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 Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science (PBS) is a growing community of researchers, intellectuals, and students who investigate the human mind and behaviour in a societal context. Our department conducts cutting-edge psychological and behavioural research that is both based in and a
Published: 29 Feb 2024 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 25 Apr 2024
An intense, pre-PhD programme for talented students Supporting its mission to promote advanced scientific research in developing countries, ICTP offers a Postgraduate Diploma Programme that prepares talented students for PhD studies. The Postgraduate Diploma Programme started in 1991, and sinc
Published: 29 Feb 2024 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: 15 Mar 2024
ETH4D provides grants for mentoring doctoral candidates from low- and lower-middle-income countries. The mentorship is a one-year appointment and comprises the following components: Mentorship from one ETH professor, senior scientist or postdoc over a period of one year of the mentee’s d
Published: 27 Feb 2024 Type: PhD Study in: Switzerland Deadline: 30 Mar 2024
The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science sub-Saharan Africa regional program aims to promote and encourage the participation of young African women in science. This program identifies and rewards young talented researchers in the formal sciences, life and environmental sciences, mat
Published: 27 Feb 2024 Type: Postgraduate Value: 10.000€ and 15.000€ Deadline: 15 Mar 2024
The AfricaLics network is an academic research and capacity building network that focuses on how innovation occurs, this is the process through which new or improved products, processes, organizational forms, ways of working and acting are introduced into new environments, and the relationship this
Published: 27 Feb 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 22 Mar 2024
AAI is pleased to announce the launch of the Africa Adaptation Initiative (AAI) Young Professional Programme on Climate Finance. This program, hosted in Lome by Sustainable Solutions for Africa (SSA) and funded by USAID, aims to engage graduates, postgraduates, and early-career young profe
Published: 27 Feb 2024 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: Togo Deadline: 14 Mar 2024
This Master’s Degree is offered jointly with the WIPO Academy, the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), and Africa University (Mutare, Zimbabwe), with financial assistance from the Government of Japan. Subjects covered Genera
Published: 27 Feb 2024 Type: Masters Study in: Zimbabwe Deadline: 01 Mar 2024
The AfOx Visiting Fellows Program is designed to enhance academic mobility and network building. Applicants should provide details of an Oxford university host i.e. someone with an academic/research post in Oxford in the applicant’s field of interest who will work with them to maximise the use
Published: 26 Feb 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: 31 Mar 2024
Public sector executives ascending the ranks of government departments, agencies, ministries or multilateral organisations must maintain exemplary performance in their current role while developing the new skills and perspectives they will need to take on a top leadership role. The AIG Public Leader
Published: 26 Feb 2024 Type: Training Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 30 Apr 2024
The Dag Hammarskjöld Fund for Journalists accepts applications from journalists of the developing nations of Africa, Asia (including Pacific Island nations), Latin America and the Caribbean to cover the United Nations General Assembly beginning in September each year. The fellowships offer
Published: 26 Feb 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: 05 Apr 2024
The African Center for Governance and Economic Management (ACGEM) is thrilled to announce the launch of an exciting essay competition on the theme: “Embracing Homegrown Democracy in Africa: Unlocking the Potential of African Democracies”. In pursuit of fostering intellectual discourse
Published: 26 Feb 2024 Type: Contest Deadline: 31 Mar 2024
The Fellowship is aimed at aspiring journalists and filmmakers from the global south. Working in film, print, audio, photography or multimedia, the fellows seek to make a career out of reporting the global south, raising awareness and breaking down prejudices with integrity and creativity.
Published: 23 Feb 2024 Type: Fellowship Value: £1000 Deadline: 21 Mar 2024
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Court), the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Commission), and the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (Committee) are pleased to announce the publication of Volume 7 of the Afr
Published: 15 Apr 2024 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: 30 Jun 2024
This program brings together founders from across Sub-Saharan Africa, empowering them to address climate challenges through Renewable Energy, Green Building, Climate Data, Agriculture, WaterTech, and Blue Economy solutions. Apply for the Africa Climate Fellowship to drive climate impact. This pro
Published: 23 Feb 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 22 Mar 2024
This program brings together founders from across Sub-Saharan Africa, empowering them to address climate challenges through Renewable Energy, Green Building, Climate Data, Agriculture, WaterTech, and Blue Economy solutions. Apply for the Africa Climate Fellowship to drive climate impact. This pro
Published: 23 Feb 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: 22 Mar 2024
The African-American China Leadership Fellows Program (AACLF) is dedicated to the development of mid-career African-American China professionals, striving to curb the under-representation of African-Americans in U.S.-China relations. We firmly believe that supporting rising African-American professi
Published: 15 Apr 2024 Type: Fellowship Deadline: Not Specified
We invite early career scholars working on topics connected to and practices grounded in ‘defiant scholarship in Africa’ to apply for writing workshops in Yaoundé, Cameroon and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. During these three-day hybrid workshops we will work to identify and challenge
Published: 22 Feb 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: Cameroon, Ethiopia Deadline: 04 Mar 2024
The Center for the Study of Africa and the African Diaspora (CSAAD) Research Fellowship invites scholars based and living in Africa and the Diaspora ( outside of North America and Europe), and who have completed the terminal degree in their field, to submit applications for the opportunity to spend
Published: 21 Feb 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: United States Deadline: 29 Feb 2024
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.
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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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