Menu
Below is a list of available scholarships for African female students 2025-2026 to study abroad or in Africa. Apply now
At the heart of transforming the African continent is developing women entrepreneurs. Are you a passionate, African, female innovator with a ground-breaking idea in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Manufacturing, or Mining (STEM)? Are you meeting a development need in your country? Ar
Published: 14 Oct 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 23 Oct 2024
Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Lead City University in partnership with Enterprise Development Centre, Pan Atlantic University and MasterCard Foundation Presents the Transforming Nigerian Youth Programme (TNY). The Transforming Nigerian Youth (TNY) initiative offers an incredibl
Published: 12 Oct 2024 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: Nigeria Deadline: Not Specified
The Mawazo Institute is seeking applications for its 2025 Mawazo Fellowship Programme. This non-residential fellowship is aimed at African women pursuing their PhD studies in any field at accredited universities in Africa. The goal of the programme is to build a network of African women* experts who
Published: 09 Oct 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 10 Nov 2024
 foundation.png)
WAAW Foundation Scholarship enables female college students in Africa to pursue their studies in a STEM-related course. With this scholarship, you are free to focus on achieving your academic goal and volunteer to give back to your community and promote the engagement of women in STEM through the ST
Published: 20 Sep 2024 Type: Undergraduate Value: $500 Deadline: 30 Nov 2024
.png)
The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) has received funding of CAD 1.5 million from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada, to implement a project entitled Women and Clean Energy in West Africa (WOCEWA). WOCEWA has been designed to contribute to t
Published: 03 Sep 2024 Type: Masters Deadline: 03 Oct 2024
The U.S. Embassy Kinshasa, in partnership with Groupe Utalii Kwetu, invites established female entrepreneurs aged 25-45 years living in Kinshasa, Kisangani, Lubumbashi, Goma, and Bukavu to apply for the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs DR Congo (AWE DRC) program 2024. This is the second cohort o
Published: 02 Sep 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: Congo Deadline: 30 Sep 2024
.jpg)
The Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment (CAPSI) at the Wits Business School (University of the Witwatersrand), with the support of the Mastercard Foundation invites applications for Doctoral Fellowship on the Non-Profit Sector and its Contribution to African Economies proj
Published: 30 Aug 2024 Type: PhD Value: $30,000 Deadline: 16 Sep 2024
AgroHack Challenge is seeking innovative ideas across the agriculture industry’s value chain. These ideas will be accelerated to create new opportunities for many young Nigerians. Also, the key objective of the AgroHack Challenge is to harness innovative solutions that will enhance rapid growt
Published: 28 Aug 2024 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 07 Oct 2024
We believe in addressing inequality in education. In recognition of the extraordinary potential of women in the sciences, we created the MPOWER Women in STEM Scholarship. You don’t need to be an MPOWER borrower to apply! What are you waiting for? In keeping with MPOWER’s commitment to
Published: 28 Aug 2024 Type: Undergraduate Value: US$6,000 Deadline: 31 Dec 2024
The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering’s (ATSE) Elevate: Boosting Women in STEM will award up to 500 undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships over six years to women in STEM. The Elevate Program aims to address gender inequities in STEM through fosterin
Published: 23 Aug 2024 Type: Undergraduate Study in: Australia Deadline: 30 Aug 2024
For the first time in its 15-year history, the WAN-IFRA WIN Leadership Accelerator is open to mid-level newsroom managers (journalists and editors) from emerging, transitional, and fragile states worldwide. Journalists with 5-10 years of newsroom experience and a passion for the news industry are en
Published: 15 Aug 2024 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 30 Aug 2024
Spanning 50 countries and over 400 participants, the EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women programme identifies high-potential women entrepreneurs whose businesses show real potential to scale and provides them with ongoing support to help accelerate their growth. The EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women
Published: 12 Aug 2024 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: Not Specified
The Women’s Leadership Programme allows senior and emerging female leaders to navigate the unique leadership challenges that deter female professionals in the workplace from occupying senior leadership positions. The programme aims to enhance their ability to make strategic choices; lead pe
Published: 05 Aug 2024 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 12 Aug 2024
WE Africa’s purpose is to put women leaders in Africa at the heart of transforming the environmental movement through inclusive, collective leadership. WE Africa was born through our frustration that the joint crises of biodiversity loss and the climate emergency also reflect a crisis and lack
Published: 02 Aug 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 16 Aug 2024
AgroHack Challenge is seeking innovative ideas across the agriculture industry's value chain. These ideas will be accelerated to create new opportunities for many young Nigerians. The key objective of the AgroHack Challenge is to harness innovative solutions that will enhance rapid growth in
Published: 02 Aug 2024 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 07 Oct 2024
WE Africa’s purpose is to put women leaders in Africa at the heart of transforming the environmental movement through inclusive, collective leadership. WE Africa was born through our frustration that the joint crises of biodiversity loss and the climate emergency also reflect a crisis and lack
Published: 01 Jul 2024 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 16 Aug 2024
With the vision of scaling up investment in the development of the full potential of the young people in Cameroon, their innovation capital and addressing the gender gap, the United Nations Population Fund in Cameroon, in partnership with the Ernesto Illy Foundation in Italy, is launc
Published: 27 Jun 2024 Type: Masters Study in: Italy Value: 15.000 Euro Deadline: 30 Jun 2024
Launched in 2019, the Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton program is the first women-in-business support initiative of its kind in the industry offered by Access Bank’s W Initiative. The program in its maiden edition provided a free mini-MBA certification for 50 women entrepreneurs in Nigeria as wel
Published: 26 Jun 2024 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 09 Aug 2024
