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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
WomEng Africa Innovation Fellowship, powered by WomEng and the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation is a nine-month leadership and business development opportunity for female African innovators with an early stage engineering innovation or startup. The Africa
Published: 05 Oct 2022 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 15 Oct 2022
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Calling women-led enterprises and innovators working on health innovations and improving access to healthcare in Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa and Uganda. You are making a real difference in people’s lives. We are committed to do our part. WiNFUND invests in wo
Published: 05 Oct 2022 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 30 Nov 2022
The Awa Prize is a competition organised by Enabel which highlights women entrepreneurs from Belgian development cooperation countries and their projects. The Awa Prize celebrates the work of women who have a positive impact on their communities through their business. Entrepreneurship knows n
Published: 30 Sep 2022 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 24 Oct 2022
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The Margaret McNamara Educational Grants (MMEG) provides grants to women from developing countries to help further their education and strengthen their leadership skills to improve the lives of women and children in developing countries. About $15,000 Education grants are awarded to women from
Published: 28 Sep 2022 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 15 Jan 2023
Mujeres por África, through the program “Science by Women” and with the collaboration of Eurofins Foundation, announces the I Contest “Science by Women”. The main goal of the contest is to give continuity to the projects that the women participants of the program ca
Published: 16 Sep 2022 Type: Contest Deadline: 12 Oct 2022
The Loyola Institute, Trinity College Dublin, is delighted to award a scholarship (fees plus stipend) to exceptional students who are passionate about studying a degree program at the Institution. Both full-time and part-time applicants to the MPhil in Christian will be eligible. In the case
Published: 13 Sep 2022 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Ireland Deadline: 08 Jul 2023
SOLVIT AFRICA is a pan-African company with the aim of creating 5000 software development jobs for the African youth by 2030. We rely on insightful data to ensure the delivery of our training and outsourcing services. We’re seeking female coding professionals interested in a 3 months pro
Published: 08 Sep 2022 Type: Internship Deadline: Not Specified
The Code for Good hackathon gives you the chance to put your coding skills towards doing good for nonprofit organisations. It’s also a great opportunity to see whether a career in financial services technology is for you. Over the course of 12 hours, you and your team will develop a te
Published: 08 Sep 2022 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: Not Specified
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The Working to Advance African Women (WAAW) foundation aim to increase the pipeline of African women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) related disciplines, and work to ensure that this talent is engaged in African innovation. Scholarships are renewable annually, following pr
Published: 08 Sep 2022 Type: Undergraduate Deadline: 12 Nov 2022
Media Defence is calling for applications from women lawyers based in sub-Saharan Africa to participate in a peer support programme, which is aimed at women lawyers with demonstrated interest in digital rights, as well as in independent peer learning and peer support with fellow women lawyers.
Published: 25 Aug 2022 Type: Training Deadline: 30 Sep 2022
She Works Here, Nigeria’s largest all-women’s accelerator is announcing a convertible grant facility for female-owned businesses in Nigeria. The objective of the grant is to bridge the gender gap in Africa’s growing renewable energy sector, by providing catalytic repayable grant
Published: 22 Aug 2022 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 31 Aug 2022
The UNCTAD eTrade for Women Masterclasses are unique empowerment events for women digital entrepreneurs. Applications are open for English-speaking African countries. The rapid spread of digital technologies across Africa is creating many business opportunities. Yet, women entrepreneurs
Published: 15 Aug 2022 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 10 Sep 2022
The Media Foundation for West Africa is organizing a training workshop to empower women to build digital literacy and skills for their work and engagements. The Digital Literacy and Skills training workshop is being organized as part of MFWA project on “Enhancing Press Freedom, Women’
Published: 08 Aug 2022 Type: Training Deadline: Not Specified
Women Techmakers Ambassadors are leaders around the world who are passionate about empowering their communities through organizing events, public speaking, creating content, and mentoring. With access to a global community and exclusive resources, Ambassadors are helping build a world where all wome
Published: 05 Aug 2022 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 31 Oct 2022
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The 3 year leadership program aims to create high level women leadership in agroecology, sustainable agriculture and food systems transformation, who will influence and negotiate for the space of agroecology in policies and programs across African countries. The many years of PELUM work have proved
Published: 04 Aug 2022 Type: Training Deadline: 20 Aug 2022
The Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) invites applications for its workshop on Female Academic Careers in Africa which is organized from 7 to 9 September 2022 in collaboration with the German Historical Institute Paris (GHIP) and the Centre for Gender Studies and Advocacy (CEGE
Published: 01 Aug 2022 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ghana Deadline: 03 Aug 2022
The Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) invites applications for its workshop on Female Academic Careers in Africa which is organized from 7 to 9 September 2022 in collaboration with the German Historical Institute Paris (GHIP) and the Centre for Gender Studies and Advocacy (CEGE
Published: 26 Jul 2022 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ghana Deadline: 03 Aug 2022
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In 2019, the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) established the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE). AWE provides women entrepreneurs with the skills, resources, and networks needed to start and scale successful businesses.
Published: 22 Jul 2022 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: Uganda Deadline: 02 Aug 2022
The three-month programme is for female entrepreneurs with a GreenTech or AgriTech idea or early-stage business, ready to upskill and utilise technology to bring their businesses to life. Are you a Nigerian female entrepreneur looking to develop the next big GreenTech or AgriTech business? Are
Published: 18 Jul 2022 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: Not Specified
In 2017, Women for the Environment Africa (WE Africa) was born through the determination of a small dedicated group of women conservationists frustrated with the current model of conservation leadership. They shared a conviction that a different style of leadership with more diverse and inclusi
Published: 12 Jul 2022 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 15 Aug 2022