General Eligibility Requirements

  • For students (master and doctorate):
    1. Tagert Group 1: Be registered/admitted in or have obtained a degree (or equivalent) from one of the six African partner HEIs on the SMECC2E project.
    2. Target Group 2: Be from another HEI, which is not participating as a partner but established in one of the eligible countries in Africa.
  • For Trainees: be a student enrolled in a bachelor/master/PhD programme in one of the African partners HEIs.
  • For Staff: be working for one of the partners HEI.

 Note:

  • All applicants should not have already benefitted from another MOBAF 2022 – 2027 scholarship.
  • Applications must be to an institution in an eligible country other than:
  • The applicant’s country of origin.
  • The applicant’s country of residence.
  • The country where the applicant has previously completed a degree programme.

The eligible countries in target groups 1 and 2 are shown on Table 1:

Table 1 – Eligible Countries in target Groups 1 and 2

 

Target Group

Region

List of Target Countries

Target Group 1

West Africa, Southern Africa, & Indian Ocean, East & Central African

Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Rwanda

 

Target Group 2

Western African Countries

Benin, Gambia, Togo, Liberia, Gambia

Southern Africa & Indian Ocean Countries

Botswana, Angola, Lesotho, ESwatini, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Namibia, Mauritania, Madagascar, Malawi, South Africa

East & Central African Countries

Ethiopia, Burundi, Central Africa Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Eritea, Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan

Northern Africa Countries

Morocco, Libya, Egypt, Algeria

 

Note:  For Masters and PhD programmes (either degree seeking or credit seeking), with a total mobility period lasting for 9 months and above only, eligible and well performing applicants who apply to be hosted in institutions that are within the same African region as theirs would stand a better chance of being selected than those who apply outside their region. For instance, applicants from West Africa should choose a host Institution (Table 2) that is located in West Africa, same thing applies to applicants from East and Southern Africa. However, applicants from Northern Africa are welcome to apply to be hosted in any of the six partner HEIs implementing the SMECC2E project. For avoidance of doubt, applicants who are seeking a three- or six-month mobility stay, are welcome to apply to any of the partner institution.

Table 2 – Preferred hosting locations for Masters and PhD Mobilities lasting 9 months and above

Preferred host for applicants from West African Countries

Preferred host for applicants from East & Central African Countries

Preferred host for applicants from Southern Africa & Indian Ocean Countries

University of Nigeria

University of Cape Coast

University of Sierra Leone

University of Rwanda

Moi University

Lupane State University