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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.
With the support of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), TWAS launches a new programme to strengthen the capacity of African countries lagging in science and technology. The new programme is aimed at young scientists who are getting established in their countr
Published: 10 May 2021 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 27 Jul 2021
As a collaboration between Huza Press and the Goethe Institut Kigali, we are announcing a four-week writers’ residency in Kigali (Rwanda) in September 2021. The purpose of this residency is to support writers as they complete or make significant advances with a work-in-progress novel manusc
Published: 07 May 2021 Type: Training Study in: Rwanda Deadline: 16 May 2021
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A new initiative by the African Society of Cambridge University in partnership with Africa of Our Dream Initiative (AODI) that aims to provide general guidance and support on the postgraduate application process for Africans applying to the University of Cambridge. The program will run from June to
Published: 06 May 2021 Type: Masters Deadline: 25 Jun 2021
The Legatum Center at MIT presents the Foundry Fellowship, a first-of-its-kind leadership program for Africa-based founders who have scaled innovation-driven companies and find themselves at an inflection point in their entrepreneurial journey. The Foundry is a pla
Published: 05 May 2021 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 20 May 2021
Online Masters Scholarship Opportunities for East Africa 2021-22 is offered for Masters degree in the field of Family Medicine. The deadline for the sending your application is 01 Jun 2021. This scholarship is provided by University of Edinburgh and the value of this scholarship is Only tuition fees
Published: 05 May 2021 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 01 Jun 2021
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 2022. The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program (MCFSP) targets academic
Published: 05 May 2021 Type: Masters Deadline: 31 Oct 2021
The Jim Ovia Foundation Leaders Scholarship is a partnership between the Jim Ovia Foundation and the Africa-America Institute, to educate young Africans to lead the continent. Through our University partners, the Jim Ovia Foundation Leaders Scholarship will provide comprehensive
Published: 04 May 2021 Type: Undergraduate Study in: Ghana Deadline: 27 Jul 2021
The African Union and GIZ have joined forces to launch The Agenda 2063 Africa Photojournalism Project for African Female Journalists. The agenda 2063 Africa Photojournalism Project aims to inspire photo journalists from all across the continent to share powerful images telling Africa’
Published: 04 May 2021 Type: Contest Deadline: 15 May 2021
For applicants from Sub-Saharan African countries with an excellent academic record, the DRD – Institute of Development Research and Development offers DAAD merit scholarships per year. The scholarship will be taken at University of the Western Cape, South Africa and while scholarship and inte
Published: 30 Apr 2021 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 30 Nov 2021
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For the fifth year in a row, the Agence Française de Développement is working alongside high-impact digital players in Africa. “Innovate for climate and biodiversity” is the theme at the heart of the fifth edition of the AFD Digital Challenge.
Published: 29 Apr 2021 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 26 May 2021
The LLM/MPhil in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa is a unique programme to which 25 to 30 individuals from African countries with the following degrees and preferably experience in the field of human rights are admitted: Law students: A degree allowing access to the legal profession
Published: 29 Apr 2021 Type: Masters Study in: South Africa Deadline: 31 Jul 2021
The Wits-TUB-UNILAG Urban Lab programme supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) seeks to improve graduate education in urban fields across Sub-Saharan Africa. It is one of seven SDG Graduate Schools&n
Published: 29 Apr 2021 Type: PhD Deadline: 31 Aug 2021
Applications are invited from suitably qualified early-career scientists in sub-Saharan Africa for the TWAS-Seed Grant for New African Principal Investigators. The grant aims to support the early career scientists to be used to purchase scientific equipment, consumables, fieldwork and equipm
Published: 16 Apr 2024 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 27 Jul 2021
The Macquarie University Vice-Chancellor's International Scholarship - African Women in STEM provides a partial tuition fee scholarship for outstanding female students from certain African countries. This scholarship is introduced to support those who share the passion to study in the area of&nb
Published: 28 Apr 2021 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Australia Deadline: Not Specified
Grow with Google, African Coding Network and Unicef have partnered to see more women enter tech related learning to earning opportunities There are 400 scholarship opportunities available, consisting of a 6 month professional certificate with Grow with Google, inclu
Published: 27 Apr 2021 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 01 Jun 2021
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Applications are welcomed from suitably qualified women entrepreneurs for the Women in Africa (WIA) Initiative Entrepreneurship Support Programme. Each year, the entrepreneurship programme endows 54 African women entrepreneurs from 54 African countries with a comprehensive support packa
Published: 26 Apr 2021 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 07 May 2021
The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation is open for ambitious and talented sub-Saharan African engineers from all engineering fields to demonstrate innovative and engineering entrepreneurship skills. Crucial commercialisation support is awarded to a shortlist of innovative applicants through
Published: 22 Apr 2021 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 20 Jul 2021
The Institute of African Studies (IAS) at the University of Ghana, with funding support from the Open Society Institutes of Africa, is calling for proposals for two post-doctoral fellowships as part of its Gender Equitable and Transformative Social Policy for Post-Covid-19 Africa (GETSPA). The ov
Published: 22 Apr 2021 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 15 May 2021
More than half a billion people live and work in Africa’s drylands, among the most parched landscapes on the planet, and representing 43 percent of the continent. Smallholders nurture crops and graze livestock on land that is mostly rainfed — and rapidly degrading, due in part to t
Published: 22 Apr 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 10 May 2021
The Fulbright African Research Scholar Program (ARSP) 2022 is offering grants to researchers from African countries. Two categories of grants are offered in the ARSP: research grants and program and curriculum development grants. Research Grants: Awards of 3 to 9 months are offered
Published: 22 Apr 2021 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 15 Jul 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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