African Union Scholarships

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  • • African Union AfCFTA Internship Program for Young Africans 2023

    • The African Continental Free Trade Area - AfCFTA is the world’s largest free trade area bringing together the 55 countries of the African Union (AU) and eight (8) Regional Economic Communities (RECs). The overall mandate of the AfCFTA is to create a single continental market with a population
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  • • African Union (AU) African Youth Ambassador for Peace (AYAP) 2023

    • As part of the efforts to advance the Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) agenda of the African Union (AU), the former Peace and Security Department (now the Political Affairs, Peace and Security Department, PAPS), launched the Youth for Peace (Africa) Program (Y4P) in September 2018, with the primary o
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  • • Africa CDC African Epidemic Service – Epidemiology Track Fellowship Programmen2023

    • Africa CDC has developed a continental African Epidemic Service (AES), an elite workforce hosted and directed by the African Union. The African Epidemic Service has three tracks namely, Epidemiology, Laboratory Leadership and Public health informatics. The African Epidemic Service – Epidemiolo
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  • • African Union Media Fellowship Programme for Media Professionals 2023-2024

    • The African Union (AU) Media Fellowship is a prestigious program that aims to empower African media professionals, journalists and content creators to promote development- focused stories using emerging technologies. The Information and Communication Directorate of the AU launched the AU Media Fello
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  • • African Union Youth Volunteer Corps (AU-YVC) for African Professionals 2023

    • The African Union Youth Volunteer Corps (AU YVC), established in 2010, is a flagship continental Youth Leadership program that recruits trains an deploys young African professionals from all 55 AU Member States to serve as professional volunteers for a period of 12 months. AU Values&nbs
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  • • African Union Climate Action Innovators Hub at the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi, Kenya 2023

    • African Union’s Climate Change and Resilient Development Strategy and Action Plan (2022-2032) is Africa’s first collective climate change action plan and strategy that details specific suggested actions the continent needs to urgently undertake to respond to climate change. The Stra
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  • • Africa Youth for Migration Programme (AYMP) 2023

    • The Africa Youth for Migration Programme (AYMP) is a flagship initiative by the IOM Special Liaison Office to the African Union (AU) and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), in partnership with the AU Office of the Youth Envoy (OYE), and the African Union Commission (AUC) Women, Ge
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  • • African Union CIEFFA Fully-funded Online Capacity Building Training Program (OCBT) 2023

    • This fully funded training program is an initiative of the African Union CIEFFA and ImpactHer which aims to provide gender-responsive and cutting-edge curricula that can enhance the skills and capacities of African people in the areas of STEAM, digital literacy, financial literacy, and ent
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  • • African Union Media Fellowship Program for African Students 2023

    • To ensure Africa is at the forefront of defining and telling its own narrative to African and global audiences, the Information and Communication Directorate (ICD) of the African Union (AU) launched the AU Media Fellowship as a transformative platform to shape the African story and create a more acc
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  • • African Union Innovating Education in Africa for African Entrepreneurs 2023

    • The advent of COVID-19 has exacerbated challenges in Africa’s education and training systems and reinforced the need for innovative solutions that are fit for purpose and can be scaled up sustainably to meet the continually evolving context of education and training. Although the education def
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  • • African Union Spectrum Management Training for Young Women 2023

    • The "Policy and Regulation Initiative for Digital Africa" (PRIDA) project is a joint initiative of the African Union (AU), the European Union (EU) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), that enables the African continent to reap the benefits of digitalization by addressing va
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  • • African Union Call for Submissions Innovating Education in Africa (up to $100,000) 2023

    • The AU Innovating Education in Africa Call invites innovators to propose new and practical education innovations with the potential for sustainability, scalability, and replication on a wide scale. They are looking to mobilize continental education innovators to rethink solutions that will help addr
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  • • African Union Youth Reference Committee 2023

    • The AU Youth Envoy and Austria National Youth Council have joined forces to establish a network of national and international youth champions to strengthen youth participation in reducing inequalities. This initiative seeks to establish a Youth Reference Committee of twenty-five (25) African an
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  • • Africa CDC0 - Pathogen Genomics And Bioinformatics Fellowship Program 2023

    • The Africa CDC – Pathogen Genomics and Bioinformatics Fellowship Program is a continental workforce development program targeting national public health institutions and laboratories in the African Union Member States to improve the use of pathogen genomic data for outbreak detection and disea
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  • • African Union Internship Program (Ethiopia) 2023

    • The African Union Internship Program provides an opportunity for interns to complement their educational experience and to develop their professional skills and experience through The AU internship program is a full-time engagement through which qualified individuals from diverse academic background
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  • • African Union (AU) Internship Program for Young Africans 2023

