Absa Fellowship Programme South Africa 2025

Absa Fellowship Programme South Africa 2025 – 2026

bsa Fellowship Programme 2025: Empowering Future Leaders in South Africa

The Absa Fellowship Programme is a prestigious initiative aimed at nurturing South Africa’s brightest young minds. This program is designed to provide financial aid, leadership development, and career opportunities to high-achieving students who demonstrate academic excellence, leadership potential, and a commitment to driving positive change in their communities.

The 2025 Absa Fellowship Programme is a golden opportunity for students seeking holistic support as they pursue their academic and professional goals.

About the Absa Fellowship Programme

The Absa Fellowship Programme goes beyond traditional bursaries. It offers students financial assistance while focusing on leadership development and personal growth. By participating in this program, fellows gain access to mentorship, networking opportunities, and career development resources, ensuring that they are well-equipped to contribute meaningfully to South Africa’s economy and society.

What the Absa Fellowship Programme Offers

Comprehensive Financial Assistance:
The fellowship covers essential educational expenses, including:
- Tuition fees.
- Prescribed textbooks and study materials.
- Accommodation and living allowances.
Leadership Development:
Fellows are enrolled in a leadership development program that equips them with skills to excel as leaders in their communities and careers.
Mentorship and Networking:
Fellows are connected with industry professionals, Absa executives, and fellow students, creating a support system that fosters personal and professional growth.
Career Opportunities:
Absa provides internship and employment opportunities for fellows who demonstrate exceptional performance during their studies and leadership training.

The Absa Fellowship Programme:

Advances education
Drives transformative collaboration
Develops capable entrepreneurial leadership
Facilitates progressive thinking.

The Absa Fellowship journey will coincide with the duration of a student’s undergraduate and postgraduate studies, with candidates ultimately emerging as private or public sector leaders or as entrepreneurs in their chosen industries able to actively shape their societies, promote sustainability and bring possibility to life in ways the world hasn’t seen before.

When to apply ?

The Absa Fellowship Programme applications open on the 10 January 2025 and close on the 19th of January 2025.

What does the Programme offer?

The Absa Fellowship Programme is much more than just an ordinary scholarship or bursary initiative. It is an entrepreneurial leadership development programme. While successful candidates will receive financial support towards their academic studies, they will also be expected to actively participate in a specially curated entrepreneurial leadership development programme created by Absa.

The following will be covered:

Academic costs

Full tuition
Accommodation (University & Private Landlord agreement)
Laptop
Textbooks & Educational equipment
Meal Allowance
Monthly stipend
Student Medical Aid Cover

Entrepreneurial Leadership programme

Travel, if required
Learner modules and guides
Online entrepreneurial leadership masterclasses
Academic tutoring and mentoring
Emotional wellness support
Wellness peer-to-peer mentoring

The Programme will provide a platform for participants to “engage the world to change the world” by creating their own content and posing their own questions, as well as an emotional and academic wellness support structure.

What are the criteria to apply?

A potential Absa Fellow is:

African
A leader
A catalyst for change
Humble and passionate
Brave and ready to embrace possibility
Ethical and socially conscious
Studying towards an undergraduate degree in:
1. Science
2. Technology
3. Engineering
4. Creative Arts
5. Mathematics
6. Humanities (Social Sciences)
7. Digital/Data Design
8. Commerce

at one of the 26 public universities in South Africa.

Between the age of 18 and 25 years
A strong student with a Grade 12/Matric (or equivalent) average of 65% or more
A citizen of one of the following countries:
1. South Africa
2. Mozambique
3. Zambia
4. Botswana
5. Tanzania
6. Kenya
7. Mauritius
8. Seychelles
9. Uganda
10. Ghana
Entering the first year of tertiary studies, with provisional or full acceptance from a public university in South Africa.