Opportunities For Africans | Connecting Africans to the Latest Life Changing Opportunities

Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) MEXT Scholarships 2019 for Study in Japan (Fully Funded)

OFA - April 19, 2018

Alibaba Group eFounders Fellowship 2018 for entrepreneurs in developing countries (Fully Funded to Hangzhou,China)

UN Human Rights-Fellowship Program 2018 for People of African Descent (Fully Funded to Geneva, Switzerland)

Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program 2018/2019 for Mid-Career Professionals, USA (Fully Funded)

Johnson & Johnson One Young World Scholarship Program 2018/2019 (Fully Funded to the One Young World Summit 2018 in The Hague, The Netherlands)

OFA - April 4, 2018

Go Green in the City 2018 Global Student Competition (Win sponsored trip to the grand finale in the USA)

Orange Social Venture Prize Africa & Middle East 2018

Orange Social Venture Prize 2018 for Innovative Startups in Africa and Middle East (50,000 Euros in Prizes)

BMCE Bank African Entrepreneurship Award 2018 for African Based Entrepreneurs ($1 million Prize)

adb-africaofmydreams-contest-2018

African Development Bank AfricaOfMyDreams contest 2018 for young Africans (Win all-expense paid trip to Busan, Korea)

OFA - February 24, 2018

Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program 2018 for Developing Countries Nationals (Fully Funded)

Komla Dumor Award 2018: Seeking a rising star of African journalism

BBC World News Komla Dumor Award 2018 for African Journalists (Fully Funded to work at BBC UK & £2,000/Month Stipend)

Future Leaders Connect – The global network for emerging policy leaders

British Councils’ Future Leaders Connect Program 2018 for emerging policy leaders Worldwide (Fully Funded to the Houses of Parliament in London)

MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program 2018/2019 at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Fully Funded)

OFA - February 13, 2018

Le Monde Smart Cities Awards 2018 for urban transformation projects (win €3,000 + an online article in the French newspaper Le Monde!)

All Bar None scholarships 2018

All Bar None Scholarship to attend the 2018 One Young World Summit in The Hague, The Netherlands (Fully Funded)

Food for Thoughts Challenge 2018

Thought For Food Challenge 2018 ($USD25,000 in cash prizes & all-expenses paid trip to the TFF Global Summit)

Holland Scholarships 2018/2019 for Bachelor’s or Masters Study in the Netherlands (5,000 Euros)

OFA - January 12, 2018

Commonwealth Masters Scholarships for study in the united kingdom

Commonwealth Master’s Scholarships 2018/2019 for full-time Master’s study at a UK university (Fully Funded)

Coomonwealth PhD Scholarships 2018/2019

Commonwealth PhD Scholarships 2018/2019 for doctoral study in the United Kingdom (Fully Funded)

The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2018

Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2018 for young writers from Commonwealth Nations (Fully Funded to London)

Governance for Development in Africa Initiative Residential School 2018 (FULLY FUNDED)

OFA - October 26, 2017

Standard Chartered Bank International Graduate Programme 2018 for Young Africans.

Australia Awards Masters Scholarships 2018 for Study in Australia (Fully Funded)

2019 World Economic Forum of Young Global Leaders – Call for Nominations

Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships 2018/2019 for Foreign Scholars & Artists to study in Switzerland (Fully Funded)

OFA - August 7, 2017

University of Cape Town MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program 2018 for study in South Africa (Fully Funded)

University of Cambridge Scholarships 2018/2019 for foreign students (Fully Funded)

DAAD Postgraduate (Master’s/PhD) Scholarships 2018/2019 for Study in Germany (Fully Funded)

Latest Opportunities

Siemens Egypt Best in Class Program 2018 for young undergraduates

OFA - April 23, 2018

International AIDS Conference (IAS 2018) AIDS 2018 Youth Ambassador Programme – Amsterdam, Netherlands

OFA - April 23, 2018

Southern Africa Startup Awards 2018 for young Entrepreneurs

OFA - April 23, 2018

City of Cape Town YouthStartCT 2018 Entrepreneurial Challenge for start-up entrepreneurs

April 23, 2018

Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND) International Prize 2018 for End of poverty projects ($USD 1 Million prize)

April 23, 2018

Thomson Reuters Foundation Reporting Land Rights 2018 workshop for media professionals from Southern Africa (Fully Funded to Johannesburg, South Africa)

April 23, 2018

3ie Impact bursaries for African nationals to attend Evidence 2018 Conference in Pretoria, South Africa (Fully Funded)

April 21, 2018

Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa Graduate Internships 2018 for young South Africans

April 20, 2018

Waislitz Global Citizen Award 2018 (Funded Trip to New York, USA & $USD 100,000 prize)

April 20, 2018

Government of Turkey (Türkiye Burslari) Undergraduate & Postgraduate 3rd round Scholarships 2018/2019 for study in Turkey (Fully Funded)

April 20, 2018

Jim Ovia Foundation Leaders Scholarship 2018/2019 for Undergraduate study at the Ashesi University in Ghana and Covenant University in Nigeria.

