FELLOWS IMPACT
The track recordof the Fellows Program.
Since May 2020, the BMGA Fellows Program has prepared early-career women across Africa and Asia for professional success. This is what it has built — its Fellows, its mentors, and where its alumni have gone — as the Foundation has published it.
BMGA Fellows across four cohorts
Countries where Fellows now live and work
Rated the programme transformational for their lives and careers
MILESTONES
MAY 2020
The programme launches
A social impact initiative for young female university students and recent graduates, starting with twelve women.
2020
The first Fellows
Among them Qaozara Adepeju-Orekoya, founder of the Vibrant Girls Development Initiative.
2021
Mentors from leading universities
Graduate students from institutions including the University of Cambridge join as peer mentors.
JUNE 2021
Going Global
BMGA presents a poster at the British Council's Going Global conference for leaders in international education.
OUTCOMES
Where Fellows have gone next
GRADUATE STUDY
Scholarships at leading universities
Fellows have gone on to admission, with scholarships, at graduate schools including Georgetown Law, the University of Cambridge and the University of California, Berkeley.
CAREERS
Roles at global organisations
Others have received full-time offers from global organisations including Google and the United Nations.
GIVING BACK
An Alumni Network that gives back
Through the Alumni Network, Fellows give back to the programme, sustain the relationships it began, and support their own communities through annual impact engagements.
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Qaozara Adepeju-Orekoya
2020 Fellow
Through Vibrant Girls Development Initiative (VGDI), a youth-led non-for-profit organization committed to the development of girls especially those under the age of 20, Qaozara is continually paying it forward.
Since 2014, VGDI has been helping young girls channel their energies into positive causes as well as grooming them into vibrant women in society.
IN THEIR WORDS
Fellows on the programme
The program was challenging and super intense, yet worth every second of my time. The intensity of the program has helped me to build some healthy habits. Also, I am better prepared for the global work environment due to its rich, well-tailored and organized curriculum. Learning from top leaders and experts across relevant sectors was one of my major highlights.
Temilade Adelakun
Nigeria
My biggest takeaway from the program is the confidence boost that I have gotten. I used to have a habit of second-guessing myself. However, in one of the sessions we had with the Founder, she mentioned that we should do the thing that works 95% of the time and we'd succeed. I have applied this to a lot of things this year and have gotten this far.
Catherine Brink
South Africa
The BMGA Fellows Program has been an immersive experience and I am very grateful to be a beneficiary. I was in a period of transitioning from school to work life and the program came just in time to launch me into this new phase of my life.
Akorfa Dawson
Ghana
We were told it was going to be an intense program but nothing could have prepared me for the program's intensity. It was very intense yet completely worth it because I had the opportunity to be lectured by professors from top universities worldwide. The curriculum was holistic and tailored to equip me for unprecedented career growth.
Theresa Odey
Nigeria
My cultural identity has been redefined and I am proud to be an African. The Champions of Africa's History class demystified beliefs I held onto about my roles as an African woman. I now know that I do not have to compromise my femininity to be taken seriously.
Imaa Muheto
Uganda
- University of Cambridge
- University College London
- University of Amsterdam
- Geneva Graduate Institute
- University of Nigeria, Nsukka
- Vodafone Group
- Scalehouse
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