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UK University Scholarships to Empower Young Leaders For Africa

Ashinaga UK supports orphaned youth from Africa with education, professional development, and leadership training.

Our vision is a more developed African continent, with all its countries out of poverty and communities benefiting from innovation and compassionate leadership.

Our mission is to empower high achieving, orphaned students from low-income backgrounds with the education, skills, connections, and experience they need to tackle problems they see across the continent.

24 Countries

across the African continent represented by Ashinaga UK Scholars and Graduates.

26 Scholars

currently studying courses at UK universities.

31 Graduates

have completed undergraduate degrees and our leadership programme in the UK since 2019.

£2m+

in university tuition discounts and waivers for Ashinaga UK Scholars.

Ashinaga Scholars in the UK

  • “The Ashinaga Scholarship has helped me to enhance my personal development skills such as leadership, self-confidence, compassion and critical thinking. An example is conducting a community project on improving the entrepreneurship environment in my country.”

    Ruth (Accounting, Business Finance and Management, University of York)

  • “Thanks to Ashinaga, I can develop my leadership skills, critical thinking abilities, and professional networks. I want to thank all of Ashinaga’s supporters for uplifting my ambitions and helping me realise my dream to help others.”

    Mustapha (Biomedical Science, University of Central Lancashire)

  • “Without the Ashinaga Scholarship, I would not have been here today. This support has and will allow me to focus on my personal, professional and academic progress without the financial stress. I can safely invest my time and energy in becoming the best version of myself.”

    Lurvïsh (Computer Science, University of York)

  • “Ashinaga have presented me with many opportunities which have allowed me to come out of my comfort zone and become the confident lady I am today. I now believe that I can achieve anything I set my mind to.”

    Winter (Actuarial Science, University of East Anglia)

  • “Becoming part of the Ashinaga family has been life-changing. Not only has Ashinaga enabled me to achieve my aspirations of studying medicine to help vulnerable people, but it has helped me to become a strong woman who is not afraid to chase her dreams to create a better world.”

    Sakiinah (Medicine, University of Manchester)

  • “I gained leadership experience and a feeling of unity at the annual training events, in which we acted as ‘future leaders,’ discussing effective solutions that we could potentially implement to improve Africa.”

    Mokhele (Civil and Structural Engineerin, University of Leeds)