The deadline to submit the applications is until September 4, 2022.
Netflix has announced the extension of its Netflix Creative Equity Scholarship Fund (CESF) to film and television students in the West and Central Africa region.
Applications are now open for students to study at institutions in Nigeria, Ghana, Benin and Gabon.
The scholarship fund forms part of Netflix’s global Netflix Creative Equity Fund launched in 2021 to be allocated to various initiatives over the next five years to develop a strong, diverse pipeline of creatives around the world. The fund includes a $1m scholarship for students from Sub-Saharan Africa.
The fund will cover tuition, housing, study materials, and living expenses at selected partner schools in Nigeria where beneficiaries have been accepted to pursue a programme of study in the television and film disciplines in the 2022 academic year.
The Netflix CESF is set to launch across the region in the academic year beginning in 2022, and Netflix will partner with Dalberg as an implementation partner and fund administrator in the West and Central Africa region.
The Netflix CESF is intended to provide financial aid in the form of full scholarships at partner higher educational institutions in Nigeria, Benin, Ghana and Gabon to help ambitious creatives from West and Central African countries obtain official qualifications and training. The following countries in West and Central Africa will be eligible: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte D’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
The fund will be available to students who have obtained admission to study in various film & TV-focused disciplines, for the 2022 academic year, at the following partner institutions: Institut Philippe Maury de l’audiovisuel et du Cinéma (Gabon), Institut Supérieur des Métiers de l’Audiovisuel (Bénin), National Film and Television Institute (Ghana), National Film Institute Jos (Nigeria), and Pan-Atlantic University (Nigeria).
