💼 Africa Internship & Fellowship Tracker

Are you planning to apply for a scholarship, master’s programme, PhD, fellowship, exchange programme or another study abroad opportunity? Do not wait until the application opens before you start preparing. One of the biggest mistakes applicants make is finding a great opportunity and then discovering that they do not have a valid passport, official transcript, [...]

🌍 Multi-Country/Africa | 🏛️ Opportunity Desk

Deadline: November 18, 2026 Applications are invited for the British Academy Innovation Fellowships Scheme 2026. The Innovation Fellowships scheme will provide funding and support for established early-career and mid-career researchers in the humanities and social sciences to partner with organisations and business in the creative, cultural, public, private and policy sectors, to address challenges that [...]

🌍 Multi-Country/Africa | 🏛️ Opportunity Desk

Deadline: December 1, 2026 Applications are open for the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS) 2027/2028. Established by the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong in 2009, the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS) aims at attracting the best and brightest students in the world to pursue their PhD studies in Hong Kong’s universities. [...]

🌍 Multi-Country/Africa | 🏛️ Opportunity Desk

Deadline: October 30, 2026 Applications are open for the Foundation for American Innovation’s Conservative AI Policy Fellowship (CAPF) 2027. The Foundation for American Innovation’s Conservative AI Policy Fellowship (CAPF) is an eight-week, part-time fellowship for conservative policy professionals in Washington, DC, seeking to understand artificial intelligence (AI) and the debates around emerging technology. Fellows meet [...]

🌍 Multi-Country/Africa | 🏛️ Opportunity Desk

Gain practical work experience at the UN. Open to students in their final year of bachelor's, master's, or PhD programs.

🌍 Multi-Country/Remote | 🏛️ United Nations

Work alongside UNICEF professionals on projects that impact children globally. 6 to 12 weeks duration.

🌍 Multi-Country/Remote | 🏛️ UNICEF

Gain hands-on experience in continental governance, peace and security, and economic development at the AU headquarters.

🌍 Ethiopia/Remote | 🏛️ African Union Commission

A 10-week paid internship for outstanding students passionate about global development and poverty reduction.

🌍 USA/Remote | 🏛️ World Bank

Work with the UN agency leading international efforts to defeat hunger. Open to recent graduates and current students.

🌍 Italy/Remote | 🏛️ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

A 3 to 6 month internship for students and recent graduates to support the Bank's mission of economic and social development in Africa.

🌍 Tunisia/Remote | 🏛️ African Development Bank

Deadline: October 21, 2026 Applications are open for the Fellowship in Outbreak Readiness for Global Health Protection (FOR-GHP) 2026. The “Fellowship in Outbreak Readiness for Global Health Protection” (FOR-GHP) is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Health within the framework of the Global Health Protection Programme (GHPP). FOR-GHP uses a multiplier approach to enhance [...]

🌍 Multi-Country/Africa | 🏛️ Opportunity Desk

Deadline: October 12, 2026 Applications for the National AI Innovation Challenge 2027 are now open. The National AI Innovation Challenge is designed to deepen the technical development, adoption and practical use of Nigeria’s sovereign AI capabilities. At the centre is N-ATLAS (Nigerian Atlas for Languages and AI at Scale), Nigeria’s first open-source, multilingual large language [...]

🌍 Nigeria | 🏛️ Opportunity Desk

Deadline: November 8, 2026 Applications are open for the Mentora Scholars Fellowship 2027. The Mentora Scholars is a fully-funded fellowship that prepares college students to become exemplary changemakers in their careers and communities. Inspired by history’s great leaders—from Lincoln and Mother Teresa to Gandhi—the program endeavors to identify, develop, and support the next generation of [...]

🌍 Multi-Country/Africa | 🏛️ Opportunity Desk