April 20, 2018

Japan Africa Dream Scholarship (JADS) Program 2018 for young Africans to study in Japan (Fully Funded)

April 20, 2018

African Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) Awards 2018 for Women Entrepreneurs in Africa

April 20, 2018

Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) MEXT Scholarships 2019 for Study in Japan (Fully Funded)

April 19, 2018

School of Data’s 2018 Fellowship Programme for data-literacy practitioners/enthusiasts ($1000 USD per month stipend)

April 19, 2018

Scholarships

Government of Turkey (Türkiye Burslari) Undergraduate & Postgraduate 3rd round Scholarships...

OFA - April 20, 2018

Application Deadline: May 14th 2018 Türkiye Scholarships include both scholarship and university placement at the same time. Applicants will be placed in a university and...

Jim Ovia Foundation Leaders Scholarship 2018/2019 for Undergraduate study at the...

April 20, 2018

Japan Africa Dream Scholarship (JADS) Program 2018 for young Africans to...

April 20, 2018

Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) MEXT Scholarships 2019 for Study in Japan (Fully...

April 19, 2018

AstraZeneca Young Health Programme Scholarship 2018 to attend the One Young...

April 19, 2018

Ignacy Łukasiewicz Scholarship Programme 2018/2019 for study in Poland (Fully Funded)

April 19, 2018

Audi Environmental Foundation Scholarship 2018 to attend the One Young World...

April 19, 2018

Women for Africa Foundation Learn Africa Scholarship Program 2018/2019 for African...

April 18, 2018

UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) CONFINTEA Research Scholarships 2018

April 18, 2018

Call for Applications

International AIDS Conference (IAS 2018) AIDS 2018 Youth Ambassador Programme – Amsterdam, Netherlands

OFA - April 23, 2018

Southern Africa Startup Awards 2018 for young Entrepreneurs

OFA - April 23, 2018

City of Cape Town YouthStartCT 2018 Entrepreneurial Challenge for start-up entrepreneurs

April 23, 2018

Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND) International Prize 2018 for End of poverty projects ($USD 1 Million prize)

April 23, 2018

Thomson Reuters Foundation Reporting Land Rights 2018 workshop for media professionals from Southern Africa (Fully Funded to Johannesburg, South Africa)

April 23, 2018

3ie Impact bursaries for African nationals to attend Evidence 2018 Conference in Pretoria, South Africa (Fully Funded)

April 21, 2018

Waislitz Global Citizen Award 2018 (Funded Trip to New York, USA & $USD 100,000 prize)

April 20, 2018

African Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) Awards 2018 for Women Entrepreneurs in Africa

April 20, 2018

YALI Regional Leadership Center Southern Africa Residential Program 2018 – Cohorts 15 & 16 (Fully Funded)

April 18, 2018

African Students For Liberty Local Coordinators Program 2018/2019 for young African graduate students.

April 18, 2018

Thomson Reuters Foundation’s Investigative Sports Reporting programme 2018 for journalists in Africa (Funded)

April 18, 2018

Global African Agribusiness Accelerator Platform(GAAP-Kenya) for Africa-active #agriculture enterprise

April 18, 2018

Goethe-Institut International Coproduction Fund 2018 for Artists ( €25,000 in funding)

April 17, 2018

Facebook Global Literacy & Accessibility Challenge 2018 ($30K USD per proposal & Funded to Menlo Park CA, USA)

April 17, 2018

Fellowships

School of Data’s 2018 Fellowship Programme for data-literacy practitioners/enthusiasts ($1000 USD per month stipend)

OFA - April 19, 2018

Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) Early Career Women Scientists (ECWS) Fellowships 2018 (USD 50,000 Award)

OFA - April 19, 2018

Allan Gray Orbis Foundation Fellowship programme 2018/2019 for young students from Southern Africa (Fully Funded)

April 18, 2018

UN Human Rights-Fellowship Program 2018 for People of African Descent (Fully Funded to Geneva, Switzerland)

April 13, 2018

UN Reham Al-Farra Memorial Journalists Fellowship Programme 2018 for Young Journalists (Daily Stipend & Fully Funded to New York, USA)

April 13, 2018

Andela Nigeria Fellowship Cycle 33 – funded Technical Leadership Program 2018 for young Nigerians

