LATEST SCHOLARSHIPS & AID: MTN, ACCESS BANK, NVIDIA, Scholarships & more
We have put together the latest scholarships and startup business aids around the world for our followers and readers to take advantage of. *
Please find below the latest scholarship opportunities around the world;*
1. Fully Funded Africa Centre for Energy Policy Next Generation Resource Governance Leaders Programme for Africans in Ghana.*
The Next Generation Resource Governance Leaders Program is a three-month internship that intends to balance a dose of theory with real-world application and equip participants with the requisite multi-disciplinary intellectual development, practical skills, and research abilities to think in more innovative ways to solve complex governance challenges. The Program is also a strategy to build a pipeline of young pan-African leaders to provide a sustainable path for good governance.*
ACEP is calling for applications for the 5th cohort of its Next Generation Resource Governance Leaders Program. The tenure for the internship will be from September to December 2023.*
Eligible Countries: Every country across the African continent*
Application Deadline: August 18, 2023.*
for more information about how to apply and eligibity, visit their website :
Visit ACEP Website*
2. NVIDIA Graduate 2024 Fellowship Programme For International PhD Students*
This is the twenty-third year that NVIDIA has invited PhD students to submit their research projects for consideration. Recipients are selected based on their academic achievements, professor nomination, and area of research. We have found this program to be a great way to support academia in its pursuit of cutting edge innovation, as well as an ideal avenue to introduce NVIDIA to the future leaders of our industry.*
NVIDIA has long believed that investing in university talent is beneficial to the industry and key to our continued growth and success. The NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program provides funding in the amount of up to $60,000 per award to PhD students who are researching topics that will lead to major advances in accelerated computing and its applications. NVIDIA particularly invites submissions from students pushing the envelope in artificial intelligence, robotics, autonomous vehicles, and related fields. We select students each year who have the talent, aptitude and initiative to work closely with us early in their careers. Recipients not only receive crucial funding for their research, but are able to conduct groundbreaking work with access to NVIDIA products, technology and some of the most talented minds in the field. In addition, the Fellowship includes a summer internship preceding the Fellowship year.*
For more information and how to apply: *
Click Here To Apply*
3. Social Enterprise World Forum Communications Internship Programme 2023*
The Communications Intern is a role in SEWF’s small but expanding team. The position is an opportunity for the applicant to gain communications and events experience within a global organisation, while also contributing towards the growth of the global social enterprise movement.*
The ideal candidate should have a passion for amplifying SEWF’s impact and legacy. They will assist the Communications Manager in implementing SEWF’s communication goals including supporting social media management, online campaigns and newsletter creation. The candidate should be a creative thinker and be able to work independently yet collaboratively in a fast-paced environment within communications.*
for more information and how to apply: *
Click Here To Apply*
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4. MTN ICT and Business Skills 2023 Training (N90 Million Grant for 300 Participants)*
MTN ICT and Business Skills Training is a Youth Development initiative aimed at equipping young entrepreneurs between 18 and 35 years with tech enabled skills to keep their small businesses relevant and competitive.*
The training will be delivered through a 5-week online programme which includes Masterclasses from key industry experts.*
Participants will be given data for the duration of the programme to support a seamless learning experience. Not only that, the top 300 participants will be supported with an Equipment Grant worth N90,000,000! Yes, you read that right.*
In partnership with some of our ecosystem partners – Oracle, KPMG, IBM, Digital Bridge Institute, CISCO, Google, Meta, and Microsoft, 5 Phases of the ICT and Business Skills Training have been implemented in 16 states since 2018.*
They are Abia, Adamawa, Akwa-Ibom, Anambra, Borno, Cross River, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kogi, Lagos, Nasarawa, Oyo and Rivers. So far 4,036 young people have completed this programme.*
Benefits:*
In this 6th phase, 3000 youths will participate in the ICT and Business Skills Training to be implemented in partnership with Microsoft and Meta. It promises to be enlightening as:*
Microsoft will train participants on Entrepreneurship in the Digital Age, ICT for Business Success and their new Generative AI skills.*
Meta will train participants on Skills to Build Brands and Grow Businesses Online through their Meta Boost Small Business Studios.*
Requirements:*
- Age: Nigerian male or female 18 – 35 years old*
- Business: Own and manage a small business that has been in operation for no longer than 2 years*
- Location: Own and manage a small business located in one of the following states – Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Kebbi, Niger, Yobe state.*
Method of Application:*
Click Here To Apply*
5. 2023 Access Bank Climate Leadership Fellowship (Cohort 5)*
Climate change impact is ravaging the world. In Nigeria, its impacts have led to severe cases of drought, desertification, flooding, and disruption in rainfall patterns. These impacts adversely affect man’s health, wellbeing and environment. Agricultural yields have been heavily affected causing high poverty rate in the north. Extreme flooding, disease spread through contaminated water is reported in the south. It is in recognition of this that the Climate Smart Nigeria in partnership with Glow initiative for Economic Empowerment with support from Access Bank PLC is investing into a new generation of young energy leaders to lead change for energy transition vis-a-vis climate action across Nigeria.*
The Climate Leadership Fellowship (Special edition for Energy Leaders) is designed to provide expert training fellows who are within or are passionate and willing to make a difference in clean cooking, clean energy, solar power, waste to energy sectors on concept and applications of renewable energy for a better climate.*
After training, all fellows will then Adopt a School where they will teach climate change and renewable energy helping to groom young ones who will promote a climate resilient nation. All fellows will receive a climate education toolkit for teaching in schools and a certificate of climate leadership*
Benefits*
- Provide expert training on climate change advocacy in relation to clean energy transition and leadership to promote national climate resilience.*
- Expose young people to the various opportunities within the renewable energy sector.*
- To establish Green Clubs across two hundred secondary schools in Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones*
- To train and mentor two hundred young Nigerians as climate change educators in the year*
- To train 20000 secondary school students as climate champions through the fellows Adopt a School and Teach climate change in Year 1*
- To provide internship and work experience for trained climate advocates through the Adopt a School*
- To invest in and Promote a climate-resilient energy sector*
- Build two hundred sustainability and climate-smart schools across the six geopolitical zones*
Requirements:*
- Open to youth aged 22 – 35 years;*
- Demonstrated leadership for climate change and renewable energy;*
- Part of a growing environmental/renewable energy organization or involved/interested in a renewable energy business (serving Corp members with interest in renewable energy can apply);*
- Graduated from University;*
- Interested in clean/renewable energy solutions for electricity or for cooking;*
- Passion to promote awareness for climate change.*
- From any part of the world but resident in Nigeria.*
Method of Application:*
Click Here To Apply*
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