Every once in a while, we notice a friend, colleague or relative experience a QUANTUM LEAP – that one opportunity that turns everything around for them.
It could be an international scholarship, internship or fully funded fellowship.
For a long time, the process behind the selection of these beneficiaries has been a mystery to the general public and so we at HEADSTART AFRICA have gone to special lengths to secure tonight’s MASTERCLASS!
We’re going to be learning “How ANYONE can spot and secure FULLY FUNDED international opportunities”
ABOUT GRACE IHEJIAMAIZU
Grace Ihejiamaizu is a Social Entrepreneur, Educator and Mandela Washington Fellow working to promote quality education and empower the next generation of leaders and entrepreneurs.
VERY NOTABLY, Grace is the founder of OpportunityDesk.org, THE LARGEST ONLINE PLATFORM IN THE WORLD that shares relevant opportunities for youth across the world.
In 2015, she coached a team of young girls to develop a mobile app to solve a problem in their community. The group, Team Charis, represented Africa at the Technovation World Pitch in San Francisco where they emerged global winners.
Grace has since become a Technovation Master Educator Fellow to get more girls into technology. She also currently serves as the Faculty Advisor for Enactus, UNICAL.
Grace has spoken and facilitated sessions at national and international conferences including the World Economic Forum, UNESCO Youth Forum, and OpenCon.
Her passion and dedication to the development of youth has won her several awards including being named one of Google’s 12 brightest Young Minds in 2011 and a Global Changemaker in 2012.
She was one of the Honorees for the 2013 Future Awards Africa Young Person of the Year Prize and in 2016, became a Mandela Washington Fellow of President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI).
She was recently named one of 50 Youth Leaders to watch during the CrossRiver@50 celebration and also received the President’s Award for Selfless and Outstanding Service as Vice President of the Mandela Washington Fellowship Alumni Association of Nigeria (MWFAAN) in 2017.
TALKING POINTS
- How international opportunities can transform your life, business or cause for good
- Where to spot hundreds of openings for international opportunities well in advance
- What international organizations are looking for in applicants
- How to professionally apply for opportunities in a way that greatly enhances your chances of selection
- How to prepare your mind and personal brand in order to best position for international opportunities
KEY RESOURCES
- OpportunityDesk.org
- Get Grace’s Book – Go Global With Opportunities: Every Young Person’s Guide To Accessing Global Opportunities
- Follow Opportunity Desk on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter
I have a deep regard for you, Mr. John. I post your insightful posts everywhere. It’s amazing how an African, a Nigerian, can be such a model.
Thank you Miss Grace for your invaluable time. The Headstart Africa Community is honored to have you educate us.
P.S: I am Theophilus Babalola, a Mining Engineering graduate of FUTA with a rich mind. I really wish I could go beyond reading your posts from a distance and have you as a personal Mentor.
I’m humble, just starting out, have a wealth of ideas and will be great. I’ll burn the candle at both ends to actualize this.
Long live OpportunityDesk!
Long live Headstart Africa!
Long live Nigeria!
Long live Africa!
And Long live Humanity!