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Below is a list of available scholarships for African female students 2026-2027 to study abroad or in Africa. Apply now
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Applications are now open for Afreximbank and ImpactHER’s Online Export ReadinessTraining Program. This is a fully funded initiative sponsored by Afreximbank, that promises to transform your business journey! Designed uniquely for women business owners in Africa, this dynamic 3-months training
Published: 23 Aug 2023 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 30 Aug 2023
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She Wins Africa is a program designed to assist women entrepreneurs across sub–Saharan Africa by offering training, mentorship, and networking opportunities that will help their startups succeed. African women have the highest rate of entrepreneurial activity in the world at an estimated 24
Published: 22 Aug 2023 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 15 Aug 2023
As the first cohort of the Carleton University Queen Elizabeth Scholarship for Advanced Scholars from West Africa (QES-AS-WA) wraps up, we are delighted to announce the second and final call for applications for the second cohort scheduled for 2023-24. The program Wurin ta na yin rubu
Published: 21 Aug 2023 Type: PhD Deadline: 20 Sep 2023
KnowBe4, Inc. is the provider of the world's largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform. KnowBe4 enables organizations to manage the ongoing problem of social engineering by helping them train employees to make smarter security decisions, every day.
Published: 16 Aug 2023 Type: Training Study in: South Africa Deadline: 18 Sep 2023
The year-long hybrid (in-person and virtual) programme brings together 15 South African women entrepreneurs and aims to provide leadership development and intensive entrepreneurial support for founder growth in the engineering and technology industries. The Sasol Women in Engineering Incubator prog
Published: 08 Aug 2023 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: South Africa Deadline: 13 Aug 2023
WomEng Southern Africa Fellowship 2023 is an online programme providing Fellows with materials and resources to learn in their own space and time. This will be supplemented with regular online chats via WhatsApp and live master classes on Zoom. The programme will be run in four (4) modules between S
Published: 04 Aug 2023 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 20 Aug 2023
In an effort to promote gender balance in the tech industry and overcome the underrepresentation of women in software development, the UbuntuNet Alliance is organizing a Women Hackathon. The event aims to empower and encourage 20 passionate women developers from the UbuntuNet Alliance region in East
Published: 27 Jul 2023 Type: Training Deadline: 10 Aug 2023
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: 26 Jul 2023 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 28 Jul 2023
For the African Young Women Leaders Fellowship Programme, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is looking for young, talented African women to lead the sustainable development agenda If you are an African Union citizen, apply to the African Young Women Leaders Fellowship Program. Do
Published: 25 Jul 2023 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 13 Aug 2023
Financial Innovations for Women Affected by Migration (FIWAM) is a Growth Program for later-stage fintech startups that have an impact focus on women migrants and women affected by migration. This program is funded by the Impact-Linked Fund for Gender Inclusive Fintechs (ILF for GIF) and managed by
Published: 21 Jul 2023 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 30 Aug 2023
Women’s lives are significantly affected by the repercussions of uncontrolled development; however, social, structural and economic barriers limit their capacity to tackle the great challenges faced by the continent. The gender disparities in science and technology in both the public and priva
Published: 13 Jul 2023 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 30 Sep 2023
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Photo courtesy of UNDP 28 June 2023, Hiroshima, Japan – UNITAR Division for Prosperity calls on women entrepreneurs, business leaders and those running micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from three Regional Economic Communities across sub-Saharan Africa to apply for the&n
Published: 10 Jul 2023 Type: Training Deadline: 31 Jul 2023
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: 05 Jul 2023 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 15 Aug 2023
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 well as
Published: 30 Jun 2023 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 11 Aug 2023
She Leads Climate Action is launching the first cohort of the She Leads Climate Action Fellowship. We are seeking 12 young women who are passionate about climate change in Nigeria to empower and support them in gaining knowledge and applying it to address climate issues in a locally relevant manner,
Published: 16 Jun 2023 Type: Fellowship Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 20 Jun 2023
She Techs the Future are excited to support female Founders / Co-founders in Uganda and Tanzania to grow their tech startup! The Boost phase provides you with a 5-days residential bootcamp, 3-4 months 1:1 mentorship and coaching, a Demoday to pitch for first investment and access to the StartHub Cat
Published: 14 Jun 2023 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: Tanzania, Uganda Deadline: 18 Jun 2023
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If you are a female-founded African startup with a fantastic service or product and want to learn how to leverage PR and communications to elevate your growing company, my madam, this program is for you! • Customized online masterclasses with Claudine Moore, Allison+Partners Managing Di
Published: 13 Jun 2023 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: Not Specified
The World Bank is partnering with the Republics of Malawi and Mozambique to implement the additional financing of the Eastern and Southern Africa Higher Education Centers of Excellence Project (ACE II). The ACE II project has made significant contributions to building the region’s ca
Published: 07 Jun 2023 Type: Masters Deadline: 15 Jun 2023
The UK-Nigeria Tech Hub and Google for startups Africa have collaborated to support female technology founders with up to $3 million in Google Cloud Credits There are two tiers under the Google Cloud Credit Programme; The Start Tier and Scale Tier.You are encouraged to ap
Published: 23 May 2023 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 02 Jun 2023
Last year, we helped 1000 women build skills in data to challenge the fact that women make up a measly 15% of all data scientists globally. We’re not done yet. This year, we’re giving access to another 1000. We have partnered with Datacamp to help 1000 women build skills and careers in d
Published: 18 May 2023 Type: College School Deadline: 21 May 2023