Access to education is a fundamental tool for development and increased prosperity in any community or society, and this is also true in the African context, where one of the major issues is the lack of skilled professionals to manage the policies, institutions and economies.

Education exclusion exists at various levels, and whilst a lot has been done to increase elementary school enrolment, exclusion at secondary and tertiary levels is considered a major challenge in many African countries. The most affected group are women, with as few as 1% of women in some regions being enrolled in tertiary education, and those already enrolled need access to financial resources to succeed academically.

Evidence suggests that millions of girls, who face numerous challenges such as sexual harassment or expectations of early marriage, drop out of school after elementary level and, as a result, have limited opportunities in the future to gain economic independence and agency.

Although there are some programmes supporting female students in STEM subjects, limited support is given to those in “non-STEM” subjects, including broadly defined social sciences and humanities; economics and finance; political studies; law; accounting; public policy; business studies; philosophy and music to name but a few.

To address this gap, I am offering a selected student (see below) financial support of 500 GBP (Pound Sterling) to contribute to student expenses and the total of 4 hours of free Zoom supervision with me.

* This scholarship would not have been possible without your kind donations to my Buy Me A Coffee page. To show gratitude to my supporters, all supporters will be listed on the official scholarship award page that will appear here on the date of the award, as well as listed on my other social media.