Ashinaga Africa Initiative Scholarship to study Abroad for Orphaned African Students 2018

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). Ashinaga support covers tuition, accommodation, travel costs, and other necessary fees.

Requirements

Applicants must:

• Have lost one or both parents;
•  Have completed 12 years of education (primary and secondary school) within the last two years;
• Were born after 1st October, 1996;
• Have an outstanding academic performance at high school and were amongst the top students in their class;
• Be willing to return home, or to Sub-Saharan Africa, and contribute to society in Sub-Saharan Africa after graduating from university;

Required Documents

• Completed application form
• Working email address and telephone number
• Document proving the death of one or both parents, such as a death certificate
• Proof of age, such as a birth certificate, national ID or passport
• Secondary school/high school graduation certificate
• Results from final national exams
• Academic report cards from the last two years of high school/secondary school
• Passport-style photo of yourself.

Eligible Countries

Anglophone Recruitment (September 16th to December 16th) (Applications now open)

Botswana, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Kingdom of eSwatini, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
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Francophone Recruitment (March to June) (Applications now closed)

Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Gabon, Guinea Conakry, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Republic of Congo, Senegal and Togo.

Lusophone Recruitment (July to September) (Applications now open)

Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, and Mozambique

Click here for information about how to apply for the Lusophone Recruitment.

How to apply for the Anglophone Recruitment

There are three ways to apply for the Ashinaga Africa Initiative, although we prefer online applications or those sent by email. There is no application fee, and you must never pay anyone to apply or to apply on your behalf.

Please note that if you apply by post, all submitted documents will not be returned to you. Therefore, you must send copies of documents ONLY.

	Online	Email	Post
Step 1	Gather all the required documents, except for the application form.	Download the application form here.	Download the application form here or ask for the form from your local Japanese embassy.
Step 2	Scan the required documents in either PDF or JPG format.	Print the application form and fill it out.	Print the application form and fill it out.
Step 3	Apply online (link) once applications open	Scan the completed application form and the other required documents in either PDF or JPG format.	Make photocopies of your completed application form and all other required documents
Step 4	Application complete	Email your scanned documents to: admissions.en@ashinaga.org Use your name and country as the email title.	Send all photocopies to the following address: Ashinaga Africa Initiative Recruitment Team P. O. Box 16864 – Kampala, UGANDA Do not send original documents, copies only.
Step 5	–	Application complete	Application complete

Application Form

Download the application form by clicking here.

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