ABE Initiative SDGs Global Leader Masters & PhD Scholarship Program 2023 for Young African Leaders

The ABE Initiative SDGs Global Leader Program: The Scholarship aims to capacitate young or mid-career human resources who are contributing towards addressing challenges faced in various fields through strengthening the collaboration between Africa and Japan, and through the implementation of political strategic decision-making and implementation.

Application Deadline: 7th October 2022

Type: Masters, PhD

Eligibility: Applicants for ABE Initiative SDGs Global Leader Scholarship must:

• Be less than 40 (before 1 April 2023)
• Must hold a Bachelor’s degree (B-Tech included) with honours or equivalent to NQF8 and average of 65% in academic transcripts for Master’s Degree
• Must hold Master degree (NQF9) and minimum average of 65% in academic transcripts for Doctor’s Degree
• Have more than six months working experience in the current organization
• Must obtain permission to apply and secure reinstatement from the current organization
• Must have adequate English skills in both written and oral communication

To be Taken at (Country): Japan

Number of Awards: Not specified

Value of ABE Initiative SDGs Global Leader Scholarship:

• Prospective applicants should ideally be middle-management government officials or academics who wish to be involved in policy formulation, political and development issues, and who are passionate about making a difference in public policy administration and economics.
• Furthermore, participants of the programme may wish to participate in “Additional Programmes” which allow for participation to networking fairs with Japanese enterprises and internship opportunities. Participants are also encouraged to participate in the Japan Development Studies Programme (JICA-DSP), which provides knowledge on Japan’s modernisation, World War II, and development experiences.

Duration of Award: Two years will be allocated for a Master’s Degree, and three years for a Ph.D. (depending on university offering).

How to Apply for ABE Initiative SDGs Global Leader Scholarship:

• A-4. 2023 Application Form for SDGs Global Leader (includes Annex 1&3) (Excel/370KB)
• A-5. Annex.2 Details of Current and Previous Work, Research Plan and Career Plan after Graduation (Word/22.0KB)
• C-4. Application Form_Cover (ABE, SDGs) (Japanese) (PDF/153KB)
• C-5. Example of Application Form (PDF/916KB)

Email marked PDF files of application documents (Less than 4MB in a mail) and submit the original documents to the following address:

ABE Program

Japan International Cooperation Agency
JICA South Africa Office
Lord Charles Office Block, Building B, 1st Floor 337
Brooklyn Street, Brooklyn, Pretoria 0081
P.O.Box 14068, Hatfield, 0028
Republic of South Africa

* No late application will be accepted.

• It is important to go through all application requirements in the Award Webpage (see Link below) before applying.
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