• Applicants must be from specific sub-Saharan African countries.
• Must have lost one or both parents.
• Commitment to return to Africa for development initiatives.

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• The Ashinaga Africa Initiative (AAI) is an international leadership program that cultivates the next generation of leaders to contribute to the development of sub-Saharan Africa.
• AAI Scholars have lost one or both parents and are committed to returning to sub-Saharan Africa to initiate change, innovation, and development.….
• Applicants must:.
• Have lost one or both parents.
• Have completed secondary school and passed national secondary school examination (technical and vocational degrees not accepted) within the last two years (any date after 1st September 2018, including all of 2019 and 2020) or will have completed secondary school and received f….
• Have citizenship and have completed/are completing high school in one of the following countries: Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, CAR, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, DRC, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea Conakry, Kenya, Kingdom of eSwatini, Le….
• Were born after 1st September 1998.
• Do not have the means to attend university abroad without external financial support.
• Are proficient in English or French.
• Are regularly ranked in the top 10% of their class during their last 2 or 3 years of secondary school. Students without strong grades are unlikely to be successful.
• Are able to participate in the two Ashinaga preparatory programs, over the course of one year, before attending university.
• Are committed to return home, or to Sub-Saharan Africa, and contribute to society in Sub-Saharan Africa after graduating from university.
• Have no dependents who could interfere with academic progress.
• Have a good enough health condition to be able to study abroad.