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 2025-2026.
Atos and GIZ kick-start their cooperation by setting up this joint innovation challenge. The goal is to support digital innovations aimed at improving access to education for persons with disabilities in Africa. To this end, both parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the Global Accessibili
Published: 25 Aug 2021 Type: Internship Deadline: 15 Sep 2021
Approximately 20% of our doctoral students studying on campus receive Cornell University Fellowships (referred to as Sage Fellowships or Cornell Fellowships depending on the field of study). These fellowships typically include full tuition, a nine-month stipend, and Cornell individual student health
Published: 15 Apr 2024 Type: PhD Study in: United States Deadline: 15 Feb 2021
The Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS), University of Lagos hereby announces the 2021 call for applications for the IADS Rahamon Bello Best Ph.D. Thesis Award in African and Diaspora Studies. This award seeks to encourage and appreciate young intellectuals whose Ph.D. theses address Af
Published: 24 Aug 2021 Type: PhD Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 30 Sep 2021
The purpose of the Debut in Research: Young Talents from Africa Prize is to help new generations of African researchers to emerge, offering them the opportunity to attend a PhD course in cooperation with prestigious Italian universities and research institutes and supporting their research and
Published: 23 Aug 2021 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 06 Nov 2021
Niagara College Canada strives to create world-ready and work-ready graduates. To encourage student success, growth and inclusivity, the College offers many services and programs for current and prospective students to support them in and outside of the classroom. Below are three unique opportunitie
Published: 23 Aug 2021 Type: Undergraduate Study in: Canada Deadline: Not Specified
The structure of Thuthukisani will encompass: Master classes Professional and peer-to-peer mentoring Potential monetary investment towards selective projects from the programme cohort Thuthukisani is a programme to empower a selected group of artists to complete their chosen projects
Published: 15 Apr 2024 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 03 Sep 2021
Applications are requested from doctoral African students for the Partnership for Skills in Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology (PASET) Doctoral Scholarships and Grants for the 2022 session. The Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund (RSIF) is the flagship program of PASET wh
Published: 20 Aug 2021 Type: PhD Study in: Kenya Deadline: 30 Sep 2021
Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance is a platform for highly educated young African social, business and political entrepreneurs, attending leading universities in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. Our mission is to capture, inform and engage Africa’s global intellectual capital in the d
Published: 20 Aug 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 23 Oct 2021
The African Union Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Policy Framework aims to facilitate harmonization of AU Member States’ SPS policy priorities of SPS systems in Africa. The policy framework addresses diverse and intersecting needs with the objective to; establish harmonized science-based SPS
Published: 20 Aug 2021 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: 10 Oct 2021
Nuffic is a Dutch non-profit organisation which offers scholarships for training courses in The Netherlands. These scholarships seek to develop and strengthen the skills and abilities of professionals, in order to enable their organisations and communities to succeed in an ever-changing world. The D
Published: 18 Aug 2021 Type: Training Deadline: 28 Sep 2021
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, will host a 5-day intensive hybrid short course on women’s rights in Africa from 18 to 22 October 2021. The course provides a balance between theory and practical advocacy skills useful for practitioners from across the continent wor
Published: 15 Apr 2024 Type: Training Deadline: 17 Sep 2021
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the specializing Masters Scholarship in Sustainable Management of Resources and Cultural Heritage for Local Development. The programme is supported by the IHEA Foundation – Italian Higher Education with Africa to supp
Published: 18 Aug 2021 Type: Masters Study in: Italy Deadline: 05 Sep 2021
This program is a direct effort to address the lack of US work experience barriers that skilled immigrant professionals face and racial and economic disparities in the field. The initiative will place ten talented, diverse, and multilingual Black immigrant professionals from Africa and the Caribbean
Published: 12 Aug 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 27 Aug 2021
UN Women has partnered with the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA), the African Women Leaders’ Network (Tanzania and Malawi Chapters); the Tanzania Media Women Association (TAMWA); The Association of Women in Media (Malawi); and the MISA Chapters in Tanzania and Malawi, to promote and r
Published: 11 Aug 2021 Type: Contest Deadline: 15 Oct 2021
The Ibrahim Leadership Fellowships form a selective programme designed to mentor future African leaders. Through this annual fellowship programme, we seek to deepen and broaden our growing network which continues to contribute its skills and learning to a better Africa. The Fellowships offer t
Published: 11 Aug 2021 Type: Fellowship Study in: Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Switzerland Deadline: 15 Oct 2021
We invite applications for postdoctoral fellowships from scholars who are within eight years of receiving the PhD degree, who are citizens of Sub-Saharan African countries, and who are currently working at universities in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, or Uganda. Women are especially encour
Published: 11 Aug 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 03 Dec 2021
The Refugee-Led Research Hub (RLRH) at Oxford’s Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) is launching a 12-month fellowship for refugees and other displaced scholars who are interested in graduate-level study in the field of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (RFMS). It will be run in collaboration with
Published: 12 Aug 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 30 Aug 2021
The U.S. Mission to the African Union, Addis Ababa (USAU), Bureau of African Affairs of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program focused on the linkages between arts, culture, and heritage in the United States and in A
Published: 12 Aug 2021 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: United States Deadline: 21 Aug 2021
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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