International Student Scholarships in Africa
Looking for a study in Africa but not sure if you can afford it? Find plenty of scholarship opportunities all over Africa that will allow you to cover part or all of your false study costs. Pick the right financial aid offer from diverse scholarship offers meant to meet student expenses for business administration, medicine, law, political science, engineering, computer science, social sciences, arts, and plenty other academic disciplines and specialisations.
Scholarship opportunities, both fully-funded and partially-funded are quite many in Africa. Whether you want to study in the East, West or South of the continent, there’s always a scholarship just perfect for you. Scholarships in Africa cut across undergraduate, masters, doctoral and postdoctoral levels. These scholarship opportunities could be region-based, country-based, needs-based, gender-based or discipline-based. An example of a merit-based scholarship available to both local, regional and international students in Africa for undergraduate and postgraduate programs is the MasterCard Foundation scholarships. These fully-funded scholarships are available in certain universities in strategic countries on the continent. Overseas students can also study in Africa via Scholarships such as the Boren Awards for International Study. There are also scholarship opportunities like DAAD In-region scholarships sponsored by the Dutch government. These merit-based scholarships enable citizens of one country, such as South Africa, to undertake a postgraduate study in a specific field in a university in another African country, such as Ghana.