Are you an African student searching for scholarship to fund your studies abroad? Search no more, below is a list of scholarships for African students to study abroad 2025-2026.
The SABS is a member of African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO). ARSO is an intergovernmental body, established by the African Union and UNECA in 1977 with a principal mandate to harmonize African Standards and conformity assessment procedures in order to reduce Technical Barriers to Trade a
Published: 04 Mar 2025 Type: Contest Study in: Tanzania Deadline: 31 Mar 2025
The Chatham House Mo Ibrahim Foundation Academy Fellowship is a joint initiative between Chatham House and the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. It offers candidates at the early-to-mid-stage of their career the opportunity to spend ten months at Chatham House working on an individual research p
Published: 03 Mar 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 19 Mar 2025
The CIMPA-ICTP “Research in Pairs” fellowship program supports mathematicians from developing countries by funding their visits to Europe to collaborate with a colleague. The two researchers will work together on a well-defined research project, primarily at the European colleague’
Published: 28 Feb 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 25 Apr 2025
The programme aims at fostering strong, internationally oriented higher education systems in Sub-Saharan Africa with the capacity to contribute to sustainable development. To this end, scholarships are granted for development-related Master or doctoral studies for individuals who plan to pursue a ca
Published: 28 Feb 2025 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 01 Apr 2025
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is inviting applications from journalists in Benin, Ghana, Nigeria and Togo to apply for story grants to produce quality indepth and impactful stories on Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) and Digital Public Goods and Services. The story grants form pa
Published: 27 Feb 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Value: USD300 Deadline: 20 Mar 2025
Applications are now open for the Mastercard Foundation TAGDev 2.0 Scholarship Programme 2025 for East Africans at Gulu University. The programme seeks to strengthen universities and TVET institutions to better serve communities by skilling and empowering Africa’s young people and th
Published: 27 Feb 2025 Type: Undergraduate Study in: Uganda Deadline: 01 Apr 2025
The Pan African University Scholarship is a special call by the institution for eligible candidates to pursue fully funded graduate degrees. The Pan African University is an initiative of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union. It is a Premier continental university network w
Published: 26 Feb 2025 Type: PhD Study in: Algeria, Kenya Deadline: 20 Mar 2025
The Pan African University Scholarship is a special call by the institution for eligible candidates to pursue fully funded graduate degrees. The Pan African University is an initiative of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union. It is a Premier continental university network w
Published: 26 Feb 2025 Type: Masters Study in: Algeria, Kenya Deadline: 20 Mar 2025
The Providence Memorial Undergraduate Scholarship supports Black or African students pursuing higher education in English-speaking African countries. Recipients may receive up to $250 per year, which is renewable for up to four years based on academic progress and
Published: 26 Feb 2025 Type: Undergraduate Deadline: 23 Mar 2025
The Third UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3) will take place from June 9 to June 13, 2025, in Nice, France, co-hosted by the Governments of France and Costa Rica. This significant event is aimed at accelerating global initiatives towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14), which focuse
Published: 25 Feb 2025 Type: Contest Deadline: 31 Mar 2025
Applications are now open for the Access Bank 2025 Youthrive Program. A transformative initiative by Access Bank designed to empower, uplift, and accelerate the next generation of MSMEs. The program is set to impact over 4 million individuals by enhancing capacity, providing financial empowerment, a
Published: 25 Feb 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: Not Specified
The AIG Public Leaders Programme (AIG PLP) offers emerging African public sector leaders a unique opportunity to develop their leadership capacity and acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to drive change. Run in conjunction with the University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government,
Published: 24 Feb 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 01 May 2025
The Postgraduate Diploma Programme started in 1991, and since then, many of its graduates have gone on to do PhDs at various prestigious universities, including in Europe and North America. Many of them, after a few postdoctoral stints abroad, have returned to their home countries, where they are ac
Published: 22 Feb 2025 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 15 Mar 2025
The Sprinng Writing Fellowship (SWF) is a FREE and intensive 6-week online mentorship program for developing Nigerian, Ghanaian, Liberian, and South African writers with great potential and willingness to learn. This fellowship focuses on 4 genres of literature: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonficti
Published: 21 Feb 2025 Type: Fellowship Study in: Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, South Africa Deadline: 15 Apr 2025
Art School Africa is looking for a Research and Project Strategist Intern to support our research-driven initiatives and help develop a culminating project that synthesizes and builds on insights from our past research reports. This role will focus on transforming years of data a
Published: 20 Feb 2025 Type: Internship Study in: Morocco, South Africa Deadline: 23 Feb 2025
Applications are open for the GrowthAfrica Nairobi Circular Economy ClimAccelerator 2025. The Circular Economy ClimAccelerator in Nairobi is an acceleration programme targeted at local solutions that are working towards shifting the local ecosystem towards more circularity. This ClimAccelerator
Published: 20 Feb 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: Kenya Deadline: 02 Mar 2025
Applications are open for the French-African Foundation 2025 Young Leaders Program for Africans. Under the High Patronage of H.E. Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, and H.E. Andry Rajoelina, President of the Republic of Madagascar, this prestigious program brings together 30 com
Published: 19 Feb 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 30 Mar 2025
AFRIKA KOMMT! brings together the most visionary young leaders from Africa and leading German companies. Companies benefit from the expertise, knowledge, local network and unique African perspective of the young professionals. The African fellows dive deep into the German corporate specifics, German
Published: 18 Feb 2025 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 23 Mar 2025
In 2010 alone, a whopping 380,376 African Students, enrolled for studies at an international university, from then to 2020, that number has significantly grown with many African students making plans to study overseas.
Usually, when you check the cost that comes with studying overseas, it is easier for you to opt for a cheaper option, which is studying in your country. Yet, the question remains, if abroad studies are so expensive why then are African Students trooping out to do so? Simple answer, they are going to school on scholarship.
In a bid to make studying abroad easier and cheaper for students in various African countries, the government, universities, companies, foundations, and even individuals, made available schemes such as fully-funded scholarships for African students, which aspiring students like you can take advantage of to fund their studies overseas.
Being the absolute go to website / plug for all things international scholarships for African students, you can now double your efforts on finding suitable online scholarships for African students, by browsing through our impressive compilation of international study opportunities you can easily qualify for.
We believe that money should never be a hindrance for you to further your education, which is why we also have overseas study opportunities that you can benefit from, no matter the type of degree you want to pursue.
As a Masters or Ph.D student, you can check out our latest postgraduate scholarships for African students. And if you are an aspiring Bachelor's degree student, to see our undergraduate scholarships for African students to study abroad go to our undergraduate section. We ensure that no one gets left behind in this race for better abroad study opportunities.
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