Fighting plastic waste with access to education, a 10 million grant for youth corpers, and a global summer internship!
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Hey sis,
Applying for opportunities can be confusing sometimes. This is why Sisterly HQ created our free Opportunity Navigator for you. This is a practical plan with 6 actionable steps to help you give any opportunity your best shot - be it a job, internship, scholarship, grant, program or fellowship. All we ask is that you refer one friend to sign up for this newsletter below and gbam, it’s in your mailbox with immediate effect! And guess what, The Opportunity Navigator even has a checklist with to-dos to help you get started. It’s talk and do, sis!
A snapshot of this week’s letter
She is providing access to quality education for Nigerian children while fighting plastic waste.
A 10 million naira grant for NYSC corpers.
A global summer internship program for African students.
We found this scholarship in Switzerland for our sis.
Stories
From Our Archives
Grace Amuzie — On Every Child Deserves a Chance
In this story, our Ifeoluwa A. chats with Grace, who is the founder of Isrina School — a volunteer-driven institution that provides fundamental, quality education for children from low-income households, accepting plastic as tuition fees. Grace shares why she started the school, her journey so far, and what keeps her going.
For more real and raw stories of Nigerian women, click here.
FindHer
On this week’s FindHer, our sis is a Master’s degree holder who is looking for international scholarships to pursue higher education in banking.
Here’s an opportunity for her: Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships
This could be you next week! Let’s help you find your next big break. Click here to get started.
Opportunities
What’s New
Click on each opportunity to apply.
2024 Summer Analyst Programme, Goldman Sachs: A paid summer internship open to African undergraduate students for 8 - 10 weeks at one of the world’s top banks. You don’t have to study finance or banking to apply!
IHS Skills Acquisition Programme 2023: A programme for graduates to learn, gain experience, and nurture skills for 15 months in operations, finance, or the corporate and commercial track. Open to grads of various disciplines.
Yenching Academy: A fully-funded fellowship to study at Peking University, China covering tuition fees, accommodation, monthly stipend, travel fare covered, and field study costs.
She Wins Africa Program, International Finance Corporation: This will support the growth of 5000 women-led startups with advice, training, mentorship, and networking opportunities.
Junior Product Manager, Okra: You will be responsible for delivering high-quality integrations with banks and building country-specific features that make Okra’s products stand out from the crowd.
The Farmers for the Future (F4F) Grant: The top 6 finalists will win an equity-free grant of NGN 10 million (₦3m for the first Prize, ₦ 2m for 2nd Prize, and ₦ 1m for 3rd Prize etc). Open to current NYSC corpers.
Arewa Ladies4Tech: A program by Data Science Nigeria and Google.org for women from Northern Nigeria to build skills in AI, and data science.
Mandela Washington Fellowship: Participate in a six-week Leadership Institute at a U.S. college or university to share your experiences with and learn from U.S. citizens and other Fellows.
EU-Backed AI Masters in Nigeria: This is targeted at persons with a technical background who want to learn about integrating AI capabilities into embedded systems and will last for 36 months.
Like these? There’s more where they came from. This week, we added 60 new opportunities to our website!
Closing Soon!
Click on each opportunity to apply.
Tomorrow, Aug 20: Social Shifters Global Innovation Challenge 2023 - $10K Prize, UNIDO Global Call 2023, BUILD Nigeria Cohort Mentor, Impact Coordinator, Catalyst 2030 (Remote), Learning and Support Officer, Cochrane (Remote), World Meteorological Organization (WMO) 2024 Calendar Photography Competition, The Kari Howard Fund for Narrative Journalism - $5000 Grants, FinEquity Communications Consultant, World Bank (Remote), Call for Fellows: Connecting the Dots
Aug 21: Freshwater and Community Conservation Remote Externship - $500 Stipend, SheVillage Training Program - Forbidden Topics, Senior Manager, Design, Learning, and Impact - Women Deliver, The Amazon Leadership Initiative (TheALI) Annual Leadership Forum for Young Female Leaders 2023, AFEX Bar Raisers
Aug 22: 99 Words Flash Fiction Competition, British Academy Writing Workshops 2022
Aug 23: Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (MPNU) Apprentice Training Program, UNICAF Video Contest - $100 Prize, Innovation Specialist, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) (Remote)
Aug 24: McCall MacBain Scholarships, EbonyLife Creative Academy and Jobberman Short Film Contest, Temporary Programme Associate, Red Umbrella Fund (Remote)
Aug 25: World Bank Group Africa Fellowship Program, Visa Accelerator Program, Bold Women Award by Veuve Clicquot, Prof. J. O. Fabunmi Law Graduate Internship Competition 2023
Hot tip: Rejections are one of the hardest parts of applying for opportunities. But it doesn’t have to be the end, sis. Always send a thank you mail, and if possible, ask for feedback from the organizers. Have chats with people who got the opportunity to know how they stood out, and always keep in touch. Don’t burn bridges. Sometimes, the 2nd or 5th time is a charm!
Resource Recc
A Beginner’s Guide to Tech and Society by Garnett Achieng contains resources and articles that can help you find your feet in tech policy and figure out where to start. It is aimed at African students who want to get into tech policy or people who want to pivot into that space. Find it here.
To-Do List
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