Ashinaga Africa Initiative 2027 for Young African Leaders – YOA

Deadline: August 16, 2026

Applications are open for the Ashinaga Africa Initiative 2027 for Young African Leaders. The Ashinaga Africa Initiative (AAI) is a global management program that cultivates the following era of leaders to contribute to the event of sub-Saharan Africa.

AAI Scholars have misplaced one or each mother and father and are dedicated to returning to sub-Saharan Africa to provoke change, innovation, and improvement. The AAI supplies monetary assist for worldwide college levels, management coaching, and assist to develop Scholars into compassionate change-makers.

Benefits

• Ashinaga assist covers tuition, lodging, journey prices, and different mandatory charges.

Eligibility

Applicants should:

• Have misplaced one or each mother and father.
• Are residents of one of many following nations: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa), Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Gabon, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Seychelles, Chad and Togo.
• Have obtained their bachelor’s diploma or are at present in L3 (and can have performed so by June on the newest).
• Do not have the monetary means to do a Master’s diploma in France.
• Are fluent in French.
• Have obtained a mean of over 14/20 within the baccalauréat or over 75% within the state examination.
• Have obtained glorious marks of their bachelor’s diploma.
• Can take part within the on-line classes organized as part of the Orientation Program from October to December. This signifies that the scholar has entry to a pc and a steady connection for just a few hours every week.
• Are dedicated tò returning home or elsewhere in sub-Saharan Africa, to actively contribute to African society after commencement.
• Have no dependents to intervene with their research.
• Are in good well beinǵ and capable of study internationally.

Eligible Countries: Applicants should have citizenship and have accomplished/are finishing highschool in one of many following nations: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa), Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Gabon, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Seychelles, Chad and Togo.

Application

This is an inventory of the paperwork you’ll need to submit as part of your application:

• A passport-sized picture.
• A duplicate of your passport or id card
• A duplicate of your delivery certificates/extract.
• A duplicate of your mother or father(s) dying or disappearance certificates, or any various official doc bearing the title of the deceased, proving dying or orphan standing.
• Copy of baccalaureate certificates or different proof of completion of secondary schooling, and examination transcript (with detailed marks in every topic).
• Proof of enrolment and transcripts of grades obtained at college thus far.
• Optional: copies of certificates of extracurricular actions, coaching, employment or different commitments.

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For extra info, go to AAI.