ABE Initiative Masters Scholarships & Internships for African, Japan

ABE Initiative Masters Scholarships & Internships for African, Japan
  •  Master, PhD, Internship, Grant
  •  28-Oct-2021
  •   Africa, Japan
  • $$  Varies

ABE Initiative Masters Scholarship & Internship Program: The “African Business Education Initiative for Youth (hereafter, referred to as the “ABE Initiative”), has provided up to 1,000 youths in Africa with opportunities to study at Japanese universities as well as do internships at Japanese enterprises.

  • The ABE Initiative aims at fostering leaders with proven ability to contribute towards Africa’s development in collaboration with the Japanese private sector. JICA is looking for prominent young South African nationals who are or anticipating to be involved in industrial development activities in both public and private sectors, and who have strong motivation to strengthen economic ties between South Africa and Japan.

Eligibility Criteria

  • Be citizens of eligible African countries
  • Be less than 40 (as of 1 April 2022)
  • Have some work experience
  • Have good health condition, both physically and mentally, to complete the program
  • Bachelor’s degree (B-Tech included) with honours or equivalent to NQF8 or above
  • Minimum average of 65% score in academic transcript Have good understanding of the ABE Initiative’s objectives
  • Have adequate English skills in both written and oral communication

Offered Benefits

The program provides African youths with opportunities to study at Japanese universities and to work at Japanese enterprises.

Application Process

All applications should be submitted by email to the following addresses: kouakouchantal.co@jica.go.jp / co_oso_rep@jica.go.jp

The subject of the email should be as follows : "[ABE Initiative FY2022] Submission of Application

For more details,visit JICA website

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