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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
Introducing the National Girls in ICT Competition, an initiative that seeks to transform the ICT landscape in Nigeria by creating a platform for girls in secondary schools to showcase their skills, creativity, and innovation in various ICT-related domains. This competition is an initiative of the
Published: 25 Jan 2024 Type: Contest Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 18 Feb 2024
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Phase 2 targets 60 mid-career women working for municipalities across South Africa. This encompasses individuals occupying administrative or supervisory roles across diverse departments of local municipalities, including but not limited to energy, environment, planning, and public works. The Sout
Published: 17 Jan 2024 Type: Training Study in: South Africa Deadline: 29 Jan 2024
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Applications are now open for the 2024 Women Creating Wealth (WCW) Entrepreneurship Programme. The programme is dedicated to African women entrepreneurs to enable them to thrive by providing essential skills, tools, mindset, business development support services and access to a vibran
Published: 16 Jan 2024 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 16 Feb 2024
Standard Chartered seeking to recruit the best entrepreneurial minds of women-led startup teams using digital technology as a key driver of innovation in business.
Published: 09 Jan 2024 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: Zambia Value: $10,000 Deadline: 12 Jan 2024
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The United States African Development Foundation (USADF), in partnership with the United States Department of State Africa Bureau, invite applications for the 2024 African Women Entrepreneurs Program-Reimagined grant. This is the second application cycle for this grant and only applicant
Published: 03 Jan 2024 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 21 Jan 2024
The Women Digital Entrepreneurship Program {WDEP} is an initiative of Access , with implementation from Nerdzfactory Foundation aimed at equipping business women with the skills for the digitization of their business processes and to further position their businesses for long-term market relevance a
Published: 02 Jan 2024 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 07 Jan 2024
WIN Leadership Accelerator is an intensive, nine-month long career and leadership programme for journalists and editors working in Africa, the Arab Region and Southeast Asia. The programme accepts 100-150 applicants, annually. Women media professionals from the following countries are eligible
Published: 22 Dec 2023 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 15 Jan 2024
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Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) is an international organization working with leaders in government, the private sector and civil society to drive further, faster action toward achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7), which calls for universal access to sustainable energy by
Published: 20 Dec 2023 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 11 Jan 2024
The Asia Foundation, together with its partners in the Cross-Border Conflict: Evidence, Policy, and Trends (XCEPT) program, will support six women researchers from across Asia, the Middle East, and Africa to undertake independent research projects and grow their professional skills and networks.
Published: 18 Dec 2023 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 15 Jan 2024
The Africa Women Journalist Project is thrilled to announce a 6-Month Fellowship Program designed exclusively for women journalists. This fellowship offers a unique opportunity to receive comprehensive skills training, personalised mentorship for both professional and personal development, smal
Published: 15 Dec 2023 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 18 Dec 2023
JFD have officially opened submissions for this year’s Margaret Awards, which give women and young girls who are changing the world with tech the chance to showcase their ideas and win prizes in six categories The French organisation brings together economic actors, media, public and p
Published: 08 Dec 2023 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 08 Jan 2024
The Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) gives enterprising women the knowledge, networks, and access they need to launch and scale successful businesses. AWE uses a hybrid model that combines the online platform DreamBuilder (developed through a partnership between Arizona State University’s
Published: 06 Dec 2023 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 31 Dec 2023
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The Open Doors Fellowship Program for women researchers in Africa is a holistic program that shall target women researchers in Africa to help them acquire the necessary hard and soft skills to strengthen their placements within their hosting institutions and, ultimately, avoid the dropout befor
Published: 27 Nov 2023 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 10 Jan 2024
Since November 2021, Standard Bank in partnership with Giving Wings launched the Basali Development Programme. The name Basali (pronounced Basadi) is derived from Southern Sotho which means ‘women’. Each year we travel a journey of business development with female entrepreneurs
Published: 24 Nov 2023 Type: Internship Study in: South Africa Deadline: 30 Nov 2023
Applications are now open for the Standard Chartered Women in Technology Incubator, Africa’s leading incubator programme for female-led and founded businesses.
Published: 15 Apr 2024 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: Zambia Deadline: 12 Jan 2024
CyberGirls Fellowship is a free 1-year fellowship program that equips girls and women aged 18-28 years old with globally sought-after cybersecurity skills, positioning them to start a career in cybersecurity and helping them to seize decent work opportunities within Africa and across the
Published: 21 Nov 2023 Type: Training Deadline: 11 Dec 2023
The Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies, BIGSAS, invites outstanding African women scholars based on the continent to join an international community of early career researchers working in the field of African Studies. BIGSAS provides a centre for creative and innovative d
Published: 03 Nov 2023 Type: Masters Deadline: 31 Dec 2023
The Adara Foundation, a non-profit social enterprise in Nigeria, focuses on empowering women and advancing education in Africa. The Foundation shares Saïd Business School’s commitment to greater gender parity in education and supports our aim to foster a global MBA community with represen
Published: 02 Nov 2023 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: Not Specified
MTN Uganda Limited, in partnership with MTN Mobile Money Uganda Limited, American Tower Company, UN Women, dfcu Bank, Innovation Village and National Social Security Fund (NSSF) HI Innovators is committed to launching Advancing Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) project. The purpose of this project is to emp
Published: 27 Oct 2023 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: Uganda Deadline: 01 Nov 2023
Launched in 2019, the Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton programme is the first women-in-business support initiative of its kind in the industry offered by Access Bank’s W Initiative. The programme was designed to provide female owned businesses across Africa an opportunity to access finance, world-clas
Published: 25 Oct 2023 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: Ghana Deadline: 29 Oct 2023