Scholarships open to people anywhere in Africa

Money that pays for study you could not otherwise afford.

Every one opened at the organisation's own website and checked: real, open now, no rule that keeps Africans out, and free to apply for (a few show a fee on the card). How we check.

Showing 385 to 408 of 433 open to people anywhere in Africa. That is 433 on these pages and 92 more behind the “more from” lines, 525 in all. The pages show up to 2 from each organisation, so one large employer cannot fill them. Tap “more from” to see the rest of its listings. Counted as of 22:05 on 1 November, Lagos time. Every listing, wherever it is open

KTH Scholarship for fee-paying Master's applicants

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Open to any nationality

ScholarshipStockholm, SwedenOpens 1 Dec 2026

Ghent University BOF doctoral scholarship for candidates from the Global South, call 2027

Ghent University

Open to any nationality

ScholarshipCloses 9 Feb 2027

Gerda Henkel Foundation research scholarship (historical humanities, postdoc)

Gerda Henkel Stiftung

Open to any nationality

ScholarshipCloses 20 Nov 2026

Erasmus Trustfonds Scholarship 2027-2028 (Erasmus School of Economics)

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Open to any nationality

ScholarshipRotterdam, NetherlandsOpens 1 Dec 2026

CyprusAid full scholarships at the University of Nicosia (Spring 2027 intake)

University of Nicosia

Open to any nationality

ScholarshipNicosia, Cyprus5 days left

UTS Academic Excellence International Scholarship (30% of tuition)

University of Technology Sydney

Open to any nationality

ScholarshipSydney, AustraliaAwarded automatically

Sydney International Undergraduate Academic Excellence Scholarship

University of Sydney

Open to any nationality

ScholarshipUniversity of Sydney, AustraliaApply any time

Queen's Business School Scholarship for Sub-Saharan Africa

Queen's University Belfast

For people living in Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso and 21 more

ScholarshipBelfast, United KingdomNo closing date published

Loughborough-Ferguson Trust African Scholarship: full tuition and living expenses for a taught master's

Loughborough University

Open to any nationality

ScholarshipOn siteCloses 3 May 2027

HKUST Future Leaders Award: up to full tuition plus living allowance for non-local undergraduates (2027 entry)

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Open to any nationality

ScholarshipHong KongCloses 2 Dec 2026

Gerda Henkel Foundation PhD scholarship in the historical humanities

Gerda Henkel Foundation

Open to any nationality

ScholarshipRemote, worldwideNo closing date published

France Excellence Eiffel scholarship 2027/28 (Master and Doctorate)

Campus France (French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs)

Open to any nationalityPosted in French

ScholarshipFranceCloses 6 Jan 2027

Europubhealth+ Erasmus Mundus scholarship master in public health, 2027 intake

Europubhealth+ consortium (Erasmus Mundus Joint Master)

Open to any nationality

ScholarshipOn siteCloses 8 Jan 2027

DAAD In-Country/In-Region scholarship 2027: MSc Irrigation Engineering, LUANAR Malawi

DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), with Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR)

For citizens of Angola, Benin, Botswana and 46 more

ScholarshipLilongwe, MalawiCloses 12 Nov 2026

DAAD In-Country/In-Region scholarship 2027: MSc Aquaculture and Fisheries Science, LUANAR Malawi

DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), with Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR)

For citizens of Angola, Benin, Botswana and 46 more

ScholarshipLilongwe, MalawiCloses 12 Nov 2026

Babette Taute Honours Scholarships: R50,000 for English Honours students in South Africa

Babette Taute Trust (notice on Rhodes University research gateway)

For people living in South Africa

ScholarshipA South African universityCloses 20 Nov 2026

University Council Merit Scholarship, University of the Witwatersrand

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

For people living in South Africa

ScholarshipJohannesburgAwarded automatically

Partial funding

Swansea University Thrive Bursary: 4,000 pounds off a taught master's, January 2027 entry

Swansea University

For people living in Botswana, Egypt, Ghana and 7 more

ScholarshipSwansea, Wales, United KingdomAwarded automatically

Partial funding

RAU Africa Agricultural Leadership Award (up to GBP 4,500 off MSc fees, Royal Agricultural University, UK)

Royal Agricultural University

For citizens of Algeria, Angola, Benin and 52 more

ScholarshipCirencester, United KingdomRuns in rounds

Partial funding

Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of Cambridge, master's 2027 entry

Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of Cambridge

For people living in Algeria, Angola, Benin and 51 more

ScholarshipCambridge, United KingdomCloses 18 Nov 2026

Fee: £85 to apply, waived for Every Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program applicant who meets the course's academic entry requirements. Applicants from countries not on the automatic list, Botswana among them, must send the fee waiver request form, with transcript and passport, by 18 November 2026 and before submitting the course application.