Funding

Free

Program dates

TBA

Course / Training•Remote

AGFUND Development Programme

The Diana Award

Application Deadline

Closed · July 31, 2026

Expected to reopen

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The AGFUND Development Programme is a pilot run by The Diana Award and made possible by AGFUND. It supports Diana Award Recipients based in Africa who are already leading a project, campaign, initiative or organisation, helping them grow as changemakers over six months. The programme is delivered entirely online via Microsoft Teams and combines live learning, expert-led workshops and one-to-one support. Up to 25 young leaders join this first cohort, with a second cohort expected in January 2027.

Benefits & funding

  • Completely free to join.
  • Six-month virtual programme with a time commitment of at least 6 hours per month.
  • Live learning sessions (typically 90–120 minutes) and expert partner-led workshops.
  • Two 1:1 development support sessions.
  • Topics include leadership and sustainable change, time and energy management, wellbeing and resilience, measuring and demonstrating impact, strategic storytelling and visibility, partnerships and collaboration, funding and sustainability, and scaling impact.
  • Connection to a community of Diana Award Recipients across Africa.

Eligibility

  • Must be a Diana Award Recipient.
  • Must be based in Africa.
  • Aged between 16 and 25 at the start of the programme.
  • Actively leading or involved in a social-action project, initiative, campaign or organisation.
  • Able to commit to the full six-month virtual programme.

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    16–25 yrs

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Application process

  1. 1
    Confirm you hold a Diana Award and meet the age and location criteria.
  2. 2
    Complete the online application form linked from the programme page.
  3. 3
    Submit before the deadline; selected participants join up to 25 places in the cohort.

Program timeline

  1. Applications open

    July 2026

  2. Application deadline

    31 July 2026 (23:59 GMT)

  3. Programme onboarding

    September 2026

  4. Programme starts (runs six months)

    October 2026

  5. Second cohort expected

    January 2027