The extension of Netflix’s Creative Equity Scholarship Fund (CESF) to students studying film and television in West and Central Africa has been announced by the company.
The scholarship fund will pay for tuition, housing, books, and living expenses at particular Nigerian partner schools where recipients have been approved to pursue programs of study in television and cinema for the 2022 academic year.
Students can now submit applications to study at universities in Nigeria, Ghana, Benin, and Gabon.
In the academic year beginning in 2022, the Netflix CESF is scheduled to go live across the region. Netflix will collaborate with Dalberg as an implementation partner and fund administrator in the West and Central Africa region.
Eligibility requirements
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo are among the West and Central African nations that will be eligible.
All applicants who fit the requirements listed below are eligible for the scholarship fund:
Applicants must be citizens of and currently living in a West or Central African country (Excl. DRC)
Applicants must take courses related to television and film at one of the partner institutions
Applicants must be already registered as a student in the partner institutions namely (priority to students who are 1 or 2 years away from graduation):
Students who have been admitted to study at the aforementioned partner institutions for the 2022 academic year in a variety of film and television-related disciplines will have access to the fund.
Benefits
The scholarship fund will pay for tuition, housing, books, and living expenses at particular Nigerian partner schools where recipients have been approved to pursue programs of study in television and cinema for the 2022 academic year.
Aspiring creatives from West and Central African nations can receive financial assistance in the form of full scholarships at partner higher education institutions in Nigeria, Benin, Ghana, and Gabon with the help of the Netflix CESF.
Click here to apply
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