Ashinaga Africa Scholarships 2025 – Fully Funded Undergraduate Scholarships to Study Abroad 2025
Ashinaga Africa Scholarships – Applications are invited from suitably qualified and eligible undergraduates for the 2025 Ashinaga Africa Scholarships. Undergraduate students who wish to continue their studies abroad but lack the financial capacity to do so can submit their application form now. See the scholarship details below and apply now.
About Ashinaga Africa Scholarships
The Ashinaga Africa Initiative began in 2014 with the mission to contribute to sub-Saharan Africa’s expanding role in global development through increasing access to higher education abroad. The scholarship is aimed at supporting 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).
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Scholarship Coverage
The Ashinaga scholarship support covers;
- Tuition,
- Accommodation,
- Travel costs, and
- other necessary fees.
Requirements for Ashinaga Africa Scholarships
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 2nd August 2021, including all of 2021 and 2022) or will have completed secondary school and received final exam results before February 28th, 2024.
- Be born after 1st September 2000.
- Do 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 contributing 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.
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Required Documents for Application
This is a list of the documents you will need to submit as part of your application:
Applicant Registration
- Photo or scan of at least one of the following documents: Passport, National ID Card, or Birth Certificate
- Photo or scan of your most recent High School Term Report/Transcript
- Photo or scan of your final High School Examination Results Certificate (if applicable)
For students receiving their examination results in February 2026, we will ask you to send your examination certificate as soon as possible after you have received it.
Full Application
- Passport-style photograph
- Passport or National ID Card
- Birth certificate of the applicant.
- Death certificate of deceased parent(s), including the deceased parent’s name, or alternative official documentation proving the death of a parent(s) or orphan status.
- All term reports / secondary school transcripts from the last 2 years.
- Final secondary school examination certificate, showing grades in each subject
- A letter of recommendation from a principal or school teacher. This should be inclusive of their email address, and phone number and must contain information about your performance and character whilst at secondary school. All recommendation letters should contain an official signature or stamp.
- Academic transcripts or other results from the university (if applicable).
- Certificates for extracurricular activities, training courses, jobs , or other commitments (if applicable).
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List of Eligible Countries
Applications are open to students who completed their secondary school studies in 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,
- The 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.
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How to Apply for Ashinaga Africa Scholarships
Interested and eligible candidates from the above countries should submit their application form online through the Ashinaga Africa Scholarships application portal here or through the other two methods listed on the website here.
Note: the age limit to apply for this scholarship is 23 years. This scholarship is an annual scholarship so if you are not eligible now, you can retry next year.
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