ELIGIBILITY:

The TY Danjuma MBA Scholarship aims to help up to eight African students a year. 

If you meet the scholarship criteria (you are an African student who has been accepted on an MBA programme at a top 10 leading Business School, as ranked by The Financial Times MBA Global Ranking 2026 (https://rankings.ft.com/rankings/3006/mba-2026) and want to apply for the scholarship, you should send the following information to mba@tyd-fo.co.uk between 1 June and 30 June 2026:

Full Name

Nationality

Full contact details

Name of Business School where you have been accepted onto their MBA Programme

Year of enrolment at the Business School

Copy of offer letter from the Business School

Copy of your CV

Copy of your own budget and funding shortfall (including confirmation letters for all scholarships and loans).

Note, the TY Danjuma MBA Scholarship is to help support by providing additional financial aid, it will not be enough to act as the primary source of funding for the MBA.

Applications received prior to 1 June 2026 or after 30 June 2026 will not be processed.

All successful African MBA applicants to the top ten business schools (as ranked by the Financial Times) are eligible to receive the TY Danjuma MBA Scholarship, regardless of their domicile. Awarded candidates will receive their grant prior to the annual intake date for that business school. However, whilst the TY Danjuma MBA Scholarship will provide additional financial support to help African student’s bridge part of the gap and relieve some of the financial burden attached to taking on MBA programmes, it will not be enough to act as the primary source of funding for these programmes.

The Financial Times MBA Global Ranking for 2026 lists the top ten schools as:

MIT: Sloan

INSEAD

University of Pennsylvania: Wharton

IESE Business School

London Business School

HEC Paris

Esade Business School

CEIBS

UC Berkeley: Haas

Harvard Business School

Please click here view the full list for further details of rankings.

BENEFIT:

The TY Danjuma MBA Scholarship provides additional financial aid to the selected candidates.