The Allan Gray Scholarship Programme offers high school entrepreneurial scholarships to learners who have a curious, entrepreneurial mindset; have the potential to excel academically and are financially deserving. Scholarship recipients receive funding to enrol at leading high schools across the country in addition to support and interventions that develop their entrepreneurial mindset.
About Allan Gray Orbis Foundation
The Foundation was created in 2005 as part of Allan Gray’s vision to make a sustainable, long-term contribution to Southern Africa by nurturing the emerging entrepreneurial potential from the region.
His entrepreneurial journey has taught him that it takes time, patience and long-term support to build the kind of high-impact entrepreneurs that will make wide-reaching and significant economic and social impacts on a country. It was from this vision that the Foundation was born and now runs in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Swaziland.
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Allan Gray Orbis Entrepreneurial Scholarship
Aim and Benefits of Allan Gray Orbis Entrepreneurial Scholarship
- Tuition and boarding
- A monthly allowance
- Toiletries, uniforms and casual clothing
- Support for extra murals
- Stationery and textbooks
Requirements for Allan Gray Orbis Entrepreneurial Scholarship Qualification
- Applicant must be a current Grade 6 learner in the year of application
- Applicant must be a South African citizen
- Applicant must not be older than 12 and not younger than 11 in Grade 6 (Applicants must be born in 2013 or 2014)
- Applicant must demonstrate financial need
- Applicant must obtain a minimum of 70% for both English and Mathematics
Interview date, Process and Venue for Allan Gray Orbis Entrepreneurial Scholarship
- Successful applicants will be required to write the Foundation assessment in English and Mathematics for Grade 6 in December 2025
- After the Foundation assessment, successful candidates will be invited for interviews in early 2026
- Recommended candidates will be invited to the placement schools for interviews
- Candidates whose recommendations are approved by the placement schools will be awarded the Allan Gray Scholarship in May 2026
- Once the Allan Gray Scholarship is awarded, the Foundation, placement school, and the Scholar’s custodian sign a Memorandum of Agreement.
Application Deadline
September 15, 2025How to Apply
For more details, visit Allan Gray Orbis Foundation Scholarship webpage
