Apply for the Western Union Foundation Fellowship Program 2025
The Western Union Foundation Fellowship Program is now accepting applications. This initiative aims to assist individuals from refugee, forcibly displaced, and severely marginalized communities. The fellowship is intended to equip these individuals with the necessary skills, resources, and networks to develop their businesses and enhance their impact.
The program is supported by mentors and speakers who possess extensive knowledge in fostering positive change within marginalized communities. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with other inspiring entrepreneurs, seasoned leaders, and potential investors, thereby accumulating resources to scale their enterprises.
Benefits
The Western Union Foundation Fellowship Program promises these benefits to its participants:
- Engage other entrepreneurs with diverse but similar backgrounds from across the world
- Learn strategies for broadening and deepening business impact
- Pitch leaders, funders, and executives
- Receive stipends to execute a community-focused project
- Plug into a global network that could spur their growth
Eligibility
This program is open to persons who meet the following criteria:
- Experienced the challenges faced by refugee, displaced, and marginalised communities, and are working to solve the problems they face
- A non-profit or for-profit organisation caters to the underserved with a working business model, and is looking to scale
- Venture must be located in an eligible country (e.g. Nigeria)
- Applications will remain open until July 1, 2025. If you would like to apply for this opportunity, you can do so HERE.
