Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program 2027 — Fully Funded Secondary, Undergraduate and Master's
VettedMastercard Foundation
Abroad · Secondary, Bachelor's & Master'sTuition, accommodation, books and learning materials, mentoring and counselling, leadership development, and return airfare home where needed — the partner university administers it and the cover is the same programme everywhereOpen nowcloses by 31 July 2027 (302 days) · varies by university
About this scholarship
What it is
The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program is the largest scholarship programme in Africa, and it is not a competition you enter — it is a place at a partner university, paid for end to end, for young people with the marks and the will to lead who could not otherwise afford it.
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