Application Deadline: February 28, 2021
Applications are open for the Ashinaga Africa Initiative 2021 for Anglophone and Francophone countries. The Ashinaga Africa Initiative (AAI) is an international leadership program that cultivates the next generation of leaders to contribute to the development of sub-Saharan Africa.
AAI Scholars have lost one or both parents and are committed to returning to sub-Saharan Africa to initiate change, innovation, and development. The AAI provides access to full financial support to study at university abroad (equivalent to an undergraduate degree), including tuition, room, travel costs and other necessary fees.
Eligibility
Applicants must:
• Have lost one or both parents.
• Have completed secondary school and passed national secondary school examination (technical and vocational degrees not accepted) within the last two years (any date after September 1, 2018, including all of 2019 and 2020) or will have completed secondary school and received final exam results before February 28, 2021.
• Have citizenship and have completed/are completing high school in one of the following countries: Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, CAR, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, DRC, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea Conakry, Kenya, Kingdom of eSwatini, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Sénégal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Seychelles, Sudan, Tanzania, The Gambia, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
• Were born after September 1, 1998.
• Do not have the means to attend university abroad without external financial support.
• Are proficient in English or French.
• Are regularly ranked in the top 10% of their class during their last 2 or 3 years of secondary school. Students without strong grades are unlikely to be successful.
• Are able to participate in the two Ashinaga preparatory programs, over the course of one year, before attending university.
• Are committed to return 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.
Application
There are two stages to the Ashinaga Africa Initiative application process;
1. Registration: All applicant must first confirm the eligibility by registering for the programme. Only students who register for the program and are deemed eligible (based on criteria/eligibility above) will receive the application form.
2. Application: All students who register for the programme will receive an email with a link to the application form within 1 month of their registration if they are eligible for the programme.
For more information, visit Ashinaga Africa Initiative.
