Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance Scholarships:- The Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance Scholar Programme is a full-tuition plus fees award for Africa’s entrepreneurial leaders in 2021.

About the Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance Scholarships Award:

Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance is a platform for highly educated young African social, business and political entrepreneurs, attending leading universities in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. Our mission is to capture, inform and engage Africa’s global intellectual capital in the development of Africa.

Type: MBA

Eligibility: 

• Born in Africa and current passport holders of an African country
• Exhibited entrepreneurial leadership in their field of interest
• Two or more years of work experience
• Hold a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent
• Candidates must arrange to have official university transcripts, letters of recommendation and standardized test scores arrive at Yale School of Management by the appropriate application deadline

Number of Awardees: Not specified

Offered annually? Yes

Eligible Countries: African countries

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Value of Scholarship: 

• Fellowships and Grants from our partners
• Scholarships (Fletcher / Oxford Skoll / Yale / Oxford Pershing Square)
• Mentors
• Venture Capital
• The Harambean Network

Application Deadline: 

16th November, 2020 at 23:59

How to Apply: 

• Candidates must complete online HEA Application by November 16, 2020 HERE

Official Website:

For More Information Visit the Official Scholarship Webpage Here.

Nestle Scholarships for Women from Developing Countries.

The Nestlé Scholarship for Women was first awarded in 1997 and was initiated by a group of IMD MBA participants who wanted to encourage women to take the MBA.

We aim to encourage high achievers from around the globe who don’t necessarily have the financial means to apply, but do have the potential, drive and passion that we are looking for. If you have the desire and ability to join the best group of 90, we want to help you.

IMD is committed to fostering the growth in diversity through our merit and need-based MBA scholarships, which are awarded to candidates who have applied for and accepted an offer to join the IMD MBA program.

These include one full scholarship and four 80% scholarships. In our current class, 63% of our women participants were awarded a scholarship.

Host Institution(s):

IMD in Switzerland

Field of study:

Masters in Business Administration (MBA)

Study in:  Switzerland

Target group:

Women from developing countries

Scholarship value/inclusions:

CHF 25,000

Nestle Scholarships Eligibility:

Preference is given to women from developing countries.  Employees of Nestlé or its subsidiaries are not eligible.

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Application instructions:

Together with the MBA financial aid application form, you must also submit a 750-word essay using the IMD MBA Scholarship template on “Many have argued that greater diversity in the Top Management team of an organization is good for profits and customers. What would you recommend as ways to achieve greater diversity?” The deadline for scholarship applications is 1 September annually.

It is important to visit the official website (link found below) to access the application forms and for detailed information on how to apply for this scholarship.

Application Deadline: 1 September (annual)
Note: Course starts Jan 2021

Official Website:

Official Scholarship Website: https://www.imd.org/mba/financing/one-year-mba-program-scholarships/

Jacobs Foundation Scholarship 2019/2020:- New to Saïd Business School, the inaugural Jacobs Foundation scholars offer applications to start their studies in September 2020.

About the Award: The Jacobs Foundation scholarship was introduced in 2018 and is open to candidates with a strong interest in the field of youth and child development.

Jacobs Foundation scholars have an entrepreneurial vision, are dedicated to social issues, and usually have a minimum of three years’ work experience.

The Jacobs Foundation Scholars will also be committed to the goals of the Jacobs Foundation.

It is hoped that the Jacobs Foundation Scholars will become active participants in the Jacobs Network, connecting with other fellows online and offline through events and conferences; and contribute to the advancement of the network as well as the Foundation’s communication channels such as the newsletter or the blog.

Scholars will be invited to attend an introductory week in Zurich, Switzerland, prior to the start of their Oxford programme.

The date for this introductory week will be announced soon. Attendance at the introductory week is strongly recommended.

Application Deadline: 1st November 2019

Eligible Countries: See list below

To be taken at (country): Saïd Business School at University of Oxford, UK

Type: MBA

Jacobs Foundation Scholarship 2019/2020 Eligibility:

Candidates must have an interest in the following areas (in order of priority):

1. Childhood development, learning education (ed-tech, early-ed, parenting, brain development);
2. Agricultural development in Africa (food security, microfinance, supply-chain);
3. Impact investment, with a preference for education.

Candidates who have industry experience from the NGO, education or government sector are welcome to apply.

Additionally, candidates must be ordinarily resident in one of the following countries:

Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Ivory Coast, Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Togo, United Kingdom, United States.  (With a preference for: Senegal, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Benin, Ghana, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany and Romania.)

Value of Award:

• £26,500 per scholarship
• As a Jacobs Foundation scholar, you will also benefit from interaction with the Jacobs Foundation directly.

How to Apply: You must submit an additional Jacobs Foundation scholarship essay in the funding section of your programme application form.

Please write up to 500 words, answering the question:  Tell us about your experience in one of the listed Priority Areas. 

How would the MBA programme support you and your future plans in one of these areas?

Official Website:

For More Information Visit Programme Webpage Here.