Google offers Kenyan Businesses Opportunity to get Online with Free, Easy to Build Websites

Getting Kenyan Businesses Online
Google, in partnership with Safaricom, Equity Bank and KENIC (Kenya Network Information Center), offers small and medium businesses in Kenya the opportunity to create free, easy to build websites to bring their businesses online. This initiative, referred as “Getting Kenyan Businesses Online” (GKBO), is aimed at assisting thousands of Kenya SMEs, to own an online presence.

Likoni Scholarship Fund for Kenyan Secondary Students

The Likoni Scholarship Fund awards scholarships to bright, hard working Kenyan secondary students from needy families within Likoni to ensure that the community's talented youth have the education they need in order to reach their potential. Weekly mentoring sessions focused on decision making, skill building and career development prepare the students for life after school.
The Likoni Scholarship Fund (LSF) works to increase the number of Likoni students who are able to attend and complete secondary school, by providing scholarships to dedicated students from families that can't afford school fees.

2012/ 2013 Aga Khan Foundation International Scholarship Programme for African Students

The 2011-2012 Aga Khan Foundation International Scholarship Programme application cycle is now closed and applications are no longer being accepted. Applications for the 2012/2013 academic year will be available starting January 2012.

The Aga Khan Foundation provides a limited number of scholarships each year for postgraduate studies to outstanding international students from developing countries who have no other means of financing their studies. Scholarships are awarded on a 50% grant : 50% loan basis through a competitive application process once a year in June or July. The Foundation gives priority to requests for Master's level courses but is also willing to consider applications for PhD programmes, when doctoral degrees are necessary for the career objectives of the student. Requests will also be considered for travel and study awards for PhD students doing their research in Third World countries on topics judged to be of interest to the Aga Khan Development Network.

Google to hold G-Uganda and G-Kenya in September 2011 for Students, Entrepreneurs & Businesses

G-Uganda and G-Kenya for students, web publishers, businesses, entrepreneurs and developers
G-Africa is an information Technology and Business event for Software Developers, Engineers, Computer Science Students, Marketing Professionals, web publishers and Entrepreneurs to discuss the future of web application development and share latest tools to better manage businesses online. The first ever G-Africa event was held in Mauritius in 2009.

Rhodes Foundation Scholarship for Kenyan Students 2012 (Masters and DPhil), University of Oxford UK

Application Deadline: 31 August 2011

The Rhodes foundation scholarship for 2012 is currently open for Kenyan Students at University of Oxford, UK. The scholarship is for postgraduate students from Kenya to study for Masters and DPhil. The Rhodes Trust and Oxford University require that selection for a Scholarship and for admission to the University will be without regard to marital status, race, ethnic origin, colour, sex and gender, religion, sexual orientation, social background, disability, caste or other irrelevant distinction.

Islamic Development Bank Scholarship for Muslim Communities Kenya 2011-2012

The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Scholarship Programme for Muslim Communities in Kenya, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia is currently available for Kenyan Muslim Students to study undergraduate courses under "the IDB " for 2011-2012 academic year. The IDB Scholarship Programme offers Scholarships to the selected candidates to pursue undergraduate study in the fields of Medicine, Engineering, Agriculture and related subjects. The Scholarship is an interest-free loan (Qard Hassan) to the students to be repaid after graduation in easy installments to IDB Education Trust-Kenya.

Masters & PhD Scholarships for Kenyan Students to Study in France

2011 Call for Application from Kenya Students for Postgraduate Scholarships to Study in France
The Embassy of France in Kenya awards around 10 Masters’ and PhD scholarships annually to Kenyan students. These scholarships are mainly intended for postgraduates who are already engaged in a professional activity and want to develop their academic qualifications in agreement with their employer and with the support of French scientific networks.

Kenya: Premier Academy 8-4-4 Secondary School Scholarships 2011

The Premier Academy Charitable Trust is awarding four Secondary School Scholarships for Kenyan Students through the Premier Academy 8-4-4 Secondary School Scholarships 2011, under the 8-4-4 system in any Registered School in Kenya.

Scholarship for Kenyan Secondary Students By Jomo Kenyatta Foundation 2011

The Board of Directors of The Jomo Kenyatta Foundation invites applications from qualified Form One Kenyan secondary school students for 2011 scholarships. The Scholarships are tenable in any duly registered Public Secondary School in Kenya.

Duration of Scholarship
The scholarship will initially benefit the successful applicant for a period of one academic year effective from the date of award. The Foundation's Board will determine continued sponsorship for remaining academic period on the basis of the student's academic performance, financial circumstances and discipline record. In aggregate, the sponsorship will last for a period of four years from the year of award or until the beneficiary ceases to be a student in a Public Secondary School whichever comes first.

Eligibility
To be eligible for the scholarship, Applicants MUST meet the following criteria. The applicant must:
* Be a Kenyan citizen
* Have sat K.C.P.E in the year 2010 and obtained at least 350 marks. Preference will be given to pupils from public primary schools.
* Be of good discipline and character as attested to by a letter from the Head teacher of the last primary school attended
* Be an orphan or a member of a family suffering extreme poverty.
* Have been admitted to Form I in a public secondary school.

Application Procedure
To apply for this scholarship for secondary school students, follow the instructions below;
Fill and submit 'The JKF Form one Scholarship application for the year 2011' available on The Jomo Kenyatta Foundation website (www.jkf.co.ke) and in all District Education Offices countrywide.
The following supporting documents MUST be attached to the application form/letter;
* A certified copy of KCPE result slip
* A letter of recommendation from the head teacher of the Primary School last attended
* A copy of Form one-admission letter/joining instructions.
* Evidence of being an orphan where applicable.

