Netflix invites applications for the Netflix Creative Equity Scholarship Fund for African Creatives for the 2022/23 academic session.
Netflix, the world’s leading streaming entertainment service, has committed US$1 Million towards a Creative Equity Scholarship Fund (CESF) in Sub-Saharan Africa. This fund will provide financial support to African creatives to access quality tertiary education in film and TV-focused disciplines at sought-after academic programmes/institutions.
Notably, this is part of Netflix’s ongoing efforts to invest in Africa’s creative industries and for more diverse and new voices to tell African stories.
Worth of Award
The scholarship will cover the costs for
- tuition,
- accommodation,
- study materials and
- living expenses at institutions to which beneficiaries have gained admission to pursue a course of study in the TV & film disciplines.
Eligibility
This scholarship opportunity is open to:
- Final year undergraduate students completing their degree in 2022; or Postgraduate students pursuing a one-year qualification in 2022.
Students wishing to study at one of the following HEIs:
- AACA Film and Acting School
- AFDA
- Boston Media House
- Cape Peninsula University of Technology
- City Varsity
- Durban University of Technology
- Tshwane University of Technology
Other schools include
University of
- Cape Town
- Johannesburg
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Pretoria
- the Witwatersrand
How to Apply
All applications should be made online via the official website.
Deadline: The application deadline is February 4, 2022 at 23 h 59 (CAT).