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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 Africa Postgraduate Excellence Award is the University of Nottingham’s scholarship award, designed to support international students who have achieved academic excellence and show true passion for their chosen field of study.
Published: 31 Mar 2025 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Value: £4,000 to £8,000 Deadline: 14 May 2025
Ashesi University and the Mastercard Foundation have been engaged in partnership since the launch of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Programme in 2012. Ashesi was among the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program’s nine pioneering partners. Hundreds of Mastercard Foundation Scholars have enr
Published: 31 Mar 2025 Type: Masters Study in: Ghana Deadline: 14 Jun 2025
Applications are now open Cardiff University 2025 Undergraduate International Excellence Scholarships. Their Undergraduate International Excellence scholarships for 2025 offer several half-fee scholarships to undergraduate international students who can demonstrate their academic pote
Published: 28 Mar 2025 Type: Undergraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 04 Apr 2025
The MTN Media Innovation Programme (MIP) is a 6-week long programme spread across six months for media practitioners in the Nigerian space. The programme will increase the knowledge and skill base of the participants and help them understand the changing media landscape, and how to effectively
Published: 28 Mar 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: South Africa Deadline: 07 Apr 2025
This scholarship is open to applicants who are nationals and residents of a Bartlett approved list of Sub-Saharan African countries who have admission to a Bartlett master’s course.
Published: 27 Mar 2025 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 28 Mar 2025
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In this call, NIERA invites policymakers from eligible countries in West and East Africa to apply for a 6-week fellowship aimed at enhancing their knowledge and skills in evidence-informed policymaking. The fellowship begins with a one-week online course focused on evidence-informed pol
Published: 27 Mar 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 07 May 2025
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The WFP Innovation Accelerator is launching the second edition of the Humanitarian Innovation Accelerator (HIA), powered by the Government of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. HIA aims to support technology-powered solutions addressing pressing challenges faced by vulnerable populations and h
Published: 27 Mar 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Value: USD $150,000 Deadline: 20 Apr 2025
This new Fellowship programme, launched in September 2021, is run by Professor Milner-Gulland, Tasso Leventis Professor of Biodiversity in the Department of Biology, and her team in the Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science. It offers NGO, government and business employees working on bio
Published: 27 Mar 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 01 Apr 2025
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Code for Africa (CfA) is offering stipend?based fellowships to Six (6) African Wikipedians-in-Residence to empower youth voices and promote a secure digital space through Wikimedia projects. Fellows will amplify youth voices and increase their engagement in SDG 16, and civic technology by
Published: 27 Mar 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 28 Mar 2025
The scholarship programme “Leadership for Africa” (LfA) aims to support the academic qualification and advancement of young refugees and national scholars from Cameroon, Senegal, and Togo at higher education institutions in Germany. In times of conflicts and displacement, this
Published: 26 Mar 2025 Type: Masters Study in: Germany Deadline: 10 Jun 2025
The University of Birmingham is pleased to announce the award of 15 scholarships of £5,000 for international students domiciled in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa who are applying for entry to an undergraduate programme at the University starting September 2025.
Published: 26 Mar 2025 Type: Undergraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 25 Jun 2025
The scholarship programme “Leadership for Africa” (LfA) aims to support the academic qualification and advancement of young refugees and national scholars from South Sudan and Uganda at higher education institutions in Germany. In times of conflicts and displacement, this progr
Published: 26 Mar 2025 Type: Masters Study in: Germany Deadline: 10 Jun 2025
Hyundai Motor Group is offering five scholarships intended to nurture talent from Africa at SOAS University of London. These scholarships aim to cultivate experts for sustainable development in Africa and will continue to establish long-term collaboration models for the next generation of A
Published: 25 Mar 2025 Type: Postgraduate Study in: United Kingdom Value: £27,730 Deadline: 25 Apr 2025
The 2025 IMF Youth Challenge in Economics is an exciting opportunity for post-graduate students in the field of economics to showcase their research on macroeconomic policy topics relevant to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. This competition aims to encourage innovative thin
Published: 25 Mar 2025 Type: Contest Deadline: 14 Apr 2025
The German Bundestag invites politically and socially engaged young university graduates from Southern Africa (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa), East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda) and West Africa (Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal) to a scholarship program in Berlin in January.
Published: 25 Mar 2025 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Germany Value: €700 Deadline: 13 Jul 2025
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The African Plant Nutrition Institute (APNI) has opened its call for graduate students in Africa to apply for the 2025 edition of the Plant Nutrition Scholar Award program.
Published: 25 Mar 2025 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 30 Apr 2025
The MENA Scholarship Programme aims to contribute to the societal development of the participating countries in the Middle East and North Africa region. It also seeks to build capacity within organisations by enabling employees to participate in short courses in various fields of study. The follo
Published: 24 Mar 2025 Type: College School Study in: Netherlands Deadline: 06 May 2025
The University of Glasgow African Excellence Award aims to support high achieving students from across Africa in their journey to become Future World Changers. We are looking for students who wish to undertake Masters level study, to further develop their knowledge and skills, in order to posi
Published: 24 Mar 2025 Type: Undergraduate Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 31 Mar 2025
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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What are you still waiting for? Start applying for the latest 2020 scholarships immediately, before you miss your flight.
