Scholarships

Application Deadline: August 22nd, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025/2026 University of Rwanda Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program. The University of Rwanda, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, is implementing a 10-year Scholars Program (2021–2031) designed to expand access to quality higher education for 1,400 talented young Africans with limited access to opportunities. The initiative […]

Application Deadline: 25 July, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 AIJC Investigative Journalism Masterclass. The African Investigative Journalism Conference (#AIJC2025), a project of the Wits Centre for Journalism (WCJ) in partnership with SKUP,  the Association for Critical and Investigative Press in Norway and Bellingcat will host an intensive training course on the latest investigative journalism techniques, taking place

Application Deadline: August 8, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 IIE-Sony Music Group Global Scholars Program. As a commitment through the Global Social Justice Fund, Sony Music Group, in partnership with IIE, is pleased to announce a new global scholarship program that will propel the future careers of young, diverse talent in the music industry. This

Application Deadline: Unspecified Applications are now open for the 2025 HP-Google Skills for Business Programme. The Skills for Business programme directly addresses these challenges by offering tailored training in areas such as artificial intelligence (AI), digital marketing, and e-commerce. The initiative builds on the success of Google’s Hustle Academy Business Bootcamp, which has supported over 15,000 SMEs across Africa

Application Deadline: July 28, 2025. Applications are now open for the 2026/2027 Stanford Biodesign Innovation Fellowship. The Biodesign Innovation Fellowship is a 10-month experience that equips aspiring innovators with a proven, repeatable process to identify important health-related needs, invent novel health technologies to address them (including medical devices, diagnostics, digital health, drug delivery, and biotechnology solutions), and

Application Deadline: January 15, 2026 Applications are now open for the 2026 African Leadership Academy. African Leadership Academy seeks to transform Africa by developing a powerful network of young leaders who are ready to accelerate the continent’s growth. Requirements Financial Aid Since its inception, ALA has been committed to making the diploma program accessible for all successful

Application Deadline: 31st July 2025 Applications are now open for the State of the Map (SotM) Africa travel grant Scholarships. The State of the Map Africa (SotM Africa) is a bi-annual regional conference that celebrates the culture of open mapping, open data, GIS and its impact across Africa. The first SotM Africa conference was hosted by the

Application Deadline: 19th September, 2025 Applications are now open for the Miles Morland Foundation Morland Writing Scholarships. Miles Morland set up the foundation which bears his name in 2013, after a career investing in Africa via two companies he created, Blakeney Management and DPI (Development Partners International).  It can be difficult for writers, before they become established, to write

Application Deadline: Unspecified Applications are now open for the 2025 Cambridge Africa Changemakers Scholarship. The Cambridge Africa Changemakers Scholarship is a programme of full-cost scholarships for PhD students in any subject, open to candidates from any country in Africa. It is tenable at any college. It aims to provide support to talented students who require financial assistance

Application Deadline: Monday, 4 August 2025. Applications are now open for the 2026 DSTI-CSIR Inter-programme Bursary Scheme. The Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) established the Inter-programme Bursary Scheme (IBS) to support postgraduate studies and capacity development in critical, strategic and priority areas identified in key departmental strategies. The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research DSTI-CSIR Inter-programme