The goal of the Mandela Rhodes Scholarships programme is to offer educational opportunities to young Africans with scholastic, intellectual and leadership potential to study at suitable tertiary institutions and to create a network of principled future leaders, with the capacity and will to advance themselves and their countries. The Scholarships aim to give expression to the legacy of academic excellence, leadership, education, reconciliation and entrepreneurship.

It is the vision of The Mandela Rhodes Scholarships Programme to bring
into being a considerable network of leaders, with different educational
expertise but similar leadership capacity, who support and inspire each
other and who are distinguished by their ability to:
– Facilitate individual and social development,
– Promote peace and reconciliation,
– Pursue fundamental human freedoms, and
– Promote prosperity, honour and respect for the continent and its
people.

Scholarship Application Deadline:13 May 2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application