🎓 Africa Scholarship & Grant Tracker

Graduate study, research, or teaching in the United States for outstanding students from Africa. Fully funded.

🌍 USA | 🏛️ U.S. Department of State

Fully funded undergraduate, master's, and PhD programs in China for African students. Covers tuition, accommodation, and insurance.

🌍 China | 🏛️ China Scholarship Council

For developing country nationals to pursue master's or PhD degrees in development-related topics at participating universities.

🌍 Global | 🏛️ World Bank

Fully funded master's programs across multiple European universities. Covers tuition, travel, and a generous monthly living allowance.

🌍 Europe | 🏛️ European Union

Fully funded master's programs in Germany for professionals from developing countries with at least 2 years of work experience.

🌍 Germany | 🏛️ German Academic Exchange Service

The UK government’s global scholarship programme. Fully funded one-year master's degrees at any UK university for emerging leaders from Africa.

🌍 UK | 🏛️ UK Government

Fully funded undergraduate and master's scholarships at partner universities across Africa and North America. Covers tuition, accommodation, and living stipend.

🌍 Africa (Multi-Country) | 🏛️ Mastercard Foundation

Deadline: November 23, 2026 Applications are open for the TWAS Visiting Expert Programme 2026/2027. The programme supports visits of internationally renowned scientists to institutions located in developing countries, especially those located in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). The objective of the programme is to provide institutions and research groups in developing countries, especially those with [...]

🌍 Multi-Country/Global | 🏛️ 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 [...]

🌍 Multi-Country/Global | 🏛️ Opportunity Desk

🌍 Multi-Country/Global | 🏛️ Scholarship Roar

🌍 Multi-Country/Global | 🏛️ Scholarship Roar

🌍 Multi-Country/Global | 🏛️ Scholarship Roar

Deadline: October 23, 2026 Applications are open for the Halcyon Africa Innovation in Agriculture and Food Security Accelerator 2027. Halcyon’s Africa Innovation in Agriculture and Food Security Program supports early-stage, impact-driven ventures across Sub-Saharan Africa that are strengthening agriculture and food systems through market-based solutions. They are seeking founders building solutions that improve the livelihoods [...]

🌍 Multi-Country/Global | 🏛️ Opportunity Desk

Deadline: October 12, 2026 Applications are open for the Center for Eastern European Studies (CEES) Fellowship Program 2027. For the spring semester 2027, the Center for Eastern European Studies (CEES) at the University of Zurich offers 5-6 residential fellowships to highly talented and innovative young or mid-career scholars from the field of social sciences or [...]

🌍 Multi-Country/Global | 🏛️ Opportunity Desk

Deadline: January 31, 2027 Applications are open for the beVisioneers: The Mercedes-Benz Fellowship 2027/2028. Designed and implemented by The DO School Fellowships and funded by Mercedes-Benz, beVisioneers: The Mercedes-Benz Fellowship launched in 2023 to equip thousands of young people around the world with the tools and resources to implement and scale environmental projects for a [...]

🌍 Multi-Country/Global | 🏛️ Opportunity Desk

Deadline: October 26, 2026 Applications are open for the Commonwealth Foundation Grant 2026-2027. The Foundation’s grants programme supports civil society across the Commonwealth—including grassroots communities and creative actors—to advance meaningful social, cultural and political change. They support projects that seek change through constructive engagement with governments and other decision-makers and/or through creative advocacy: the intentional [...]

🌍 Multi-Country/Global | 🏛️ Opportunity Desk

🌍 Multi-Country/Africa | 🏛️ Scholarship Roar

🌍 Multi-Country/Africa | 🏛️ Scholarship Roar

🌍 Multi-Country/Africa | 🏛️ Scholarship Roar

Deadline: December 1, 2026 Applications are open for the Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship on Entrepreneurship 2027. The Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship on Entrepreneurship gives African students and recent graduates the opportunity to access training, resources, financial support and a network of mentors to develop their entrepreneurial skills and start building their own venture. [...]

🌍 Multi-Country/Africa | 🏛️ Opportunity Desk

Deadline: November 1, 2026 Applications are open for the AGORA Fellowship 2027. The AGORA Fellowship 2027 is a 9-month catalytic leadership and institution-building programme for mid-career African leaders who are already creating measurable impact and are ready to build stronger institutions, expand their influence, and contribute to Africa’s transformation. The Agora Fellowship develops Kingdom-minded leaders [...]

🌍 Multi-Country/Africa | 🏛️ Opportunity Desk

Deadline: October 2, 2026 Applications are open for the CITE Investigative Journalism Grants 2026. CITE invites journalists nationwide to submit investigative story proposals on issues affecting communities across Zimbabwe. Proposals may be submitted by journalists reporting independently or in collaboration with locally based journalists and community reporters. The initiative supports strong local journalism that goes [...]

🌍 Multi-Country/Africa | 🏛️ Opportunity Desk