Celebrating our sisters, growing up north, fully-funded scholarships and a new search tool!
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Hey sis,
Happy new month! I hope your August is filled with beautiful news, the warmest hugs (if you like them), and seizing amazing opportunities boldly. As I write today’s letter, I am listening to You Say by Lauren Daigle and I hope you always remember that you are not alone, sis. In this sometimes exhausting but fulfilling journey of becoming, Sisterly HQ is so proud to partner with you to succeed and achieve your goals. With us, you’ve got a cheerleader and community that’s always rooting for you.
A snapshot of this week’s letter
Growing up north and wearing many hats.
Celebrating our sisters, Stephanie and Fathiah!
A fully-funded undergrad scholarship to the USA.
Living your tech sis dreams with this no-code scholarship.
Stories
From Our Archives
Balpolam Idi - On Wearing Many Hats
In this story, our Ifeoluwa A chats with Ballie who is a physical and health educator, a culture enthusiast, a project manager and a writer about wearing her many hats. Ballie who is also the author of Growing Up North, talks about growing up in the village and how her grandmother inspired her love for culture.
For more real and raw stories of Nigerian women, click here.
FindHer
On this week’s FindHer, our sis is looking for a grant for her business in trading. She has years of experience in teaching but is now building a business in buying and selling products.
Here’s an opportunity for her:
Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton, Access Bank (5 Million Naira Grant)
This could be you next week! Let’s help you find your next big break. Click here to get started.
Share Your Win With Us!
Last month, two of our sisters, Stephanie and Fathiah got into the Chatham House Summer School. The Chatham House is one of the world’s most prestigious international organizations. Congratulations. We are so proud of you!
Did you get into any of the opportunities we shared at Sisterly HQ recently? Share your win and experience with us. We’d love to celebrate with you, sis.
Opportunities
What’s New
Click on each opportunity to apply.
EU Blue Book Traineeship Programme: A 5-month paid traineeship from the European Union. A number of places are allocated to non-EU nationals.
Graduate Analyst Programme, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Nigeria: This is for graduates and early career starters who are interested in discovering a career path within strategy consulting.
Quality Assurance Specialist, Time Doctor (Remote): This is a 100% remote role that allows you to work from anywhere. 3 - 5 years of QA experience required.
Morehead-Cain Undergraduate Scholarship: This is a fully-funded undergraduate scholarship to attend the University of North Carolina, USA for four years. International students are eligible!
AAU International Fellowships: The program provides support for women who are pursuing full-time graduate or postdoctoral study in the United States. Offers up to $50,000.
Call for Projects - Data Futures Lab, Mozilla Foundation: Are you building a game-changing project in Africa that leverages data or AI to address community challenges? The Data Futures Lab is eager to hear from you!
Ingressive For Good NoCode Scholarship: If you’ve always wanted to be a tech sis but don’t like coding, this is for you! 4000 scholarships will be awarded. Closing tomorrow!
Like these opportunities? There’s more where they came from. This week, we added over 30 new opportunities to our website!
Closing Soon!
Click on each opportunity to apply.
Today, August 5: GETAccelerated Cohort 2 (1 Million Naira Grant)
August 6: YALI Africa Climate Tech Innovators and Leaders Program, Stack Shift Sourcing Camp, Ingressive For Good NoCode Scholarship
August 7: H2UPP E-Learning Scholarship - Green Hydrogen Economics and Project Development, SDGs Advocate Programme - UN SDSN Nigeria, Digital Public Infrastructure Journalism Fellowship, African Internet Governance Forum 2023 (Fully Funded), Analytics for a Better World Fellowship
August 8: Film Industry Consultant - British Council, Sustainable Development Goals and the Law Online Course, Cambridge University, Wealth Economy, SDGs and the Law Online Course, Cambridge University, The Paris Agreement, Sustainable Development and the Law Course, Cambridge University, Biodiversity, Sustainable Development and the Law Course, Cambridge University
August 9: ARM Labs Lagos Techstars Accelerator 2023, PLAC 2023 Legislative Internship
August 10: Moving Narratives - The Prince Claus Fund and the British Council Mentorship Award, EDF Pulse Africa Awards, Youth Interfaith Leaders Fellowship on Climate Change, 2023 Landscape Leadership Workshop, Campaigner of the Year Award - One Young World, Programme Officer, Solidarity and Care, African Women's Development Fund, Sir Harry Evans Global Fellowship, Mwalimu Nyerere Pan-African Young Leaders Fellowship Program
August 11: Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton, Access Bank (5 Million Naira Grant), Young Journalist Award 2023 - Thomson Foundation, Atipó Book Review Prize - Book O'Clock, John and Alice Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, Made To Travel Fund - Expedia, Africa Data and Drone Academy, Requests for Proposals: TV Show on Women in Governance, Donor Mapping & Prospecting Consultant, FRIDA | The Young Feminist Fund (Remote)
Hot tip: You asked and we listened! We have created a new search tool for our mobile users. Now, you can find specific opportunities from Sisterly HQ by searching or filtering opportunities according to type or name on your phone. It’s linked on the Opportunities Board.
Resource Recc
SEO Africa places African students and recent graduates into jobs and internships at the top companies in the world such as Goldman Sachs and Bank of America. 2024 EMEA internship applications start soon and trust me, they should be on your radar. Click here to learn more about SEO Africa.
To-Do List
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See you next week!