Ashinaga Africa Initiative 2022 for Young African Leaders to Study Abroad 174 views

Scholarship opportunity for orphaned students access to full financial support. Free entry. Deadline 28 Jan 2022.

Ashinaga Africa Initiative 2022 for Young African Leaders to Study Abroad

About Ashinaga Africa Initiative 2022 for Young African Leaders to Study Abroad

The Ashinaga Africa Initiative began in 2014. Its mission is to contribute to sub-Saharan Africa’s expanding role in global development through increasing access to higher education abroad. We support orphaned students who are committed to returning home and initiating change, by providing access to full financial support to study at a university abroad (equivalent to an undergraduate degree).

Who can participate

Applicants must:

• Have lost one or both parents.
• Have completed secondary school and received the results of their national secondary school examination (technical and vocational degrees not accepted) within the last two years (any date after August 2, 2019, including all of 2020 and 2021) or will have completed secondary school and received final exam results before February 28, 2022.
• Be born after September 1, 1999.
• Not have the means to attend university abroad without external financial support.
• Be proficient in English, French , or Portuguese.
• Be regularly ranked in the top 10% of their class during their last 2 or 3 years of secondary school.
• Be able to participate in the two Ashinaga preparatory programs, over the course of one year, before attending university.
• Be committed to returning home, or to Sub-Saharan Africa, and contribute to society in Sub-Saharan Africa after graduating from university.
• Have no dependents who could interfere with academic progress.
• Have a good enough health condition to be able to study abroad.

Eligible Countries – Applicants must have citizenship and have completed/are completing high school in one of the following countries:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, CAR, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, DRC, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Conakry, Kenya, Kingdom of eSwatini, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Seychelles, Sudan, Tanzania, The Gambia, Togo, Uganda, Zambia , and Zimbabwe.

Awards/Prizes/Benefits

The AAI provides access to full financial support to study at a university abroad (equivalent to an undergraduate degree), including tuition, room, travel costs, and other necessary fees.

Deadline

Application deadline is 28 Jan 2022.

Entry fee

There is no entry fee.

Some useful information

Please visit rules, FAQ and previous winning entries from the official website to take part in Ashinaga Africa Initiative 2022 for Young African Leaders to Study Abroad.