Lifecycle: { "status": "2026 applications closed", "edition": "2026", "cadence": "annual", "launched": 2013, "duration": "6 months", "renewable": false, "dates": { "start": "2026-01", "other_current_dates": "not published on current page" } } Funding and benefits: { "cash": { "amount": null, "currency": null, "scope": "consultant fees; exact amount not published" }, "total_pool": null, "benefits": { "salary_or_stipend": "World Bank short-term consultant fees", "tuition": null, "travel": "round-trip economy-class travel to Washington, DC or a World Bank country office", "housing": null, "insurance": null, "research_budget": null, "in_kind": [ "assignment in a World Bank unit", "operations and institutional policy experience" ] } } Eligibility and filters: { "citizenship": "national of a Sub-Saharan African country", "residence": null, "countries": "Sub-Saharan Africa", "destination": "Washington, DC or a World Bank country office", "age": "under 32 at application deadline", "experience": "strong quantitative and analytical skills", "education": "final PhD year or PhD completed within the prior 3 years", "career_stage": "late doctoral or recent doctorate", "fields": "World Bank-relevant development fields", "route": "individual application", "nomination": false, "institution": null, "language": "excellent written and verbal English", "location": "in person at assigned unit", "remote": false, "exclusions": [ "PhD completed more than three years before the stated eligibility window" ] } Application: { "opens": null, "deadline": null, "decision": null, "start": "2026-01", "end": null, "url": "https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/afr/brief/world-bank-group-africa-fellowship-program", "materials": [ "application form", "curriculum vitae", "statement of interest" ], "selection_stages": [ "eligibility screening", "shortlist", "unit matching", "selection" ] } Past editions and people: { "people": { "leaders": [ { "name": "Office of the Chief Economist, Africa Region", "role": "program management unit" } ], "latest_recipients": [ "Babatomisin (Tomi) Adeniran", "Erick Agure", "Hardi Ahmed", "Fikayo Akeredolu", "Sulpice Amonle", "Denera Atanguegnima", "Eric Junior Bomdzele", "Haddijatou Ceesay", "Karima Chiuri", "Guyo Godana Dureti", "Abdulrasheed Isah", "Mienke Knipe", "Arnold Musungu Lumumbah", "Elias Ndatabaye Maombi", "Brian Micheni", "Mustapha Wasseja Mohammed", "Towera Moyo", "Priscilla Niyokwiringirwa", "Amen-Patrick Nwosu", "Mbithe Nzomo", "Praise Otito Obanya", "Harriette Adhiambo Okal", "Ismaël Ouedraogo", "Chantale Oweggi", "Bibata Wassonguema", "Christelle Fifame Zozoungbo" ], "latest_edition": 2025, "past_recipients": [ "Theophiline Boser-Durek", "Fatoumata Nankoto Cisse", "Eleni Yitbarek", "Marina Mavungu Ngoma", "Adam Abebe", "Nwamaka Chidera Ogbonna" ], "coverage": "complete 2025 cohort plus official historical examples" }, "history": { "editions": [ { "year": 2025, "applications": 3039, "shortlisted": 115, "selected": 26, "women": 14, "program_funded": 20, "unit_funded": 6 } ], "statistics": [ "More than 270 fellows over the first 12 years" ] } } Known evidence gaps: [ "2026 application dates", "exact consultant fee", "2026 cohort" ] Source conflicts: []