The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) was established in 1988 as a public not-for-profit organization devoted to the advancement of economic policy research and training in Africa. The Consortium’s mandate and strategic intent is built on the basis that sustained development in sub-Saharan Africa requires well-trained, locally based professional economists. AERC agitates the provision of capacity building in economic policy in Francophone and Anglophone African countries through provision of support in the areas of policy research and graduate training.
AERC wishes to announce the 2020/2021 Masters scholarships for applicants from Anglophone sub-Saharan African countries admitted into any of the following AERC Collaborative Masters Programme (CMAP) in Economics universities:
- University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- University of Ghana, Ghana
- University of Nairobi, Kenya
- Makerere University, Uganda
- University of Botswana, Botswana
- University of Cape Coast, Ghana
- University of Malawi, Malawi
- University of Mauritius, Mauritius
- University of Namibia, Namibia
- University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe.
ELIGIBILITY
To qualify for scholarship, applicant must:
- Have applied and been admitted to any one of the listed CMAP universities;
- Have attained at least a Second Class Honours (Upper Division) or equivalent in Economics or related field from an accredited university; and
- Female and applicants from post-conflict and fragile states are highly encouraged to apply.
DEADLINE: July 10 2020
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