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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 2025-2026.
The University of Pretoria (UP) in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation (MCF) is currently offering scholarships for high achieving African students interested in studying at postgraduate levels, commencing in January 2021. The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program (MCFSP) targets aca
Published: 03 Aug 2021 Type: Postgraduate Study in: South Africa Deadline: 31 Oct 2021
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Applications are open for the ACT Foundation Changemakers Innovation Challenge 2021. The Changemakers Innovation Challenge is conceived by ACT Foundation as a response to the impressive work of community nonprofits and social enterprises in Africa who are leveraging technology/ digital tools to
Published: 03 Aug 2021 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 15 Aug 2021
Ashinaga presents the “Ashinaga Africa Initiative” aiming to provide higher education to 20 brilliant students from Sub-Saharan African countries each year, some of which are among the poorest in the world, and encourage them to become leading professionals in their own countries. We
Published: 03 Aug 2021 Type: Undergraduate Study in: Deadline: 28 Jan 2022
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We’re excited to announce that the call for papers for the CSAE Conference 2022 is now open! Taking place from 14-18 March 2022, as a virtual event, the conference will feature sessions from a range of development economics topics. Conference papers address economic analysis of th
Published: 30 Jul 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: Not Specified
The African Arguments fellowship is a mentorship and training programme for young freelancers based on the continent. It is aimed at African journalists under the age of 30 who are committed to building the skills necessary for a sustainable career as a freelancer. This fellowship is for freelanc
Published: 30 Jul 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 05 Sep 2021
The project ‘Scaling digital agriculture innovations through startups’ (SAIS), implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), has launched its Call for App
Published: 30 Jul 2021 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: Kenya Deadline: 31 Aug 2021
The David Oyedepo Foundation scholarship program is our major platform for promoting the Foundation’s vision and goals. The scholarship program awards full ride scholarships to qualified individuals who are indigenes and residents of African countries. The scholarship seeks to deve
Published: 30 Jul 2021 Type: Undergraduate Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 15 Aug 2021
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The Resilient Waters Project, funded by USAID Southern Africa, aims to build more resilient Southern African communities and ecosystems through improved management of transboundary natural resources. To achieve this objective, Resilient Waters collaborates with regional institutions,
Published: 29 Jul 2021 Type: Masters Deadline: 22 Aug 2021
This seventh edition of Pitch AgriHack is a pitching contest aimed exclusively at African businesses bringing technological innovation to the agriculture sector. Generation Africa, a thematic platform of the AGRF will host the competition. The open competition portion of Pitch AgriHack 2021
Published: 28 Jul 2021 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 16 Aug 2021
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The 2021 African Economic Conference (AEC), jointly organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the African Development Bank (AfDB), and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will be held in Cabo Verde, as well as virtually, from 2 to 4 December 2021. Since its ince
Published: 26 Jul 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 04 Aug 2021
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The Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in Ghana will run an 8-month Inspiring African Women Leadership in Peace and Security Programme with support from GIZ, BPST-A & GCSP. Since the adoption of the landmark United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 in 2
Published: 26 Jul 2021 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: Ghana Deadline: 03 Sep 2021
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African Center for Translational Genomics (ACTG), an initiative of 54gene, is pleased to announce the 2021 Academic Scholarship open to emerging genomics scientists. The scholarship aims at enhancing Africa’s competitive advantage in the genomics research and development space, gl
Published: 26 Jul 2021 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 15 Aug 2021
Each year entrants are invited to share multi-image stories on any topic that they find interesting, and the judges look not only at the individual images but also at the overall story’s quality and relevance. The Award was created to shine a spotlight on documentary photography that focuses o
Published: 26 Jul 2021 Type: Contest Deadline: 01 Aug 2021
Last year, ONE teamed up with 10 artists across Africa to produce the song, ‘StandTogether’ to encourage us to work together to end the pandemic. Now it’s your turn! The COVID-19 pandemic changed our world and is impacting our lives, our communities, and our economies. To
Published: 23 Jul 2021 Type: Contest Deadline: 20 Aug 2021
We are happy to announce that the IZA/FCDO Program on Gender, Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries (G²LM|LIC) is sponsoring the ONLINE EVENT: “Development Economics Course for Sub-Saharan Africa”, September 13- November 12, 2021. The biggest puzzle in economics is why
Published: 23 Jul 2021 Type: Training Deadline: 15 Aug 2021
Africa No Filter (ANF) is inviting individuals and organizations in the African and the diaspora creative sector to apply for project support grants. Stand a chance to receive $25,000 to build up your business to standard by applying for this grant.
Published: 23 Jul 2021 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 22 Aug 2021
Ranked 41st in the 2021 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, Tulane University is a private research university with a purpose is to create, communicate, and conserve knowledge in order to enrich the capacity of individuals, organizations, and communities to think, to learn, and t
Published: 23 Jul 2021 Type: Undergraduate Study in: United States Deadline: 15 Nov 2021
Apply to the Femme Politics Incubator Program 2021 – Cohort 2. The Femme Politics Incubator Program is a collaborative program designed to help young African women leaders succeed. Together with their partners, Femme Politics accelerates the growth and development of young African women leader
Published: 20 Jul 2021 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 31 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.
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.
