We help African students & their families fund world-class education.

Three things, in roughly equal measure:

• The catalogue. A continually updated database of scholarships, fellowships and internships open to African students — at home and abroad. Filterable by destination, country, level and funding type.
• Application playbooks. Long-form guides that take you from "I think I qualify" to a submitted application — essays, recommendation letters, interviews, visa, departure.
• Country & destination explainers. What it actually takes to win a Chevening, a DAAD, an Australia Awards, a MEXT — by applicant country, with the calendar and the catches.

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For Elias Mageto, international education is not an abstract idea — it is the reason his family's story changed forever.

As a child, Elias moved from the United States to Kenya after his father's diplomatic service abroad. Living between worlds gave him an early understanding of both the extraordinary talent across Africa and the immense information gap that prevents many students from accessing global opportunities.

He saw brilliant students with world-class potential who would never study abroad — not because they lacked ability, but because they lacked access: access to reliable information, access to mentorship, and often access to the networks that quietly shape opportunity.

That reality felt deeply personal.

Years earlier, Elias's father had arrived in the United States through the historic African Airlift program — one of the most influential educational movements in modern African history. The initiative brought hundreds of East African students to American universities during the independence era, opening doors for a generation of future leaders.

Among those flights were students who would go on to shape governments, institutions, and global history itself — including, widely believed, the father of future U.S. President Barack Obama.

For Elias's father, that opportunity transformed not only his own future, but the future of his family and community. After completing his studies, he returned to Kenya, won election to Parliament, and later served his country for nearly two decades as an ambassador and diplomat across eight nations.

That journey left a lasting impression on Elias: one scholarship opportunity can alter the trajectory of an entire family for generations.

Today, that belief is the foundation behind Scholarships for Africans and the broader mission driving the platform. The goal is simple but urgent: to help talented African and international students discover legitimate educational opportunities, trusted funding pathways, and global possibilities that may otherwise remain out of reach.

Through scholarship intelligence, educational guidance, digital tools, and trusted information, Elias hopes the platform becomes more than a website — he hopes it becomes a bridge between talent and opportunity.

Because somewhere in the world today is another student whose future could change the same way his father's once did.