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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.
As part of HEARD’s commitment to investing in the development of African scholars, we are offering PhD Scholarships for 2021. The scholarship is aimed producing expertly qualified graduates to advise or to be part of influential policy-making or programme implementing entities in Africa, and t
Published: 22 Mar 2021 Type: PhD Study in: South Africa Deadline: 15 Apr 2021
This Fellowship programme aims to provide practical, on-the-job experience to the young professionals in their early and middle career in the academy, public sector or international development in providing them exposure and learning in a multicultural environment of the UN and contribute to the wo
Published: 22 Mar 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 14 Apr 2021
The central purpose of The Mandela Rhodes Foundation is to build exceptional leadership capacity in Africa. The Mandela Rhodes programmes aim to develop leadership and vocational capacity across African society, to help the continent achieve success and prosperity and full equal participation in the
Published: 19 Mar 2021 Type: PhD Deadline: 20 Apr 2021
Africa’s growing technology ecosystem offers opportunities to create digital solutions that make traditional ways of working more productive, while enabling the creation of new income streams and job opportunities. However, employers across the continent state that many job seekers do not
Published: 18 Mar 2021 Type: Training Deadline: Not Specified
Enel Foundation announced the call for applications for the Open Africa Power 2021 program,.
Published: 18 Mar 2021 Type: Training Deadline: 04 Apr 2021
The Miles Morland Foundation African Writers’ Scholarship is available to an applicant who has applied for a place on the MA Creative Writing Prose Fiction or Biography and Creative Non-fiction in the School of Literature, Drama, and Creative Writing who is a national of any country
Published: 18 Mar 2021 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 14 Apr 2021
The Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE) in partnership with the Ministry of Higher Education for Research and Innovation (MESRI) have launched a visiting fellowship program to welcome young researchers wishing to carry out their research in France as part of a “One Health&r
Published: 18 Mar 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 03 May 2021
United Nations ECA Fellowship Programme mission is to deliver ideas and actions for an empowered and transformed Africa; informed by the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063. As a foremost knowledge policy institution in Africa, ECA seeks to engage bright young Africans for skills and capacity devel
Published: 18 Mar 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 14 Apr 2021
Apply for a scholarship to learn how to code and design: Powered by Ingressive For Good and HNG Internship Ingressive For Good is offering African youths interested in building a skill in design (UI/UX, Graphics),. Front End development (HTML / CSS, JavaScript, ReactJS), Back End devel
Published: 17 Mar 2021 Type: Internship Deadline: 25 Mar 2021
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T he ISEG Postgraduate Training Fellowship in Medical Statistics for African Scientists launched in 2005 and forms a key part of ISEG’s investment in capacity strengthening. The Scheme enables promising research students from Sub-Saharan Africa to undertake MSc training in Medical Statistic
Published: 17 Mar 2021 Type: College School Deadline: 25 Apr 2021
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Applications are currently open for the Hague Institute for the Innovation of Law (HiiL) Innovating Justice Challenge 2021. We are welcoming applications from justice innovations, and talented individuals willing to be leaders in justice innovation. The HiiL Justice Accelerator finds and sup
Published: 16 Mar 2021 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 30 Apr 2021
The Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East (OSVP) has become a reference and has passed the 10-year mark by entering its 11th edition. Every year, it rewards the best technological projects with a positive impact in Africa and the Middle East. The competition is organized
Published: 15 Mar 2021 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 05 May 2021
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Applications are invited from young leaders from the African continent for the European Union Young African Leaders Programme 2021 at the School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute, Italy. The Young African Leaders programme at the School of Transnational Governance p
Published: 12 Mar 2021 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 31 Mar 2021
Google’s Women Techmakers and the U.S. Department of State, through the Providing Opportunities for Women’s Economic Rise (POWER) Initiative have partnered to host the Women Tech Founders Program. This program will provide women tech entrepreneurs from across the Middle East and North
Published: 11 Mar 2021 Type: Training Deadline: 31 Mar 2021
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The West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), a West African international Climate Change Institution has launched a new scholarship scheme for students from all ECOWAS states who want to pursue International Master’s Degree in Energy and Green Hydrog
Published: 11 Mar 2021 Type: Masters Deadline: 30 Apr 2021
Thanks to the generosity of the Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable trust, three Allan and Nesta Ferguson Scholarships have been established for African Students (African nationals and resident in Africa), who wish to undertake a taught masters course at SOAS. The Ferguson scholarship is awa
Published: 11 Mar 2021 Type: Masters Deadline: 30 Apr 2021
In honor of General Cissé , PartnersGlobal, Partners West Africa Nigeria and Partners West Africa Senegal are awarding research fellowships to two young African women researchers and practitioners working in the civil society and security sectors. Each fellow will rec
Published: 11 Mar 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 15 Mar 2021
The Mandela Rhodes Foundation is pleased to announce re-opening 2021 scholarship application aimed supporting high-flying African students in their study and career growth. The scholarship seeks to combine both financial support and leadership programme that will challenge the scholar, all
Published: 16 Apr 2024 Type: Postgraduate Study in: South Africa Deadline: 16 May 2021
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This (full) scholarship is named after the Dutch theologian Marja van der Veen-Schenkeveld, who supported the theological training of African women. The scholarship is provided for applicants undertaking a one-year Master’s programme at PThU.
Published: 15 Apr 2024 Type: Masters Study in: Netherlands Deadline: 01 May 2021
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UAE Minister of State for Food and Water Security, has announced the launch of the second (virtual) edition of the Arab Women Leaders in Agriculture (AWLA) fellowship programme for women scientists in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. AWLA aims to help early- and mid-career professi
Published: 10 Mar 2021 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 15 Apr 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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