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Below is a list of ongoing fully-funded and partial scholarships for students in Africa to help fund your studies abroad or in Africa. View list, learn how to apply for scholarships and win a scholarship today.
Applications are ongoing for the Good Soil Forum Seed Capital Pitch Competition 2025. This is your chance to showcase your business, gain national exposure, and compete live for transformative funding in front of investors and a national audience.
Date Posted: 29 Apr, 2025
The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)Master and Ph.D. Scholarships applications are open to international students. Candidates willing to pursue their studies in Thailand can apply.
Date Posted: 29 Apr, 2025
Applications are open for the WFSA Paediatric Anaesthesia Fellowships 2025. The University of Nairobi together with the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists is offering up to three 12-month Paediatric Anaesthesia Fellowship positions starting in September/October 2025.
Date Posted: 29 Apr, 2025
Applications are open for the UNESCO/Poland Co-Sponsored Fellowships in Engineering 2025. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 29 Apr, 2025
Applications are open for the AREF-MRC Towards Leadership Programme 2025-2026. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 29 Apr, 2025
The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering 2026 is now accepting nominations. The QEPrize welcomes public nominations that honor engineering improvement from all sectors of the profession and a diverse range of nominators worldwide.
Date Posted: 28 Apr, 2025
Nominations are welcomed for the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement 2026. Click here to learn more about this award and nomimate an individual for it.
Date Posted: 28 Apr, 2025
Applications are open for the Cave Canem Prize 2026. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 28 Apr, 2025
Applications are now open for the Bank of Uganda’s Internship Programme 2025. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 28 Apr, 2025
Applications are now open for the 2025 MTN Ghana Foundation Bright Scholarship. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it
Date Posted: 28 Apr, 2025
In line with its mandate of maintaining stability and fostering a stable financial system, the Central Bank of Kenya has been running an Internship Program that seeks to develop a pool of young talent adequately exposed to central and commercial banking operations. The Internship Program runs for one (1) year after which the candidates are released to pursue opportunities in the job market.
Date Posted: 28 Apr, 2025
Applications are open for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) timbuktoo Creatives Lab 2025. The United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) timbuktoo Creatives Lab is here to power innovation in the Cultural and Creative Industries (CC|S). Implemented by the Craft and Design Institute (CDI), this pioneering accelerator programme is designed to help 15 high-potential creative businesses thrive in 2025.
Date Posted: 28 Apr, 2025
Do you have a fierce idea that can promote national unity and strengthen social cohesion in Nigeria? The 2025 Policy Challenge invites the brightest young minds to propose innovative, practical policy reforms that can help bridge divides and build a stronger, more united nation. Apply now!
Date Posted: 28 Apr, 2025
The Futuremakers Women in Tech (WiT) Uganda Program is a transformative initiative designed to empower women-led, tech and tech-enabled businesses. The program is an initiative of Standard Chartered Foundation in partnership with Standard Chartered Bank, Village Capital and The Innovation Village, and implemented by Future Lab.
Date Posted: 28 Apr, 2025
Applications are open for the CODESRIA African Fellowships for Research on Indigenous and Alternative Knowledge (AFRIAK) 2025. The programme is offered with the support of the Mastercard Foundation as part of the Foundation's commitment to promoting the education and skills of young people in Africa, and in recognition of the contribution of the late Ghanaian intellectual Sulley Gariba to the valorisation of African knowledge in research and evaluation.
Date Posted: 28 Apr, 2025
Applications are open for the Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition 2025. Named in honour of Singapore's founding Prime Minister - who can be said to have developed the country's defining business plan in pitching Singapore into the global spotlight - it was one of the first international business plan competition platforms for the world's best and brightest next-gen innovators to solve global challenges.
Date Posted: 26 Apr, 2025
Applications are open for the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Young Scientists Awards 2025. These awards, established in 1989, aim to support young researchers, especially those from developing countries, conducting interdisciplinary projects that align with UNESCO's objectives, particularly within biosphere reserves.
Date Posted: 26 Apr, 2025
Applications are open for the New Commons Challenge 2025. The New Commons Challenge is an initiative led by Microsoft and the Open Data Policy Lab, in partnership with DirectRelief, the Harvard Institutional Data Initiative, and UNESCO (international observer).
Date Posted: 26 Apr, 2025
Applications are open for the Eisenhower Global Fellowship Program 2026. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 26 Apr, 2025
Applications are open for the Goethe-Zentrum Kampala Research Lab Program 2025 for Emerging Artists in Uganda. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 26 Apr, 2025