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TY DANJUMA MBA SCHOLARSHIP

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Application Period: 1 June 2026 or after 30 June 2026

LOCATION: Multiple Regions

The TY Danjuma MBA Scholarship provides financial support to post-graduate African students who have been accepted onto MBA programmes at the top 10 leading business schools in the world only, as ranked by the Financial Times.

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.

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AFREXIMBANK-EDORDU RESEARCH COMPETITION (USD 45,000)

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Application Deadline: 30 September 2026.

LOCATION: Multiple Regions in Africa

The Afreximbank-Edordu Research Competition invites postgraduate students across Africa and participating Caribbean states to produce rigorous, original research on the issues defining the continent’s economic trajectory: trade, finance, integration, and sustainable development.

The competition honors the intellectual legacy of Mr. Christopher Edordu, Pioneer President of Afreximbank, whose vision shaped the institution’s commitment to African economic sovereignty.

ELIGIBILITY:

The Afreximbank-Edordu Research Competition is open to postgraduate students (Master’s or PhD) who are currently enrolled at an accredited tertiary institution on the African continent or in an eligible CARICOM state and who hold nationality of an African country or an eligible CARICOM state.

Eligible CARICOM states are Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Suriname.

Postgraduate students (Master’s or PhD) currently enrolled in a tertiary institution in Africa or in a participating CARICOM state.

Submissions must be original, unpublished research papers that are not under consideration for publication elsewhere at the time of submission.

Papers must address one of the themes announced by the competition for the relevant cycle.

Submissions may be written in any African Union official language: Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, or Kiswahili and will be translated into English for jury evaluation.

Papers must be between 3,000 and 5,000 words, excluding references, tables, and figures.

Papers must follow a recognised academic citation style (APA, Chicago, or Harvard) and be submitted as a PDF or Word document through the official competition portal.

BENEFIT:

First Prize: USD 20,000,

Second Prize: USD 15,000,

Third Prize: USD 10,000.

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