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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 DSI and NRF are pleased to announce a call for new applications for DSI-NRF Postgraduate Student Funding for the academic year 2023. All continuing students who are eligible for a second or third year of funding must submit a Progress Report and not a new application. The
Published: 05 May 2022 Type: PhD Study in: South Africa Deadline: 08 Jul 2022
Join Africa’s Leading Talent HUb Future Academy Africa is raising global technology leaders from Africa. Through our launchpad (incubation) and fellowship (acceleration) programs, talents are well prepared to join Global Companies across different sectors. “One more step, and you&r
Published: 05 May 2022 Type: Training Deadline: Not Specified
The International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) — comprising the H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry and the Dr. Panjwani Centre for Molecular and Drug Research in Karachi, Pakistan — and TWAS offer fellowships to young scientists from developing countries (other
Published: 05 May 2022 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 04 Jul 2022
Whilst the primary purpose of this programme is to bring superior wind research knowledge to South African students, the intention is also to reward the students for their excellent work, motivate and inspire them to pursue their academic path in the energy sector, and offer them the opportunit
Published: 05 May 2022 Type: Training Study in: South Africa Deadline: 31 Jul 2022
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The two-year Fellowship will give an early career researcher the freedom to pursue novel research in the field of planetary health, including climate change and the implications of land use change, environmental destruction and degradation, and the evaluation of policies and measures to address thes
Published: 04 May 2022 Type: Fellowship Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 31 May 2022
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Excellent Minds Initiative (EMI) is now accepting entries from undergraduate students in tertiary institutions in West Africa for its 2022 essay competition. Excellent Minds Initiative (EMI) Essay Competition is calling for entries – The Competition is a brainchild of the Excelle
Published: 04 May 2022 Type: Contest Deadline: 05 May 2022
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The Africa Center of Excellence for Water Management (ACEWM) is an initiative of the World Bank Group and the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia through the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) Regional Center hosted by the Addis Ababa University (AAU). The program is a full-t
Published: 04 May 2022 Type: Masters Study in: Ethiopia Deadline: 10 Jun 2022
The Pulitzer Center, a nonprofit organization that supports independent global journalism, is now accepting applications for a new reporting initiative focused on climate change and its effects on workers and work. This ambitious initiative, Your Work/Environment, seeks to explore the
Published: 04 May 2022 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: Not Specified
If you’re an international student from an African nation and are self-funding your postgraduate studies, you could be eligible for a scholarship of £4,000, paid as a discount on your tuition fee. Interested Africans are currently invited from to apply for the University of Essex
Published: 03 May 2022 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 16 Sep 2022
The Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia (MRCG) at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) are pleased to announce an interdisciplinary two-year Fellowship in Planetary Heath. The Fellowship is supported by The Peter Piot fellowship programme through funding f
Published: 03 May 2022 Type: Fellowship Study in: Gambia, Uganda Deadline: 31 May 2022
Our Global Graduate Programme (Finance) enables you develop exceptional commercial skills, equipping you with a deep understanding of the dynamics of the market you operate in. It offers you the opportunity to challenge yourself on international projects, network with graduates from
Published: 02 May 2022 Type: Internship Study in: Nigeria Deadline: Not Specified
As part of the 2022 Digital Economy Summit, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s U.S.-Africa Business Center (USAfBC) in conjunction with AmChams across Africa, is hosting its annual Digital Entrepreneurship Competition for African Startups. The competition is targeted towards Digital SMEs and start
Published: 02 May 2022 Type: Contest Deadline: 31 May 2022
The purpose of an AOSESA fellowship is to provide additional experience for trained orthopedic and neurosurgeons interested in spinal surgery. It is the responsibility of the host Spine Center to ensure that the fellow becomes conversant in the principles, indications, planning, techniques and compl
Published: 02 May 2022 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 30 Jun 2022
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We are proud to focus this year ILCA Fellowship on supporting research with projects in Africa with a topic relevant for African patients. ILCA is ramping up efforts to alleviate Africa’s need for medical assistance. Although the African continent is one of the regions with a very high dise
Published: 02 May 2022 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 03 Jun 2022
The release of the writer and broadcaster Margaret Busby’s landmark new anthology, New Daughters of Africa, published by Myriad, will be celebrated by offering an award worth £20,000 for black, female students ordinarily resident in Africa to study at SOAS University of London. N
Published: 29 Apr 2022 Type: College School Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 02 May 2022
We are pleased to confirm arrangements for the exciting second round of our mentorship scheme in collaboration with the Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford. This programme aims to support and encourage a small cohort of promising pre-PhD students, based in sub-Saharan Africa, who hope
Published: 29 Apr 2022 Type: Training Deadline: 04 May 2022
The AIMS MMST is a professional program designed to provide current teachers of mathematics an opportunity to expand the knowledge of its participants in mathematical foundations relating to core secondary school curricula, and applications of modern mathematics. Coupled with significant mathematica
Published: 29 Apr 2022 Type: Masters Study in: Ghana Deadline: 30 Apr 2022
This two-year programme is offered as a blended learning course comprising of online interaction and residential block-weeks in Pretoria. Two contact sessions will be scheduled every year (four contact sessions over the period of two years).
Published: 29 Apr 2022 Type: Masters Study in: South Africa Deadline: 31 Jul 2022
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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