We match students from various universities in Africa with carefully vetted African professionals and allies who share their experiences, advise, guide and serve as role models for the students throughout university and often beyond.
By 2040, Africa will be home to the world’s largest labor force, but over 50% lack the critical skills required for today’s job market or to advance in life.
By joining our crop of mentors, you are making a difference by sharing your experiences, and guiding and inspiring a person to build a purpose-driven career and succeed in life.
Our mentoring program requires about one-hour monthly or bi-monthly virtual meetings. For maximum outcome and to ensure that it takes minimal mentor time, we mandate our scholars to be at the driving seat of the mentoring program by setting goals, scheduling meetings and coming up with questions.
Learn more about mentoring, the problem of youth unemployment in Africa, and
mentoring at VarsityMentor. We usually achieve this by hosting Awareness
seminars in companies to share our mission and generate interest.
Complete the VarsityMentor application form. This will help us learn more
about you and your interests, and may also be used in the interview and
matching stages.
Candidates shortlisted to advance to the next stage are invited to a virtual,
one hour interview. The interview helps us to vet and learn more about the
candidate’s interest in mentoring.
All application and interview materials are reviewed. Candidates selected to
advance to the next stage are contacted to do a background check. We also
check how well candidates’ interests align with the mission of VarsityMentor
At this stage, shortlisted candidates are matched with students. Matching
happens in May-June, the mentoring program begins in September just as the
school year commences.
VarsityMentor informs candidates of their final mentor status, and introduces
them to the students they have been matched with. This includes a number of
training, orientation and onboarding programs
