About the programme
A collaborative six-day course, co-hosted in Abuja, that helps African women leaders build leadership skills, apply practical frameworks, and design a leadership action plan for economic agency, justice, and inclusion. Taught through community-led approaches and peer networking. Participants must arrive May 16 and depart May 23, 2027; the course runs May 17 to 22, 2027.
Duration: 6 days (in-person, May 17-22, 2027)
Eligibility
- Must be an African woman leader
- Emerging leader from a mid-level civil society organisation aligned with co-operative movement, economic empowerment, child protection, education, asset creation, health, and/or gender equality
- Seeking to improve skills needed to enact economic agency for sustainable livelihoods
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What you receive
- Full bursary for tuition, accommodation, breakfast and lunch, and graduation supper
- Leadership frameworks and tools
- Personal leadership action plan
- Peer network of women leaders
How to apply
- Apply through the course application link before the January 15, 2027 deadline
Applications are submitted on Coady Institute, St. Francis Xavier University, with the International Media and Information Literacy Institute and the National Open University of Nigeria’s own site. Open Doors helps you prepare; it is not the official application portal.
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- Coady Institute, St. Francis Xavier University, with the International Media and Information Literacy Institute and the National Open University of Nigeria · Application
- Last checked
- 12 Nov 2026, read automatically from the official page
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