GET READY TO APPLY: Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship on Entrepreneurship 2027
Queen's University Dunin-Deshpande Innovation Centre with the Mastercard Foundation
Apply on their own site: https://www.queensu.ca/innovationcentre/programs/jim-leech-mastercard-foundation-fellowship-entrepreneurship
This checklist: https://qualifyafrica.com/o/jim-leech-mastercard-foundation-fellowship-entrepreneurship-2027
Built only from what the listing states. Lines marked (our advice) are ours.
The application takes real work, by our reading.

1. CHECK YOURSELF AGAINST WHAT THEY ASK
[ ] A student or recent graduate of a post-secondary institution in Africa, any discipline
[ ] Able to commit about 10 hours a week to the programme; a business or just an idea is fine

2. WHAT TO GET READY
An online form; it names no documents. Some forms do not save as you go, so set aside time to do it in one sitting.
In their words: "Online application linked from the programme page"

3. DATES
- Closes 1 December 2026, in 40 days.
- Aim to send it by 28 November 2026. Websites slow down near a deadline, and data runs out. (our advice)

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