At Actuarial Academy of East Africa, we’re opening doors to a brighter future through the Africa Scholarship Fund. Your journey to becoming a skilled actuary begins with the Africa Scholarship Fund!
Applying for the Africa Scholarship Fund is simple:
AAEA’s mandate is to support the growth of the Actuarial profession in East African region through three pillars:
To support the second and third pillars, we are reaching out to East African students who need support to be able to do the professional papers. This is informed by an industry survey which showed that it’s impossible for a graduate to get an entry level position (internship/attachment) without a minimum of two professional papers.
Undergraduate students pursuing Actuarial Sciences and other quantitative courses: Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, etc. are eligible.
The support offered through the scholarship fund will include:
In addition, the students will get mentoring support offered by the AAEA.
As well as a completed application form, which will include information about yourself and your contact details, you may also be asked to provide the following documentation to support your application:
Yes you can
At the moment, the following 9 universities are eligible:
You will know if you are eligible to apply for a particular scholarship by reading the details on eligibility found on the provider’s website.
Ideally, one requirement includes recommendation from actuarial club patron/matron, thus the scholarship is only open to students who have already been accepted onto a program at that particular university.
The application has to be submitted online, in this form; no hard copies are required and you do not need to submit an application/send any documents directly to AAEA.
Yes, one can apply for 2 papers per sitting.