Below is a list of available scholarships for African female students 2025-2026 to study abroad or in Africa. Apply now
The “STEM in Everywhere” programme aims to address the unique challenges faced by female entrepreneurs in the STEM fields, providing them with the resources, mentorship, access to WomHub’s world class innovation and tech hubs and networks needed to thrive. Through this partnership,
Published: 17 Jun 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: South Africa Deadline: 20 Jun 2025
The Green Acceleration Programme (GAP) is designed to support female founders and women-led businesses operating within the green economy to access capital by ensuring investor readiness and compliance. Powered by WomHub and supported by GIZ, the programme will select 30 entrepreneurs to participate
Published: 17 Jun 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: South Africa Deadline: 22 Jun 2025
The Graça Machel Trust’s Women Creating Wealth-Intergenerational (WCW-I) edition, in partnership with the MasterCard Foundation, is designed to build women entrepreneurs’ confidence, skills, and networks to scale their businesses and transition from income generation to wealth cre
Published: 13 Jun 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 24 Jun 2025
The 12-months training focuses on developing political leadership skills and is open only to women leaders who hold an elected or appointed seat in a local or regional government in any of the OECD-DAC listed ODA-countries. All parts of the training are based on equity, participa
Published: 13 Jun 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 04 Aug 2025
The WIN Global Leadership Accelerator is now accepting applications for its transformative programme, designed for high-potential mid-level newsroom managers (journalists and editors) from emerging, transitional, and fragile states around the world.
Published: 11 Jun 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 29 Jun 2025
African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) is pleased to announce the launch of the inaugural African Women in Data Science Fellowship. This timely initiative responds to the growing demand for data-driven leadership to tackle the pressing challenges of food insecurity and climat
Published: 11 Jun 2025 Type: Fellowship Study in: Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi Deadline: 31 Jul 2025
ShowcaseHER Export Readiness Online Training Program. ShowcaseHER is a zero fees program aimed to empower women business owners in Africa with requisite skills to prepare them for the export market. The program, set to commence on August 1st, 2025, is an inititaive&nbs
Published: 04 Jun 2025 Type: Training Study in: Algeria Deadline: 06 Jul 2025
The 30% Club is a global movement of international Chairs and CEOs who are committed to better gender balance at all levels of their organisations through voluntary actions. The movement aims to reach a 30% female gender balance on Irish boards and executive management levels by 2025. DCU is comm
Published: 03 Jun 2025 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Ireland Value: €10,000 Deadline: 11 Jul 2025
The African Young Women Leaders Fellowship Programme offers an interesting 12-month assignment with UNDP at its HQ in New York or in one of its regional or country offices. There will be no placement in hardship locations. Location: UNDP at Headquarters in New York or in a region
Published: 19 May 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 01 Jun 2025
The AWARD Climate Action (ACA) Fellowship seeks to achieve a twin goal of increasing the number of African women leading climate change action and catalyze production of climate solutions that work for women smallholders. The Fellowship is designed to address systemic gender inequalitie
Published: 16 May 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 30 Jun 2025
RMI’s Global Women in Clean Energy Fellowship is now accepting applications from women professionals in Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Zambia. This fellowship is designed to empower emerging leaders with the skills, networks, and resources needed to drive the clean energy transition in their countries
Published: 14 May 2025 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ethiopia, Nigeria, Zambia Deadline: 21 May 2025
Standard Chartered Ghana Women in Tech Incubator Program. Standard Chartered Bank Ghana PLC, in partnership with Village Capital is excited to announce the call for applications for the 5th Cohort of the Standard Chartered Women in Tech (FWIT) Incubator Program. A flagship initiative under Standard
Published: 12 May 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: Ghana Deadline: 30 May 2025
Funded by the U.S. Department of State and implemented by Correlation One, Cyber Advance for Women in MENA offers world-class training to help you launch a career in this vital field. Build skills, connect with top American employers, and join a growing network of women leaders shaping the f
Published: 08 May 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 03 Jun 2025
The Standard Chartered Women in Technology Kenya is Africa’s leading Accelerator program for female founded startups, aligning with calls for more diversity in technology, entrepreneurship and for more opportunities for women to develop entrepreneurial and leadership excellence. The program is
Published: 02 May 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: Kenya Deadline: 16 May 2025
Code for Africa (CfA) is offering stipend?based Fellowships to fourteen (14) African Data Scientists and storytellers to empower youth voices and promote a secure digital space through gender projects. These Fellowships are part of a joint initiative between Code for Africa, the&n
Published: 22 Apr 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 28 Apr 2025
The Christopher Kolade Foundation SHE Soars Scholarship Program provides need-based financial sponsorship and mentorship to female graduates of public secondary schools in Nigeria who have secured admission into a Nigerian public university. The CKF SHE Soars Program makes postsecondary education
Published: 16 Apr 2025 Type: Undergraduate Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 17 Apr 2025
The call for nominations for the first edition of the UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea Fellowship Programme for Young Women Scientists in Africa is now open. Globally, women make up only 33% of researchers (UNESCO Science Report 2021). The latest figures from the Institute for Statistics show that only 3
Published: 21 Mar 2025 Type: Fellowship Value: $50,000 Deadline: 31 Mar 2025
Are you pursuing a PhD in an African university? Are you passionate about Artificial Intelligence (AI), the digital economy, and the future of work in Africa? Do you want to be part of a paid collaborative research network that will shape the continent’s digital transformation? Th
Published: 19 Mar 2025 Type: PhD Deadline: 23 Mar 2025