Mandela Rhodes Scholarship
Mandela Rhodes Foundation South Africa
Funds young African leaders to complete an Honours or Master's degree at a South African university, with a compulsory leadership development programme and mentorship.
Free to start · no account needed
Get your personal statement and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes.
You look at it first. Nothing is submitted without your tap.
About
What it offers: Tuition and registration plus allowances for accommodation, meals, books, research and medical aid.
Also: leadership development programme; mentorship; pan-African scholar network.
Who can apply: Young leaders from any African country studying at a recognised South African institution; see the Explore & Apply page for age and academic criteria.
Free to apply.
Annual application round (check the Explore & Apply page for dates).
How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there).
What to prepare: essays, references, transcript, cv.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “young leaders from anywhere on the African continent to further their education in South Africa”
Who can apply
- Open to students
- Young leaders from any African country studying at a recognised South African institution; see the Explore & Apply page for age and academic criteria.
What you will need
- Personal statement / SOPOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
- Recommendation letters (drafts for your referees)Upload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- TranscriptOnly you can supply it: upload it once and it is attached wherever it is asked for.
- Academic CVUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (own portal), which needs an account in your name.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get your personal statement and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to Mandela Rhodes Foundation without your tap.
Nothing is submitted without your tap. Logins, CAPTCHAs, payments and interviews stay with you.