Opportunities for African Women
Scholarships, grants, fellowships, and jobs to grow, lead, and make impact.
UpGreyed Her 2026: $10,000 Grant for Women Founders
Grey
Equity-free grants of $5,000, $3,000, and $2,000 for three women-led tech-enabled businesses in Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Latin America, Europe, UK, or US. Must be 23-40 with a business operating for 3+ years.
Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program
Mastercard Foundation
Full scholarships for academically talented yet economically disadvantaged young people from Africa to study at leading universities worldwide.
AWS AI & ML Scholars Program
AWS & Udacity
Free AI and machine learning training for up to 100,000 learners globally, with top performers earning a fully funded Udacity Nanodegree scholarship in an AWS-aligned AI career track.
Moniepoint Women in Tech Internship 2026
Moniepoint
A paid 6-month internship for young women to build careers in tech, with mentorship from industry experts, real projects shaping finance in Africa, and roles across 9 teams including engineering, data, cybersecurity, and design.
SACREEE 2026 Capacity-Building Programme for Women Energy Entrepreneurs
SACREEE
The 6-month programme empowers women energy entrepreneurs from the SADC region through business soft-skill training and industry role models while facilitating enterprise financing through matchmaking with potential funders.
African Union Youth Volunteer Corps
African Union
A continental volunteer program deploying young African professionals aged 18-35 to AU member states for 12-month placements in development projects.
Flourish Africa Business Grant Program 2026 Cohort 5
Flourish Africa
The program supports female entrepreneurs in Nigeria with a combination of training, mentoring, coaching, and funding to build and scale sustainable businesses.
ICGEB South African Women in Biotechnology Programme SAWBP Postdoctoral Fellowship 2026
ICGEB
The ICGEB-SAWBP Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme supports South African women researchers holding a PhD degree in Biotechnology or a related discipline to perform hypothesis-driven research at ICGEB Cape Town.
MTN Foundation Y'ellopreneur Program 2026
MTN Foundation
The Y'ellopreneur Program provides Nigerian female entrepreneurs with capacity building, access to capital, business training, mentorship, and ongoing advisory support to reduce women unemployment and advance entrepreneurship.