    • Applications are open for the African Union Internship Programme 2023. The AU internship programme is a full-time engagement through which qualified individuals from diverse academic backgrounds are given the opportunity to gain professional exposure within the AU. The programme aims to expo
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  • • African Union (AU) COVID-19 Vaccination Bingwa Initiative Southern and Western Africa Regions 2023

    • Three years ago on 14 February 2020 the first case of COVID-19 was recorded in Africa. The African Union (AU) through the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has taken unprecedented steps to support AU Member States efforts to fight COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2022, the ch
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  • • African Union/Africa CDC Kofi Annan Global Health Leadership Program 2023

    • “Kofi Annan Global Health Leadership Programme supporting aspirational public health leaders from Africa in acquiring advanced skills and competencies to strategize, manage and lead public health programmes that will transform public health in Africa The African Union Commission launched th
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  • • Africa CDC Youth Pre-Conference 2022

    • Civil society and young people play a crucial role in African countries in promoting public health and reaching communities. With African youth constituting over 65% of the continent’s population, their meaningful engagement has the potential of positively impacting Africa’s health secur
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  • • AU Civil Society Organizations (Csos) Working on Youth, Women, Peace, and Security Agenda in Africa 2022

    • This initiative is in line with the African Union’s aspiration to build a people-centered community and achieve Agenda 2063 for shared prosperity and well-being, for unity and integration, for one continent. of free citizens and horizons where the potential of women and young people is fully r
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  • • African Union (AU) Internship Program 2022

    • The AU internship program is a full-time engagement through which qualified individuals from diverse academic backgrounds are given the opportunity to gain professional exposure within the AU. As an organization which promotes respect for diversity and team work, we encourage all qualified individua
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  • • African Union AU20 “Our Africa, Our Future” Writers Residency Programme 2022

    • This year, the African Union celebrates its 20th anniversary since the organization’s establishment at the Durban Summit of July 2002. Dubbed AU20, the celebrations are taking place under the theme “Our Africa, Our Future” and will focus on the AU’s initiatives, successe
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  • • African Union AU20 “Our Africa, Our Future” Artists Residency Programme for African 2022

    • This year, the African Union celebrates its 20th anniversary since the organization’s establishment at the Durban Summit of July 2002. Dubbed AU20, the celebrations are taking place under the theme “Our Africa, Our Future” and will focus on the AU’s initiatives, successe
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  • • African Union – European Union (AU-EU) Digital for Development (D4D) Blogging Competition 2022

    • The African Union – European Union (AU-EU) Digital for Development (D4D) Hub invites bloggers from Africa and Europe to participate in its first blogging competition: How can Africa and Europe work together to tackle disinformation and protect human rights in the digital age? The
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  • • African Union Youth Champion in Nutrition for African Young Leaders 2022

    • Food and nutrition security remains the most fundamental challenges to human welfare and economic growth in Africa. Unfortunately, Africa is not on track to meet the food security and nutrition targets of Sustainable Development Goal 2. In order to help address this issue, a renewed focus is require
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  • • African Union Summit Essay Contest for African Young People 2022

    • The African Union Summit on Industrialization and Economic Diversification will be convened under the theme “Industrialising Africa: Renewed commitment towards an Inclusive and Sustainable Industrialization and Economic Diversification.” The Summit will be convened as  part of th
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  • • African Union Innovating Education in Africa Expo – Call for Submissions for African Entrepreneurs 2022

    • The advent of COVID-19 has exacerbated challenges in Africa’s education system and reinforces the need for fit for context, innovative and scalable solutions in education. DOTSS[1] provides an approach for reorienting Africa’s education and training systems to meet the knowledge, co
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  • • African Union Youth Capacity Building Workshop for Africans 2022

    • The African Union's International Center for Girls' and Women's Education in Africa (African Union CIEFFA) is a specialized institution of the African Union, established for the promotion and advocacy of gender equality in education on the continent. Within its stakeholders, the Afric
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  • • African Union Call for Applications for Membership of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture in Africa 2022

    • In October 2002, at its 32nd Ordinary Session, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission) adopted the Guidelines on the Prohibition and Prevention of Torture and Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Africa (the “Robben Island Guidelines”)
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  • • AU Media Fellowship for African Journalists 2022

    • Are you an African journalist, blogger, vlogger, content creator, or podcaster living and working in Africa or the diaspora? Are you passionate about promoting development-focused stories using emerging technologies, and through visual, written, oral and digital media? Apply for the inaugural A