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Southeast Asia

Acumen Fellow Cheryl Goh sits at a counter; Photo provided by Cheryl Goh

Based in Malaysia, our Southeast Asia team has supported leaders solving problems of poverty since 2021.

Our impact in Southeast Asia

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For over 17 years, our Fellowship, a rigorous leadership program, has brought together a cohort of extraordinary individuals working on problems of poverty and equipped them with the knowledge, skills, and community needed to strengthen their leadership and scale their impact to create meaningful change in their regions. 

In addition to running numerous Accelerator programs in Vietnam and Southeast Asia, the Acumen Fellowship launched in Malaysia in 2021. Since then, three cohorts of extraordinary leaders have completed the program. In 2024, the Fellowship expanded to include countries across Southeast Asia.

Acumen Fellow Will Chua examines trees for cultivation; Photo provided by Will Chua
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Southeast Asia Fellowship

Leaders learn skills and get support to solve problems of poverty as part of a community of 65 Fellows.

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