Mark David Okecha, winner of the Commonwealth Shared scholarship at the University of Portsmouth, UK discloses in this all-telling interview with AfterSchoolAfrica, what it means to be a scholarship winner after three attempts. So are…

Yusuf Karu has come a long way but is still moving. An indigene of Gombe state in Nigeria, Yusuf’s story is one of disappointments, perseverance and the overcoming of obstacles to become an eventual winner of a scholarship. Read his story.…

Afolabi Kazir's story is no ordinary one. Born in a small village in Oyo town of Nigeria into a family of 22 children all of whom have had no tertiary education, how did this young man with a very humble background become winner of two…

From the small Komakundi village in Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania to University of British Columbia in Canada, Abel Koka, a Bachelor of Law graduate at the University of Dar es Salaam, shares his dream of becoming a wellspring of change in…

Ugo Ndem-Chijioke and Oghenebrorhie Emuophedaro are two straight As’ students from humble backgrounds in Nigeria who became winners of the University of Toronto MasterCard scholarship in 2015 and 2016 respectively. ‘Brorhie as he prefers to…

Adebayo Afuape is a Food Science and Technology graduate from a humble village in Ibadan, Nigeria. He would have gone the usual way of thinking he had no chance at foreign education and simply settled for a job in his hometown all the while…

Junior Cimwang Yav would not have thought himself a winner of a prestigious scholarship this time last year. A native of the Democratic Republic of Congo  and dedicated ASA scholarship follower shares his experience on winning a Masters…

Meet Ayodamola Otun, the Nigerian student who won IUPUI’s (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, USA) Most Outstanding Student for 2016. Ayo, as he likes to be called, major in Biology. He has received many scholarships and…

In this exclusive interview on After School Africa, Daniel Waya Ddiba shares his experience on getting a scholarship and studying in Sweden as an African International student. Daniel, from Uganda, Africa is a recipient of the Swedish…

After applying to 7 schools abroad, he was offered 4 university admissions and 3 scholarships in the United States. He is currently studying for bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry at Arizona State University on MasterCard Foundation…