Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at CMU-Africa 2026-2027 – YOA

Deadline: December 15, 2025

Applications are open for the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at CMU-Africa 2026-2027. The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program was established at CMU-Africa in 2016. The program offers beneficiant monetary, social, and educational help for college students whose expertise and promise exceed their monetary sources.

With a imaginative and prescient that training is a catalyst for social and financial change, this system focuses on growing leaders who’re transformative, encouraging them to be lively contributors of their communities. CMU-Africa is part of a world community of 33 Scholars Program companions, comprised of establishments dedicated to growing Africa’s younger leaders.

Scholarship

The program focuses on:

• Holistic help: The scholarship covers application preparation help, orientation, tuition and charges, medical health insurance, journey and fundamental dwelling bills, mission, and entrepreneurship help. Scholars even have entry to a spread of sources that help their properly-being and educational success.
• Career preparation: Scholars profit from tailor-made actions to organize them for the office. Throughout their research, they take part in skilled improvement actions together with, however not restricted to, internship and profession gala’s, networking alternatives with business leaders, one-on-one profession teaching that put together them to pursue their targets upon commencement.
• Leadership improvement: Scholars develop management abilities by participation in scholar golf equipment, group service, and quite a lot of packages that equip college students to develop into change-makers. During their time at CMU-Africa, the Scholars take a sequence of management coaching classes tailor-made to their wants to make sure they’re geared up with chopping-edge management abilities that can allow them to steer with distinction.
• Giving again: Scholars stay out the give-again ethos of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program by main and collaborating in group service actions, growing, and implementing tasks that make a difference within the lives of others. They collaborate with the members of the CMU-Africa group to push their give-again agenda.

Eligibility

• Open to African college students;
• Applicants must be enthusiastic about pursuing a Master of Science levels in Information Technology, Electrical and Computer Engineering, or Engineering Artificial Intelligence.

Selection Criteria

Scholars face social and financial obstacles and have demonstrated the next attributes:

• Academic expertise: Scholars worth studying and have the drive to finish their training.
• Commitment to giving again: Scholars have demonstrated a dedication to bettering their communities.
• Potential to steer: Scholars will develop into position fashions, mentors, and alter-makers.

Application

There are two steps to apply to CMU-Africa:

For extra info, go to MCFSP at CMU-Africa.