Africa

Secure Your Future: The NLNG Undergraduate Scholarship Scheme 2026 for Nigerian Students

Are you a bright-eyed first-year undergraduate student in Nigeria, filled with aspirations of academic success and a desire to contribute to your nation's future? Then the NLNG Undergraduate Scholarship Scheme (UGSS) 2026 might just be your golden...

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Shape the Future of AI: Become a Yoruba Language Specialist and Earn Up to $65/hour

Are you passionate about language and technology? Do you have a deep understanding of Yoruba and a desire to influence the next generation of artificial intelligence? If you answered “yes” to both questions, then you’re in for a treat! There...

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South Africa Startup Funding 2026: How to Get Up to R1 Million from the Orange Corners Innovation Fund (OCIF) GROW Programme

If you’re a young entrepreneur in South Africa with real traction, real customers, and very real cash needs, the OCIF GROW Programme 2026 should be on your radar – and probably on your calendar.

Amount: See official source for award amount or financial terms. Deadline: Dec 31, 2025

Spend 8 Months in the Maghreb on a Paid Humanities and Social Science Fellowship: MECAM Residential Fellowships 2026-2027

If your research keeps circling back to big questions—who gets to imagine the future, who gets left out of it, and how inequality quietly scripts everyday life—then the **Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM) Fellowship 202...

Amount: See official source for award amount or financial terms. Deadline: Mar 2, 2026

Spend 8–10 Weeks in Lisbon Doing Real Human Rights Legal Work: UNHR Summer Fellowship Program 2026

Some summer “fellowships” are basically a glorified reading list and a badge for your LinkedIn. This is not that.

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STEG Larger Research Grants 2026: Win up to £100,000 for Structural Transformation Research in Africa

If you study why some economies change shape while others stall, the STEG Larger Research Grants (LRGs) are the sort of prize you notice.

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Strengthen Your CSO: CSR-Hub 2026 Civic Space Protection Fellowship (12-Month Capacity Building for West African NGOs)

If your organisation is quietly holding community meetings, documenting rights abuses, or pushing for more transparent local governance in Ghana, Nigeria, or Senegal, this is the kind of program that could change how you work.

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Student Mini-Grants for Plastic Action 2026: How to Get $500 from Wayfinder Society to Fight Plastic Pollution

If you're a student tired of seeing plastic clog school yards, streaming into drains, and showing up in every beach selfie, the Wayfinder Society Student Mini-Grant is a small but mighty tool that can help you turn frustration into action.

Amount: $500 per recipient Deadline: See official source for current deadline.

Study Agriculture in Nigeria for Free in 2026: Leventis Foundation One-Year Training Program With Boarding and Feeding

There are plenty of “youth empowerment” programs that offer a Zoom certificate, a handshake, and very little else. This is not that.

Amount: See official source for award amount or financial terms. Deadline: Feb 21, 2026

Study Economics in Germany With Funding: Dieter Schumacher PhD Scholarship 2026 Pays EUR 1,550 per Month Plus Travel

You know that moment in a PhD when your research stops being “a topic” and starts being an argument you can defend in public? That’s usually when you realize you need two things: time and a serious intellectual environment.

Amount: See official source for award amount or financial terms. Deadline: Feb 28, 2026