Scholarships List

The British Embassy in Mogadishu Specifically Promotes Chevening for Somalia — And 100+ Somali Scholars Have Already Used It The Federal Republic of Somalia is not a country most scholarship guides feature with specificity. This guide does. The British Embassy in Somalia announced applications for Chevening Scholarships were open, offering Somali nationals the opportunity to […]

Sierra Leone Has the Oldest University in Sub-Saharan Africa — And a Scholarship Landscape Built on Deep UK Ties The Republic of Sierra Leone is not a country most international scholarship guides feature prominently. But its scholarship landscape is anchored by two facts that most guides overlook: Fourah Bay College established in 1827 is the oldest

Senegal Is the Most Politically Stable Country in Sub-Saharan Africa — And Has a Scholarship Landscape to Match The Republic of Senegal has never experienced a successful military coup. In a West African region where military interruptions to democracy have recently occurred in Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, and Niger, Senegal stands as the only major

Rwanda Has the Only Carnegie Mellon University Campus in Africa — And It’s in Kigali Most scholarship guides for Rwandan students list the same programs available to all African countries. This one starts with what makes Rwanda genuinely different. In 2011, upon the invitation of the Government of Rwanda, Carnegie Mellon and the Government of

Niger Students: Two Worlds of Scholarships, One Major Practical Consideration The Republic of Niger sits at the convergence of two scholarship worlds — the same dual position as Mali: Niger is a French-speaking country — opening the Eiffel Excellence Scholarship, ARES Belgium, AUF/OIF programs, Campus France scholarships, and the entire Francophone academic world. Niger is

Namibia Has the Strongest DAAD Pipeline in Africa — Most Namibian Students Don’t Know It The Republic of Namibia independent since 1990 after nine decades as German South-West Africa and then a South African mandate has a scholarship landscape shaped profoundly by its German colonial heritage. Namibia receives one of the strongest single-country DAAD pipelines

Mozambique Has One of the Most Active Chevening Programs in Africa — And Most Students Don’t Realize It The Republic of Mozambique is not just eligible for Chevening scholarships. It has one of the most established Chevening programs on the continent. Since its creation, more than 350 Mozambicans have benefited from the Chevening Scholarship. In

Mali Sits at the Intersection of Two Scholarship Worlds — Most Students Only Use One The Republic of Mali has a scholarship landscape shaped by two overlapping facts that most guides treat separately: Mali is a French-speaking country — which opens the Eiffel Excellence Scholarship, ARES Belgium, AUF/OIF programs, Canadian francophone scholarships, and the entire

Malawi Has a Scholarship Most Students Don’t Know About — And It’s Only for Three Countries Before covering the major international scholarships, there is one program Malawian students should know about that most scholarship guides miss entirely. The Beit Trust Scholarship provides fully funded Master’s degree and PhD scholarships — but only for students from

Madagascar Is Called the “8th Continent” — And That Shapes a Scholarship Landscape Unlike Any Other African Nation Madagascar is home to approximately 90% of species found nowhere else on Earth. Its 592,000 square kilometers contain lemurs found only here, baobab trees unique to this island, over 300 endemic bird species, and ecological systems that