Top Scholarships and Fellowships in Africa for 2024: Unlock Opportunities for International Students

Discover the best scholarships and fellowships in Africa for 2024, offering valuable opportunities for African students to unlock their potential and achieve their educational goals.

• Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of the Western Cape 2025 (Fully-funded)

The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program targets young people facing economic and social barriers to higher education, with a focus on young women, refugees, displaced youth, and those with disabilities. The Program at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) offers fully-funded scholarships for academically talented students from South Africa and across Africa. For the 2025 academic year, UWC invites applications for a limited number of undergraduate and master’s degree scholarships for full-time study.

Click here for more information | Deadline: 30 August,2024

• African Investigative Journalism Conference Masterclass Fellowships 2024

The African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC) is partnering with SKUP, the Norwegian Association for Critical and Investigative Press, and Bellingcat to offer a three-day intensive training course on advanced investigative journalism techniques. This course will be held just before the AIJC conference, which runs from October 30 to November 1, 2024, at Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa. The training aims to equip journalists with the essential skills and methodologies needed for impactful investigative reporting, highlighting a commitment to raising journalistic standards and building a community of skilled investigative reporters across Africa.

Click here for more information | Deadline: 30 August,2024

• University of Manchester Equity and Merit Scholarships 2025/2026 for International Master’s Students

The University of Manchester is accepting applications for the 2025/2026 Equity and Merit Scholarships for International Master’s Students. These scholarships, aligned with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, are for academically outstanding students from the Global South who need financial support to study at Manchester. The program offers 40 scholarships: 30 for full-time, on-campus master’s degrees (one-year) and 10 for part-time, distance learning master’s degrees (three to five years), covering fields like engineering, health sciences, and law.

Click here for more information | Deadline:  31 August,2024

• UN OHCHR Indigenous Fellowship Programme 2025 (Fully-funded)

The Indigenous Fellowship Programme, launched by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in 1997, aims to empower indigenous persons by providing them with knowledge of the UN system and human rights mechanisms, with a focus on indigenous issues. The program, available in English, Spanish, French, Russian, and Portuguese, trains participants over four weeks in Geneva, with simultaneous interpretation. The training coincides with the annual session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (June/July), enabling fellows to engage more actively in this important forum.

Click here for more information | Deadline: 31 August,2024

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