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Are you an African student searching for scholarship to fund your studies abroad? Search no more, below is a list of scholarships for African students to study abroad 2026-2027.
The Nigerian AI Collective is pleased to invite applications from civil society organisations (CSOs) across Nigeria for a six-month engagement to strengthen AI capacity, enhance advocacy competence, and foster accountability in the evolving AI ecosystem. This workshop is implemented by the Centre fo
Published: 23 Jul 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 01 Aug 2025
The AU Media Fellowship 3.0 is guided by three core priorities: producing high-quality, impactful content; ensuring strong alignment with the objectives and institutional frameworks of the African Union; and expanding outreach to maximise the Fellowship’s reach and influence. By balancing thes
Published: 22 Jul 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 14 Aug 2025
The Kipaji Scholarship Fund is founded especially for talented students from countries with upcoming economies. Students from these countries could have the potential, but not the means to study at the University of Twente. The scholarship is meant as additional support for UTS scholarship students.
Published: 22 Jul 2025 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Netherlands Value: €12,000 Deadline: Not Specified
Students who would have previously been eligible for EU fee status who are self-funding their 1 trimester or 2 trimester study abroad in September 2025 or January 2026 are eligible for a £2,000 (GBP) scholarship. Students who are coming via a partnership agreement or a Study Abroad provider ar
Published: 21 Jul 2025 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: Not Specified
Carnegie Mellon University offers a program for undergraduates in their final year of study that provides a bridge to graduate study. The free, six-week intensive graduate study preparation program is intended for promising and motivated students who are interested in studying in one of the fo
Published: 18 Jul 2025 Type: Undergraduate Study in: United States Deadline: 31 Aug 2025
Ecosystem Catalysts Facility (AECF). The Africa Ecosystem Catalysts Facility (AECF) is a USD 4M investment facility designed to unlock early-stage capital for startups in Ghana, Nigeria, and Tanzania that are advancing economic mobility and climate resilience. Managed by Village Capital, the Facilit
Published: 17 Jul 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 04 Aug 2025
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South Africa needs an increase in science and engineering graduates if we are to effectively resource the country with necessary and scarce skills to achieve goals of the National Development Plan and ensure a successful and sustainable future for our citizens. SANSA 2026 POSTGRADUATE BURSARIES F
Published: 17 Jul 2025 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 30 Sep 2025
The She Code Africa Mentorship Program is designed for women in tech who are looking to gain clarity, direction, and professional growth through mentorship. Whether you’re navigating a career transition or seeking guidance to level up in your current role, this program offers you the
Published: 17 Jul 2025 Type: Training Deadline: 25 Jul 2025
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Join the ISS Junior Fellowship Programme – where hard-working young West Africans develop the skills to drive meaningful change and launch their careers in the policy field. The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and the Bosch Foundation are empowering West Africa’s next generation
Published: 16 Jul 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 01 Aug 2025
The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, founded by the Royal Academy of Engineering, is Africa’s biggest prize dedicated to engineering innovation. The Prize awards commercialisation support to African innovators developing scalable engineering solutions to local challenges. These innovat
Published: 16 Jul 2025 Type: Training Deadline: 23 Sep 2025
The EAccelerate Fund 2025 is now accepting applications from East African filmmakers looking to bring their short film ideas to life. This fund is designed to provide support, funding, and mentorship to filmmakers from East Africa to create high-quality short films with regiona
Published: 16 Jul 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Value: €20,000 Deadline: 21 Aug 2025
The Francis Regan Student Scholarship is designed to provide financial assistance to a student who is enrolled in an Honours degree or Masters degree in Business, Criminology, Government or Law at Flinders University and who is undertaking a research project in any area of social justice. T
Published: 16 Jul 2025 Type: Masters Study in: Australia Value: $1,000 Deadline: 13 Aug 2025
An intensive capacity development program supporting agripreneurs (SMEs) in the agribusiness landscape to be aware of how their businesses are affected by climate change and to enable them to develop strategies to adapt and mitigate the impact of climate change through climate-smart practices
Published: 14 Jul 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 27 Jul 2025
The MTN Cloud Accelerator is a 12-week program designed to help African startups grow faster by leveraging MTN’s products, platforms, and partners. Whether you’re scaling digital payments, transforming healthcare, or reimagining agriculture — The Cloud Accelerator wi
Published: 14 Jul 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 15 Aug 2025
The WIPO Young Experts Program (YEP) supports the development of early-career professionals who are passionate about Intellectual Property (IP) and its role in driving innovation and sustainable development worldwide. Through this 2-year competitive program, a select group of young and talented p
Published: 14 Jul 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 14 Aug 2025
The APRI Young Talent Program is a recurring initiative aimed at engaging young professionals and recent graduates worldwide who are passionate about African policy research. The program provides a unique opportunity to gain insights into the workings of a growing think tank and to contribute meanin
Published: 11 Jul 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: Not Specified
Loughborough University is delighted to offer a CBF (20%) scholarship to support eligible master's students domiciled in Africa. The scholarship has been created as part of the Loughborough University Strategy 2030, ‘Creating Better Futures. Together’, to help African students a
Published: 11 Jul 2025 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: Not Specified
Miles Morland set up the foundation which bears his name in 2013, after a career investing in Africa via two companies he created, Blakeney Management and DPI (Development Partners International). It can be difficult for writers, before they become established, to write while simultane
Published: 11 Jul 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Value: £18,000 Deadline: 19 Sep 2025
The South African Cultural Observatory (SACO) is inviting postgraduate students to apply for its 2025–2027 Scholarship Programme. This opportunity supports South African nationals pursuing postgraduate studies at a South African university. The South African Cultural Observatory (SACO) is a
Published: 11 Jul 2025 Type: Postgraduate Value: R40,000 Deadline: 31 Aug 2025
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The 2025 Africa’s Data Future Fellowship is a dynamic 3-month remote capacity-building programme for emerging leaders in the African data governance landscape. Organised by the Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa (CSEA), the fellowship equips early-career professionals and changema
Published: 11 Jul 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 30 Jul 2025
In 2010 alone, a whopping 380,376 African Students, enrolled for studies at an international university, from then to 2020, that number has significantly grown with many African students making plans to study overseas.
Usually, when you check the cost that comes with studying overseas, it is easier for you to opt for a cheaper option, which is studying in your country. Yet, the question remains, if abroad studies are so expensive why then are African Students trooping out to do so? Simple answer, they are going to school on scholarship.
In a bid to make studying abroad easier and cheaper for students in various African countries, the government, universities, companies, foundations, and even individuals, made available schemes such as fully-funded scholarships for African students, which aspiring students like you can take advantage of to fund their studies overseas.
Being the absolute go to website / plug for all things international scholarships for African students, you can now double your efforts on finding suitable online scholarships for African students, by browsing through our impressive compilation of international study opportunities you can easily qualify for.
We believe that money should never be a hindrance for you to further your education, which is why we also have overseas study opportunities that you can benefit from, no matter the type of degree you want to pursue.
As a Masters or Ph.D student, you can check out our latest postgraduate scholarships for African students. And if you are an aspiring Bachelor's degree student, to see our undergraduate scholarships for African students to study abroad go to our undergraduate section. We ensure that no one gets left behind in this race for better abroad study opportunities.
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