Archbishop Tutu Fellowship Selection Site
The Tutu Fellowship Programme
Nominations for the 2026 Tutu Fellowship Programme close at midnight South Africa time on 21 September 2025 - this Sunday.
The process for the 2026 cohort is changing compared to previous years. On a continent blessed with outstanding young leaders, we are fortunate that the Archbishop Tutu Fellowship Programme attracts the extraordinary young people that it does. The large numbers of nominees we have seen apply to the programme in past cohorts bodes well for the continent. But AFLI's programme size is small, as is its staff. The large numbers from our previous, fully-open nomination phase negatively impacted our capacity to diligently review all of the applications to find the best candidates. We do not wish to outsource selection, or run our process through an imperfect algorithm. For this past 2025 cohort, we received almost 1,000 nominations from across the continent for the cohort of 25 slots. This year, AFLI limited the public announcement of the nominations and the open period for nominations will be very short.
Nomination Information
AFLI accepts only one nomination per nominee. Nominators, please check first with your potential candidate to see if they have already been nominated. For individuals wanting to be considered, please work closely with your Nominator to ensure a powerful nomination is submitted in good time for consideration for the programme. Please read the information at the PROGRAMME menu about the programme and the selection process. Nominators, please also read the FAQs before filling out the nomination form.
The deadline when nominations close is midnight South Africa time on 21 September 2025. (This Sunday).
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