Commonwealth Startup Fellowship 2025

About

The Commonwealth Startup Fellowship 2025 is a six-month program that provides early-stage entrepreneurs from low or middle-income Commonwealth countries with immersive learning, financial support, and networking opportunities to scale their startups and create meaningful impacts in their home countries.

Benefits

• Fully funded travel to Accra, Ghana
• Accommodation, travel, and catering during the bootcamp
• Reimbursement for visa application and vaccination costs
• Fellow's Grant Fund for business-related expenses
• Networking opportunities with global entrepreneurs and industry leaders
• Exclusive access to capstone events in London for high-performing startups

Eligibility Criteria

• Graduate degree or equivalent qualification
• Citizen or permanent resident of a low or middle-income Commonwealth country or refugee status in an eligible country
• Proficient in English
• Not undertaken a Commonwealth Professional Fellowship in the last five years
• Startup with a minimum viable product, service, or prototype
• At least six months of active development with a committed team
• Evidence of customer traction or measurable demand