April 11, 2018

African Academy of Sciences African Postdoctoral Training Initiative fellowship program 2018

April 11, 2018

Journalist Fellowships to cover the HIV Research for Prevention (HIVR4P 2018) Conference in Madrid, Spain (Fully Funded)

April 11, 2018

2018 International Professional Fellows Program on Inclusive Disability Employment for east Africans (Fully Funded to USA)

April 6, 2018

Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program 2018/2019 for Mid-Career Professionals, USA (Fully Funded)

April 5, 2018

Internships

Siemens Egypt Best in Class Program 2018 for young undergraduates

Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa Graduate Internships 2018 for young South Africans

International Youth Federation (IYF) Spokesperson for the Secretary-General position – Apply

Nairobi Securities Exchange Graduate Trainee Program 2018 for young Kenyans

Vodafone Discover Graduate Programme 2018 for young Ghanaians

General Electric (GE) Nigeria Early Identification (EID) Undergraduate Internship Programme 2018...

UAC Plc Pre-Employment Internship Scheme 2018 for young Nigerians

KPMG Audit Graduate Trainee Programme 2018 for young Nigerians

Ericsson South Africa Graduate Program 2018 for young South Africans

Contests

Ecobank Fintech Challenge 2018 for African Tech Innovators and Entrepreneurs

OFA - April 18, 2018

UNESCO African World Heritage Day Instagram photo contest 2018 (Fully Funded to World Heritage sites in Carpe Verde, South Africa & Tanzania)

OFA - April 16, 2018

Allard Prize for International Integrity (“Allard Prize”) Photography Competition 2018/2019 (CA$1,000 prize)

April 16, 2018

Barclays Africa 2018 L’Atelier art competition for young visual artists across Africa (R330 000 and a return ticket to Paris)

April 13, 2018

United States Diplomatic Mission in Nigeria NaijaGems Photo Contest 2018

April 11, 2018

Food Connection Challenge 2018 for SMEs in Nigeria and Benin

April 11, 2018

UNESCO/Juventus photo contest 2018 #unescojuventus #What Colour #MoreThanFootball

April 6, 2018

USAID Digital Agriculture Photo Contest 2018 (USD $1,000 prize)

April 5, 2018

Women Photograph Nikon/ Getty Images 2018 project grants for women & non-binary photographers.

April 2, 2018

Embassy of Ireland in Nigeria PeaceWriteNow Writing Contest 2018

March 30, 2018

Feed the Future Fall Armyworm Tech Prize 2018 for smallholder farmers

March 29, 2018

10th Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition 2018 for Undergraduate & Masters Law Students Worldwide –Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

March 28, 2018

School Enterprise Challenge 2018 (Student-led, Business Start-Up Competition for Schools around the World)- $50,000 USD worth of prizes

March 27, 2018

World Trade Organization (WTO) Essay Award 2018 for Young Economists (CHF 5,000 Prize)

March 16, 2018

Blog

Meet the inaugural class of the 2018 Obama Foundation Fellowship for civic innovators.

OFA - April 16, 2018

Meet the Selected 1,000 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs for 2018

OFA - March 23, 2018

AfDB Launches Youth Advisory Group to Create 25 Million Jobs for Africa’s youth.

OFA - November 28, 2017

Morland Writing Scholarship 2017 Shortlist

OFA - November 23, 2017

University of Abomey-Calavi Becomes First Francophone West African University to Join Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program

OFA - November 10, 2017

Tech winners from across Africa announced at the AppsAfrica.com Innovation Award 2017

OFA - November 7, 2017

Latest Opportunities for Africans Newsletter (October 10th – 17th 2017)

OFA - October 17, 2017

Yale Young African Scholars concludes 2017 program sessions

OFA - October 6, 2017

Tony Elumelu Foundation to host 3rd Annual TEF Entrepreneurship Forum in Lagos, Nigeria

OFA - October 4, 2017

List of Top Scholarships 2018 for young Africans to study in the United Kingdom

OFA - September 28, 2017

Latest Opportunities for Africans Newsletter (September 18 – 24 2017)

OFA - September 24, 2017

List of MasterCard Foundation Scholarships 2018/2019 for young Africans to study Abroad.

OFA - September 21, 2017

EDITOR PICKS

POPULAR POSTS

Gates Cambridge Scholarships Programme 2017 for Study at the University of...

September 5, 2016

2017 Commonwealth Scholarships for Master’s and PhD study in the UK...

August 11, 2016

AU/ECOWAS Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship Skills Development Forum (YEES-Forum) 2016, Dakar...

September 1, 2016