Opportunities
What the network needs right now, in one list. Everything here is volunteer work — VOAC has no funding and does not pretend otherwise. Where we pass on an outside opportunity, it is labelled as somebody else's.
role · VOAC
Agronomists with field-trial experience
Operation Sow a Seed starts with you. Design a farmer-led trial that includes the cooperative's own varieties, and publish the result in the cooperative's name. Volunteer.
Who it suits: Agronomists who have designed or run on-farm trials; Fon, Kpelle or Hausa facilitators
role · VOAC
Broadcast and RF engineers
Community radio in Ghana runs on borrowed engineers. Run an apprenticeship inside a working station and leave a manual behind in its language. Volunteer.
Who it suits: Engineers who can service a community transmitter and teach two volunteers to do the same
role · VOAC
Off-grid and solar power engineers
Power & Enterprise is waiting on one person. Produce an independent, costed options paper a trade association owns — including the option of doing nothing. Volunteer.
Who it suits: Solar or off-grid engineers, or small-enterprise energy finance, with Nigeria experience
training · VOAC
Story Lab — community recorders and trainers
Free, mobile-first training in consent-led recording, field audio and captioning. You keep the rights to everything you record.
Who it suits: People already working with a community radio station or youth group; producers and photographers who can teach
open call · VOAC
Mentorship Circle — mentee intake
A named mentor in your discipline, one working session a month for six months. Free, and a real commitment on both sides.
Who it suits: Young people aged 16–24 in media, agriculture, education, enterprise or the arts
None of these are paid, and none of them come with expenses covered yet. If that changes — it changes only after VOAC incorporates and can hold money — this page will say so on the day it does. Our legal status