Top 14 Yearly Scholarships in Canada for African Students

Whether for Bachelors, Masters or Doctoral degree, studying in Canada can be expensive. But with good academic grades and some experience, you might just qualify for one of the many scholarships in Canada created for international students just like you to study abroad in Canadian Universities.
The following are the top undergraduate, Master’s and Doctoral scholarships in Canada open for students from African and other international students, the application deadline period and what you need to apply:

MasterCard Foundation Scholarships

The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program is a $500 million initiative to inspire 15,000 young people — particularly from Africa — to lead change through education. Three Canadian Universities have partnered with MasterCard Foundation to offer this scholarship program
McGill University Canada – MasterCard Foundation Scholarships for African Students
The McGill University, Canada is partnering with the MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program to offer undergraduate Scholarships for African students over a period of 10 years. Scholarships will be available at the Masters level beginning in the 2016-2017 academic year.

Application Deadline Period: December/January

University of Toronto Canada MasterCard Foundation Scholarship for African Students
The University of Toronto and The MasterCard Foundation are pleased to offer The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program at the University to develop Africa’s next generation of leaders. Thanks to the Foundation’s visionary support, U of T can now provide 67 African students with one of the world’s top-ranked educations—in one of the world’s most multi-cultural cities.
Application Deadline Period: December/January

University of British Columbia – MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program for African Students – Canada
The University of British Columbia, Canada partner with the MasterCard foundation Scholars Program to grant $25 Million Scholarships for African students; Over the next 10 years, 77 undergraduate and 35 master’s degree students will go through the Program.
Application Deadline Period: December

International Leader of Tomorrow Undergraduate Scholarships at University of British Columbia Canada
The University of British Columbia – UBC – Canada International Leader of Tomorrow Award recognizes international students who demonstrate superior academic achievement, leadership skills, involvement in student affairs and community service, recognized achievement in fields of endeavour such as the performing arts, sports, debating or creative writing, or external academic competitions and examinations.
Application Deadline Period: December

University of Alberta Undergraduate Scholarships for International Students
To attract top students, the University of Alberta, Canada offers more than CAD$22 million in undergraduate scholarships each year for international students. Scholarships are awarded annually to students on study permit who are entering an undergraduate degree program. Some of these scholarships require separate application while you’ll be considered for the other scholarships after you have received admission to the University.
Application Deadline Period: March and December

ACI Foundation Scholarship in USA & Canada for Undergraduate and Graduate Students
The American Concrete Institute offers Undergraduate and graduate Scholarship and Fellowship for international students through the ACI Foundation in the field of structural design, materials, construction. ACI Foundation Fellowships and Scholarships are awarded annually to help students with an interest in concrete achieve their educational and career goals.
Application Deadline Period: October

MMMF Scholarship for Women from Developing Countries in US & Canada
The Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund (MMMF) provides grants to women from developing countries to help further their education and strengthen their leadership skills to improve the lives of women and children in developing countries. The MMMF is for those who are currently studying in the United States or Canada, and grants are approximately $12,000 each.
Application Deadline Period: Opens from September to January

Global Change Leaders Scholarship Program in Canada for Women from Developing Countries
The Global Change Leaders Program is a seven-week education program offered by Coady Internatioanl Institute’s Centre for Women’s Leadership of St. Francis Xavier University.  This program enables women from developing countries to strengthen their leadership capacities in order to contribute to innovation and change in their organizations and communities.
Application Deadline Period: By December

Following are Doctoral/ PhD Scholarships in Canada

Vanier Canadian Graduate Scholarship at the University of Alberta
The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (Vanier CGS) was created to attract and retain world-class doctoral students and to brand Canada as a global centre of excellence in research and higher learning. VCS supports students who demonstrate both leadership skills and a high standard of scholarly achievement in graduate studies in social sciences and humanities, natural sciences and engineering, and health. The scholarship is worth $50,000 per year for three years and is available to both Canadian and international PhD students studying at Canadian universities.
Application Deadline Period: November

Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarships in Canada for Developing Countries
Each year, the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation rewards outstanding doctoral candidates who are enrolled or about to be enrolled in a social sciences and humanities program and who are doing research in areas related to the four themes of the foundation. Trudeau Foundation offers Doctoral Scholarships for Canadian Citizens and Foreign Nationals (with preference to developing countries) to study at Canadian Universities
Application Deadline Period: November/December

Microsoft research PhD Fellowship Program in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or Mathematics
This is a two-year fellowship program for outstanding PhD students nominated by their universities. To be eligible for this fellowship, you must apply during your second or third year of PhD studies. Fellowships are granted by Microsoft Research at the discretion of Microsoft.
Application Deadline Period: August to October

Québec University, Canada Doctoral Research Scholarships Program for International Students
The doctoral research scholarships program for international students (DE) of the Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la nature et les technologies aims to stimulate international students’ interest in beginning or pursuing doctoral studies in Québec and provide financial support to leading international Ph.D. candidates in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering fields.
Application Deadline Period: October/November

Humber College International Student Scholarships
All new international students, studying in an academic program are eligible to apply for the Full Tuition Renewable Scholarships, entrance scholarships and Bachelors degree scholarships
Application Deadline Period: 3 deadlines – February, May & October

10 Best Places To Work in Nigeria

 

Whether you are out of school, or still in school, a good place of employment is most likely one of the things on your mind. And while it is quite true that the employment rate in Nigeria is quite low, it is still home to some of the best multinationals and career friendly companies in Africa.

