You don't graduate from ACi. You grow through it.
Fellows, alumni, mentors, ambassadors, partners and experts, in one connected network across Africa and beyond.
Join the networkWho is in itChange work is lonely.
You take a program. You get a certificate. Everyone claps. Then the room empties, and you are back on your own with the same problem and nobody who understands it.
Most programs end there. The goodbye is where they stop paying attention to you.
African ChangeMakers does the opposite. The day you finish is the day you join the people who will still be answering your messages in ten years.
Who is in the network?
Fellows
People learning and building now.
Alumni
Graduates who keep growing through ACi.
Mentors
Experienced people who challenge and open doors.
Ambassadors
Country and community champions.
Partners
Organisations that back the work.
Challenge Hosts
Organisations that bring real problems.
Experts
Specialists who sharpen the thinking.
What members can do
Everything you can do once you are part of the network.
- 1Connect
- 2Collaborate
- 3Host events
- 4Take part in ACi activities
- 1Find mentors
- 2Find opportunities
- 3Join challenges
- 4Showcase projects
- 1Volunteer
- 2Mentor others
- 3Contribute research
The Fellowship ends.
The journey doesn't.
What could an African ChangeMakers Fellow become?
Mentor and challenge lead
Giving back the experience you earned, and pulling the next cohort through.
Ambassador and builder
Leading in your country, running an initiative, shaping how others develop.
Institution builder
Running the organisations and networks that carry Africa's next chapter.
Vision, not a promise: this is what the network is built to make possible.
Your path in the network
Every step up opens new ways to give back and be seen.
ACi Fellow
Alumni community, monthly intelligence briefing, peer collaboration, opportunities and the mentor network.
ACi Changemaker
Eligible for a mentor role, a challenge team, speaking opportunities, research projects, ACi media and community leadership.
Ambassador, mentor or challenge lead
High-performing alumni become mentors, country and community ambassadors, challenge hosts, guest speakers, research contributors and partnership connectors.
The alumni flywheel
Every Fellow who returns makes the network stronger for the next one.
The Opportunity Gateway
African ChangeMakers does not try to create every opportunity. We curate and connect the good ones, in six lanes.
Learn
Courses, fellowships, scholarships.
Work
Jobs, internships, remote work.
Build
Business opportunities.
Fund
Grants, investment, competitions.
Lead
Leadership opportunities.
Connect
Partnerships and collaboration.
Champions across Africa
African ChangeMakers country representatives carry the movement into their own communities.
Alumni across africa & dIASPORA.
The network in pictures
Meet-ups, Conferences, Awards and the People who make them.
Find your place
Become a Fellow
Start with the Fellowship.
Become a mentor
Share what you know.
Become an ambassador
Carry ACi into your community.
Partner with us
Sponsor, host a challenge or back the work.