For universities, foundations & NGOs

Put your scholarship in front of African students who are searching.

Scholar Africa is a free scholarship discovery platform. List your programme free, and your listing surfaces in matched search results across nationality, level, field and funding type.

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FREE FOREVER · NO CARD REQUIRED
What you get
A discovery channel built for African students.
Surfaced where students search
Indexed across nationality, level, field and funding-type filters. Linked directly to your official application portal.
How your listing surfaces
Matched to eligible students — and only eligible students.
When a student creates a free profile, our matcher filters scholarships against their nationality, level and field. Your listing surfaces when there's an honest fit.
54
African nationalities supported
33
Host countries indexed
41
Fields of study mapped
How to list

Three steps. No sales calls.

No onboarding fees, no integration work. Submit your scholarship details, we review for accuracy, and you're live.

1

Create your organization account

Universities, foundations, government bodies and registered NGOs welcome. Upload your registration certificate so applicants can see who's behind the listing.

2

Submit your scholarship — free, forever

Add programme details, eligibility, deadline, award value and the official application URL. We test the link and review the details before publishing.

3

See who's viewing your listing

Basic reach, saves and applicant counts in your dashboard. We're building richer analytics — what's there today is what we actually measure.

Pricing

Free to list. Today and going forward.

Listing is free forever. Paid tiers for featured placement and analytics are in private beta with a small group of partner providers.

Billed monthly · USD · Cancel anytime
Free
Always
$0 / month
Forever free, no card required

Get listed and appear in every relevant search. Perfect for one-off programmes or providers testing the waters.

  • Submit unlimited scholarships
  • Appear in search & category pages
  • Basic page-view stats
  • Provider profile page
  • No featured badge
  • No daily analytics charts
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Featured
Private beta
Partner
Currently working with a small group of partner providers

If you're a foundation, university or NGO running multiple scholarships and would like featured placement, daily analytics or a custom integration, get in touch and we'll see if we can help right now or onboard you to the beta.

Talk to us about partnership No commitment · we'll be honest about what's live today
The honest comparison

Three ways to find African applicants. Here's the math.

If you already have a discovery channel that works, keep using it. Here's what changes when you don't.

DIY listing on your own site
LinkedIn / Meta ads
Scholar Africa Pro
Monthly cost
$0 (but engineering time)
$2,000 – $8,000+
$50
Audience already searching for scholarships
Inbound only
Interrupting feed
Visited by students with scholarship intent
Filtered by nationality, level, field
Build it yourself
Demographic only
54 nationalities × 41 fields
Deadline reminders sent to applicants
Build it yourself
Not natively
30, 14, 3 days out
Per-listing analytics & conversion funnel
GA4 + work
Ad-level only
Views → saves → clicks
POPIA / GDPR-safe applicant data
Your responsibility
Platform-controlled
Explicit consent only
Time to first applicant view
Weeks (SEO)
Hours (paid)
< 24 hours
Questions providers ask

Before you submit.

Is listing a scholarship really free?
Yes — forever. Submitting and publishing your scholarship is free. You appear in search results, your category pages, and the matcher feed. Basic view counts are included at no cost. Featured placement and richer analytics are in private beta with a small group of partner providers — get in touch if you'd like to be considered.
What does "Featured" placement actually mean?
Featured listings appear in the top section of relevant category and search pages with a small bronze "Featured" mark. Pro providers get up to 3 featured slots; Enterprise scales further. Every featured listing is also marked clearly to students as a sponsored placement — we never disguise it.
How does the Enterprise lead generation work?
Enterprise providers receive contact details only for students who (a) saved or started an application for your scholarship and (b) explicitly opted in to be contacted by your organization. Consent is logged with timestamp and IP per POPIA / GDPR. No consent, no contact data — full stop.
What payment methods do you accept?
Paystack (Visa, Mastercard, bank transfer — great for African organizations and supports NGN, GHS, KES, ZAR, USD) and Stripe (international cards, invoicing for Enterprise). Annual billing available on request with a 12% discount.
How long does organization verification take?
Scholarship listings are reviewed within 24 hours. Full organization verification (which unlocks the verified-org badge and Featured eligibility) takes 2–3 business days after you upload a registration certificate, official letterhead, or government accreditation.
Can I cancel anytime? What happens to my listings?
Paid tiers are still in private beta with a small group of partner providers — billing isn't self-service yet. If you're already in the beta and want to step out, email us and we'll wind it down honestly; your listings stay live on the free tier.
Do you list paid or partial scholarships?
Yes. Partial scholarships, tuition-only awards, fellowships and research grants are all welcome, as long as the award value is real and the application URL is direct. We reject anything that requires students to pay an application fee to a third-party agent or "scholarship consultant."
Universities, foundations, NGOs, government agencies welcome.
A sentence is fine. The more specific, the faster we can help.
We reply within one business day. No newsletter signup, no autoresponder thread, no follow-up sales sequence.