What DAAD Leadership for Africa Scholarship (West and Central Africa) actually covers.
The DAAD Leadership for Africa (LFA) Scholarship for West and Central Africa supports outstanding students from Cameroon, Senegal, and Togo in pursuing fully funded Master's degree studies at public German universities. Launched in 2021 with funding from the German Federal Foreign Office, the programme provides tuition-free study in Germany, a German language course of up to 6 months prior to studies, a monthly stipend, health insurance, travel costs, and comprehensive academic and cultural support. The scholarship is open to all fields of study except Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Dentistry, Law, Fine Arts, Architecture, and Nursing. The LFA programme aims to build future leaders who can drive sustainable development, good governance, and innovation in their home countries. Scholars receive mentoring from established German professionals, participate in cultural and leadership development activities, and become part of the extensive DAAD alumni network. The programme starts with the German language course, followed by the Winter Semester academic programme in Germany.
Who can apply.
Open to masters applicants seeking to study in Germany. Eligible nationalities are listed below.
46 more eligible countries — full list available on the official application page.
Every academic discipline is accepted.
This programme does not restrict by field. Research proposals across humanities, sciences, engineering, agriculture, and medicine are all accepted.
Four steps to a complete application.
Scholar Africa is a discovery and tracking platform — the application itself is submitted directly through the official provider site. The steps below mirror our HowTo schema.
Check eligibility
Confirm your nationality, academic level, and field of study match the criteria above.
Eligibility checklist
Prepare documents
Transcripts, recommendation letters, personal statement, and a valid passport.
Document checklist
Submit the application
Submit before June 10, 2026 via the official portal.
Submission checklist
Track your application
Use your Scholar Africa dashboard to monitor status and deadline reminders.
Post-submission checklist
What we checked, when we checked it.
Scholar Africa runs a link-liveness check on every listing before it goes live. Five additional checks (contact, organisation, winners, third-party, manual review) are on the roadmap. DAAD Leadership for Africa Scholarship (West and Central Africa) currently scores 4.0/10.
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Same eligibility window or destination. Many strong applicants apply to three or four programmes per cycle.