scholarships for the 2020-2021 academic year

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Scholarships currently opened for application

Ashinaga Africa Initiative 2020

Ashinaga is a Japan-based non-profit organization, which provides educational and emotional support to orphaned students. Ashinaga has supported over 100,000 orphans over the last 50 years, and many of its graduates are actively contributing to society in a variety of fields across the world.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 12:00 GMT FRIDAY 13TH DECEMBER 2019

The application is open to those who:

Have lost one or both parents.

Have completed secondary school and passed the national secondary school examination (technical and vocational degrees not accepted) within the last two years (any date after 1st September 2017, including all of 2018 and 2019) or will have completed secondary school and received final exam results before February 28th, 2020.

Have citizenship and have completed / are completing high school in one of the following countries: Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, DRC, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea Conakry, Kenya, Kingdom of eSwatini, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, The Gambia, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Were born after 1st September, 1997.

Do not have the means to attend university until graduation 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.
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 after graduating from university.
Have no dependents who could interfere with academic progress.