Leadership: Transforming food systems, the institutional eco-system, systems leadership, the Fellowship.
Module 2 – Deep Dive into Leadership: Systems leadership concepts, tools and competencies, leadership in African food and agriculture, personal leadership stories.
Module 3 – Deep Dive into Food Systems: Food system analysis, foresight for food system transformation, developing impact strategies.
Module 4 – Making System Change Happen: Changemaker mindset, frameworks for systemcraft, identifying leverage points and pathways for change.
Module 5 – Systems Action: Prototyping systems action projects, collaborative design and learning processes, peergroup coaching, technical mentoring.
Module 6 – Individual Reflection & Collective Sensemaking: Transitioning into a lifelong professional association of leaders and changemakers. Upon completion, you’ll be awarded a Certificate of Commitment to Food Systems Transformation from Wageningan University and Research. You’ll also graduate into the African Food Fellowship