Application letters and supporting documents should be sent or hand delivered to:
The Managing Director,
The Jomo Kenyatta Foundation,
Enterprise Road, Industrial Area, Nairobi
P.O Box 30533-00100,
Nairobi.

Application Deadline
Your application should reach the above address on or before 31st January 2011.
After the preliminary selection exercise, The Foundation will contact short-listed applicants for further consideration and final award.
Successful applicants and their host schools will be notified on or before 28th February 2011.

Funding
Disbursement of funds for the successful applicants will be effected on or before 20 March 2011.
Note: Applicants who will not have received any communication from the Foundation by 28th February 2011 should consider themselves unsuccessful.

For more details on how to apply for the secondary scholarship visit Jomo Kenyatta Foundation 2011 Form One Scholarships


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PhD Internship Program in Ghana/ Germany for Development Studies and Health Research

ZEF and the Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER) cooperate to establish and run the Program for Development Studies at the University of Ghana (UG), Funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). The program is part of the Ghanaian-German Center for Development Studies and Health Research at the University of Ghana that also involves the cooperation of the School for Public Health (UG) and the Section for Tropical Medicine of the University of Heidelberg.

African Agriculture Researcher Scholarship in Ghana 2011

The Future Agricultures Consortium "Early Career Fellowship Programme" is designed to support the next generation of researchers on the future of agriculture in Africa. Early career African researchers can access funds to support original field-based and policy-oriented research on agricultural policy.

IB Outreach Scholarship for Kenyan Students

ISK offers 2-year scholarships to outstanding 16 to 17-year-old Kenyan students to allow them to enroll in ISK's International Baccalaureate graduation program. The recipients will be students with a record of outstanding academic performance and a demonstrated commitment to community service, who can provide evidence of financial need.

Scholarship for EAC Undergraduate Students in USA

(EAC) is the regional intergovernmental organisation of the Republics of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Republic of Rwanda and Republic of Burundi with its headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. East African Community (EAC) in cooperation with Arcadia University - USA announce it's scholarship opportunities for undergraduate students from EAC Countries interested in African Studies especially International Law, Peace Studies and Development and other related disciplines. This program will give the students a chance to learn more about the region and the opportunity to share experiences with their counterparts from Arcadia University.

Africa Educational Trust Scholarship Programs

Study Location
Study in the UK, Sudan, South Africa, Uganda, Kenya or by distance learning from your home country

Scholarship Type
For Primary, Secondary, Undergraduate and Masters Students

Africa Educational Trust - AET provides support for children in primary and secondary schools, and also help young people who have missed out on education because of conflict, the majority of them being young women. AET supports further and higher education - Undergraduate Bachelors and Postgraduate Masters Degrees - by providing a number of grants and scholarships for African students to study in the UK, regionally in Africa or by distance learning from home countries.

Kenyatta University Scholarship Fund for Kenyan Students

Orphans and Vulnerable Students (OVS) Scholarship fund
Kenyatta University Nairobi, Kenya has a mission to provide quality education and promote scholarship for sustainable individual and societal development. To support the realization of its strategic and vision plan, the University seeks to recruit eligible and qualified individuals.
OVS Scholarship Fund
Through the initiative of the Vice-Chancellor of the university The Kenyatta University has established the Orphans and Vulnerable Students (OVS) Scholarship fund to cater for the less privileged but deserving persons to pursue higher education at Kenyatta University. The goal of the OVS Scholarship Fund is to increase access to university education at the University for orphans and vulnerable students through a scholarship endowment fund.

Rattansi Scholarship Trust for Kenyan Students

The Rattansi Educational Trust aims to eradicate poverty through scholarship education for needy Kenyan students. The Educational Trust has helped many Kenyans achieve their higher education dreams through it's charity work. The Trust disbursed scholarship funds to Universities and other colleges as bursaries for students with financial needs.

Kenyan Govt. to Start Science Scholarship Fund for Citizens

In a news by Capital FM NAIROBI, Kenya, in 22 October 2010 - The Kenyan government was said to have the plan to establish a Science and Technology Scholarship Trust Fund for kenya students. The scholarship fund is aimed to promote innovation and entrepreneurship skills among the youth in Kenya.

How a Kenyan Student Won a Scholarship to Study Pharmacy in 2010- What it takes to Win Scholarships.

Extraordinary Scholarship for a Kenyan Pharmacy Student

Myron Odingo- a young Kenyan student from a "humble background" was awarded what the Keele University called "the chance of a lifetime" to study Pharmacy at a UK university, through a unique sponsorship scheme offered by the Keele University and global pharmaceutical company sanofi-aventis.

Windle Trust International Scholarship - For Youths in Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia to Study in Africa or UK.

Windle Trust International award scholarships to youths and refugees in Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia to study in Africa or UK. Windle Trust International is a registered UK charity based in the university city of Oxford, with offices also in Sudan, and sister organisations in Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia. The Trust's work is funded by a wide range of donors and supported by universities and colleges in Britain and Africa.

Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (NFP)

The Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (NFP) are designed to promote capacity building within organizations in 60 developing countries (See Country list below), by providing training and education to their mid-career staff members.

New application round opened on 5 August 2010
This application round is for courses with a fellowship application deadline of 1 October 2010 and 1 December 2010 and programmes with a fellowship application deadline of 1 October 2010.