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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 African Union Commission (AUC) and Partners across Africa will hold the third edition of Innovating Education in Africa Expo as a virtual series of events and activities from October 2020 – June 2021. The advent of COVID-19 has exacerbated challenges in Africa’s education system a
Published: 03 Sep 2020 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 28 Sep 2020
Chatham House is pleased to invite applications for the Mo Ibrahim Foundation Academy Fellowship in the Queen Elizabeth II Academy for Leadership in International Affairs. A fellow’s time will be split between three key areas: Completing a personal research project of the f
Published: 02 Sep 2020 Type: Fellowship Study in: Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia Deadline: 20 Sep 2020
The Fostering Research & Intra-African knowledge transfer through Mobilly & Education (FRAME) Masters & Doctoral Scholarship Program 2020/2021 applications are now open. African Students are encouraged to apply. The programme’s objective Is to improve the skills and compet
Published: 01 Sep 2020 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Namibia, South Africa Deadline: 04 Sep 2020
The Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa invites applications from pro-democracy organizations in the region. OSIEA plays an active role in encouraging open, informed dialogue on issues of importance in Eastern Africa. Through a combination of grant making, advocacy and convening power, OSI
Published: 01 Sep 2020 Type: Training Deadline: Not Specified
Based in the Journalism Department of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, Africa Check seeks to appoint a Health Fellow (Full-time) We are offering a year-long fellowship, in partnership with Facebook, to deepen our health misinformation work. Over the past several months, our te
Published: 31 Aug 2020 Type: Fellowship Study in: South Africa Deadline: 31 Aug 2020
The Chevening Africa Media Freedom Fellowship (CAMFF) is aimed at mid-senior level African professionals with demonstrable leadership skills in their fields, which may include public servants working in areas of media policy and regulatory frameworks, or media professionals such as journalists.
Published: 31 Aug 2020 Type: Fellowship Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 03 Sep 2020
The Women in Conflict 1325 Fellowship is based around the principles of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 which “reaffirms the role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflict, peace negotiations, peace-building, peacekeeping, humanitarian response and in post-conflict reconst
Published: 27 Aug 2020 Type: Fellowship Study in: Deadline: 04 Sep 2020
Entries are invited for the PhotoAfrica Multicultural Photo Contest 2020. PhotoAfrica is an online multicultural Photo Contest that aims to raise strong, committed young men and women who are willing to represent their community as custodians and repositories of their people’s collective
Published: 25 Aug 2020 Type: Contest Study in: Deadline: 23 Oct 2020
Deciding to become an AU-YV is a life changing decision opening opportunities to serve in a community other than your own and assisting in the local development efforts. Africa needs countless skilled labor each year in all fields and professional sectors. Youth Volunteerism has contribute
Published: 19 Aug 2020 Type: Training Deadline: 30 Aug 2020
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African Railway Center of Excellence (ARCE) is offering competitive scholarships to citizens in African countries to pursue MSc studies in Railway Engineering specializing in Civil Infrastructure, Rolling Stock and Traction and Train Control for the 2020/21 academic year.
Published: 17 Aug 2020 Type: Masters Study in: Ethiopia Deadline: 14 Sep 2020
Harambean 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 development of Africa.
Published: 16 Aug 2020 Type: Masters Study in: Deadline: 16 Nov 2020
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The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), with financial support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, announces competitions for Dissertation-completion fellowships and Early-Career Postdoctoral Fellowships. During 10 annual fellowship competitions (2008-18), ACLS efforts have stimu
Published: 13 Aug 2020 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 04 Dec 2020
Are you a journalist covering issues/events on civil society, media, gender, labour, LGBTQI+ or environmental and Indigenous rights? Would you welcome additional funding to help tell important, untold human rights related stories from across Africa? The Consortium to Promote Human Righ
Published: 13 Aug 2020 Type: Fellowship Study in: Deadline: 28 Aug 2020
he Ibrahim Fellowships offer the opportunity to work in the executive offices of either the AfDB, UNECA or the ITC with an annual stipend of $100,000 to fellows. The Fellowships form a selective programme designed to mentor future African leaders. The annual programme seeks to deepen and broaden
Published: 10 Aug 2020 Type: Fellowship Deadline: Not Specified
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) in collaboration with PLAAS (Institute for Poverty, Land & Agrarian Studies) and Network of Excellence for Land Governance in Africa (NELGA), is offering in-country/in-region scholarships, as part of the Strengthening Capacities for Land Governance in Afri
Published: 07 Aug 2020 Type: Postgraduate Study in: South Africa Deadline: Not Specified
At University of California Berkeley, the MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program will provide holistic support – financial, academic, social, and career counselling – to Masters students from Sub-Saharan Africa from 2020 to 2028. Administered out of the Center for African St
Published: 07 Aug 2020 Type: Masters Study in: United States Deadline: Not Specified
The Transfer Project invites African researchers to apply for a 5-month fellowship to engage on joint impact evaluation research with project researchers. The Transfer Project is a multi-country researchlearning initiative on the impacts of cash transfer programs in sub-Saharan Africa (www.cpc.u
Published: 07 Aug 2020 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 30 Aug 2020
You’re ready to bring your knowledge from the classroom to the boardroom, and Citi wants to help you get there. Whether it’s honing your skills or building your network, we know that success can’t come without growth. Our programs equip you with the knowledge and training you need
Published: 07 Aug 2020 Type: Training Study in: South Africa Deadline: Not Specified
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.
