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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.
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The Next Generation Resource Governance Leaders Program is an internship that intends to balance a dose of theory with real-world application and equip participants with the requisite multi-disciplinary intellectual development, practical skills, and research abilities to think in more innovative wa
Published: 26 Jun 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 30 Jun 2025
JADS is a capacity building project organized by the African Development Bank and the government of Japan. They provide two-year scholarship awards to African students studying at master level at their designated institutions.
Published: 26 Jun 2025 Type: Masters Study in: Japan Deadline: 30 Nov 2025
The program is designed to generate, validate, and scale solutions to persistent education and training challenges. Since its launch, IEA has engaged over 1,500 education stakeholders, promoted 180 innovations, and provided up to USD 1 million in technical and financial support to mainstream outstan
Published: 25 Jun 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Value: $50,000 Deadline: 30 Jun 2025
Through the AI Accountability Fellowships, the Pulitzer Center aims to support in-depth, high-impact reporting projects that document and explain the opportunities, harms, and regulatory and labor issues surrounding AI systems. The Fellowship program provides selected journalists with financial supp
Published: 25 Jun 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 11 Aug 2025
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) is excited to announce the opening of applications for its 2026 Artists in Residence Programme, which has been running since 2022. This programme is designed to foster arts practice as research and is aimed at artist-academics across various disciplines.
Published: 25 Jun 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: South Africa Deadline: 31 Jul 2025
The Youth Solidarity Fund (YSF) provides seed funding to youth-led organizations dedicated to fostering peaceful and inclusive societies. YSF supports projects, designed and developed for and by young people, that demonstrate innovative and effective approaches to intercultural
Published: 23 Jun 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 15 Aug 2025
The German Parliament invites politically and socially committed young graduates from Southern Africa (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa), East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda), and West Africa (Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal) to Berlin in January for a scholarship programme. The concept S
Published: 23 Jun 2025 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Germany Deadline: 13 Jul 2025
The TY Danjuma MBA Scholarship provides financial support to post-graduate African students who have been accepted onto MBA programmes at the top 10 leading business schools in the world only, as ranked by the Financial Times. The Financial Times MBA Global Ranking for 2025 lists
Published: 23 Jun 2025 Type: MBA Deadline: 30 Jun 2025
The University of Glasgow has up to 30 undergraduate scholarships available for students of African/African-Caribbean backgrounds. The scholarship supports students who could face financial difficulties taking up their place to study at the university. The value of the scholarship is £2,0
Published: 20 Jun 2025 Type: Undergraduate Study in: United Kingdom Value: £2,000 Deadline: 30 Jun 2025
The Yale Emerging Climate Leaders Fellowship offers an opportunity for 16 young climate and clean energy practitioners from across the Global South to broaden their technical skills, deepen their professional networks, and exchange views with top global clean energy and climate change leaders. Cl
Published: 20 Jun 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 01 Aug 2025
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Applications are now open for the 2025 CORAF Doctoral Thesis (PhD) Scholarships. The Food System Resilience Program (FSRP) is a flagship regional investment program aimed at strengthening the resilience of the food system in West Africa, through a strategic regional approach.
Published: 19 Jun 2025 Type: PhD Deadline: 15 Jul 2025
The scholarships are aimed at doctoral students from Africa, Asia and Latin America (see DAC list) who are obtaining a doctorate at the University of Bonn and who are about to complete their doctoral dissertation project. As part of the Excellence Strategy, the University of Bonn wants to provide fu
Published: 19 Jun 2025 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Value: €800 Deadline: 02 Dec 2025
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The Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) invites civil society organizations (CSOs) from low- and middle-income countries in Africa and Asia to apply for the second cohort of its health budget capacity strengthening series, now called the “CSO Budget Advocacy Accelerator.” Th
Published: 19 Jun 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 07 Jul 2025
The Cambridge Africa Changemakers Scholarship is a programme of full-cost scholarships for PhD students in any subject, open to candidates from any country in Africa. It is tenable at any college. It aims to provide support to talented students who require financial assistance to take up their pl
Published: 19 Jun 2025 Type: PhD Deadline: Not Specified
The Dennis McDermott Research Scholarships will be awarded to Indigenous students of exceptional research promise to undertake a higher degree by research at La Trobe University. The scholarship was established to celebrate the life of Professor Dennis McDermott, La Trobe’s inaugural Pro Vice-
Published: 19 Jun 2025 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Australia Value: $45000 Deadline: 31 Dec 2025
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The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) invites interested parties to submit session proposals to the 2025 edition of the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica25). Successful submissions will help to shape the agenda of the event, which is set to
Published: 18 Jun 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: South Africa Deadline: 20 Jun 2025
Media Defence invites applications from lawyers based in sub-Saharan Africa to participate in an upcoming litigation surgery, a seminar focused on the rights to freedom of expression where participants learn from experts as well as participate in practical sessions to present and discuss a case
Published: 18 Jun 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: Namibia Deadline: 06 Jul 2025
The University of the Western Cape (UWC) is an implementing partner of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program. Initiated in 2012, the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program is a global initiative designed to develop the next generation of transformative leaders by enabling highly talented, servi
Published: 17 Jun 2025 Type: Masters Study in: South Africa Deadline: 31 Aug 2025
The University of Birmingham is pleased to announce the West Africa Postgraduate Chancellor's award of £10,000 for select students from Nigeria and Ghana applying for entry to a postgraduate taught programme at the University starting September 2025.
Published: 16 Jun 2025 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Value: £10,000 Deadline: 30 Jun 2025
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The Graça Machel Trust’s Women Creating Wealth-Intergenerational (WCW-I) edition, in partnership with the MasterCard Foundation, is designed to build women entrepreneurs’ confidence, skills, and networks to scale their businesses and transition from income generation to wealth cre
Published: 13 Jun 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 24 Jun 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.
ScholarshipTab is a well-rounded platform, and we are committed to bringing you the latest admissions going on in international universities in the top countries that take in the highest number of African students. We have choice scholarships in USA, UK, Japan, Ukraine, Finland, France, Netherlands, and Canada
What are you still waiting for? Start applying for the latest 2020 scholarships immediately, before you miss your flight.