So, let us pretend like you have a choice and show you the best 10 companies to choose from, and also a little background on them.

1. Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) Oil & Gas Multinational

Shell Nigeria is the common name for Royal Dutch Shell‘s Nigerian operations carried out through four subsidiaries—primarily Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC). Royal Dutch Shell’s joint ventures account for more than 21% of Nigeria‘s total petroleum production (629,000 barrels per day (100,000 m³/d) (bpd) in 2009) from more than eighty fields.

2. Chevron Oil & Gas Multinational
Chevron is one of the world’s largest oil companies; as of 2014, it ranked third in the Fortune 500 list of the top US closely held and public corporations and sixteenth on the Fortune Global 500 list of the top 500 corporations worldwide.  It was also one of the Seven Sisters that dominated the global petroleum industry from the mid-1940s to the 1970s.

3. Mobil Oil & Gas Multinational
Mobil, previously known as the Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, is a major United States oil company which merged with Exxon in 1999 to form a parent company called ExxonMobil. It was previously one of the Seven Sisters that dominated the global petroleum industry from the mid-1940s to the 1970s. Today Mobil continues as a major brand name within the combined company, as well as still being a gas station sometimes paired with their own store or On the Run.

4. NNPC Oil & Gas
NNPC was established on April 1, 1977 as a merger of the Nigerian National Oil Corporation and the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel. NNPC by law manages the joint venture between the Nigerian federal government and a number of foreign multinational corporations, which include Royal Dutch Shell, Agip,ExxonMobil, Chevron, and Texaco (now merged with Chevron). Through collaboration with these companies, the Nigerian government conducts petroleumexploration and production. In 2007, the head of the Nigerian wing of Transparency International said salaries for NNPC workers were too low to prevent graft.

5.  MTN Telecommunication Multinational
MTN Group, formerly M-Cell, is a South Africa-based multinational mobile telecommunications company, operating in many African, European and Asian countries. Its head office is in Johannesburg. As of 30 September 2015, MTN recorded 233 million subscribers across its operations.


6. Nestlé Nigeria FMCG Multinational
Unilever is a British-Dutch multinational consumer goods company co-headquartered in Rotterdam,Netherlands, and London, United Kingdom. Its products include food, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. It is the world’s third-largest consumer goods company measured by 2012 revenue, after Procter & Gamble and Nestlé. Unilever is the world’s largest producer of food spreads, such as margarine. One of the oldest multinational companies, its products are available in around 190 countries.

7. Total Oil & Gas Multinational
Total S.A. is a French multinational integrated oil and gas company and one of the six “Supermajor” oil companies in the world. Its businesses cover the entire oil and gas chain, from crude oil and natural gas exploration and production to power generation, transportation, refining, petroleum product marketing, and international crude oil and product trading. Total is also a large-scale chemicals manufacturer. The company has its head office in the Tour Total in La Défense district in Courbevoie, west of Paris.

8. Dangote FMCG
The Dangote Group is the largest industrial conglomerate in West Africa and one of the largest in Africa. It generated revenue in excess of US$3 billion in 2015. The group is one of the leading diversified business conglomerates in Africa. The company employs more than 26,000 people.

9. Nigeria Breweries FMCG
Nigerian Breweries Plc, incorporated in 1946, is the pioneer and largest brewing company in Nigeria. Its first bottle of beer, STAR Lager, rolled off the bottling lines of its Lagos brewery in June 1949. Other breweries were subsequently commissioned by the company, including Aba Brewery in 1957, Kaduna Brewery in 1963, and Ibadan Brewery in 1982. In September 1993, the company acquired its fifth brewery in Enugu state, and in October 2003, its sixth brewery, sited at Ameke in Enugu. Ama Brewery began brewing on the 22 March 2003 and at 3 million hectolitres is the largest brewery in Nigeria.

10.  Glo Telecommunication
Globacom Limited (or GLO) is a Nigerian multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. GLO is a privately owned telecommunications carrier that started operations on 29 August 2003. It currently operates in four countries in West Africa, namely Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. As of June 2009, the company has employed more than 2,500 people worldwide.