Scholarships for Africans, the Diaspora, and People of African Descent
We are excited to share some fantastic news! The Thunderbird School of Global Management, home to the world’s #1-ranked. Master of Global Management (THE/ Wall Street Journal 2019), is offering a unique opportunity for Africans, the Diaspora, and People of African Descent – a scholarship of $10,000+ (or special tuition rates) for you or your fellow citizens to attend one of three graduate programs. Please see below for more details about each program. For further information about the scholarship, please contact our Senior Director, Professor Landry Signé, and share your CV/resume: Landry.Signe@thunderbird.asu.edu. We will also be happy to develop an institutional partnership with your government to offer specific scholarship and capacity building opportunities to your most committed citizens each year.
1. Master of Global Affairs and Management
2. Masters o Applied Leadership and Management
3. Master of Global Management
We are deeply committed to continuing our advancement of diversity, inclusion, and equity in educating global leaders in crafting sustainable businesses, governments, economies, societies, and international institutions around the world for the 21st century. Graduates join a worldwide alumni network of 45,000 leaders in over 145 countries, across 170 alumni chapters. You are welcome to share this opportunity with your African, Diaspora, and People of African Descent network.
Notable alumni of the Thunderbird School of Global Management include:
• Soraya M. Hakuziyaremye, Minister for Trade & Industry Government of Rwanda
• Cristina Duarte, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa
• Walid Badawi, UNDP Resident Representative for Kenya
• Nina Frite, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Angola
• Madji Sock, Dalberg Global Partner in Senegal
• Tom Strauss, Sr. Commercial Officer, Department of Commerce, Angola
• R. Niels Marquardt, Former Ambassador to Madagascar, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea
• Steven J. Nolan, Former Ambassador to Botswana
• Tony Holmes, Former Ambassador to Burkina Faso
• Mitchell Slape, Walmart CEO in South Africa
• Luis Alberto Moreno, President of the Inter-American Development Bank
• Ramon Laguarta, CEO of PepsiCo
• Bob Dudley, former CEO of BP group
• Javier Perez, former President MasterCard Europe
• Robert Shanks, former Chief Financial Officer of Ford Motor Company
• Kim Williams, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Warner Bros
We are very impressed with the diverse group of global leaders, bright mid-career professionals, and students in business, government, and international organizations the Thunderbird School of Global Management attracts, and enjoy teaching them. Our degree programs are taught by Thunderbird’s world-class professors.
Thank you again for the broad dissemination of this unique opportunity to your communities here and on the continent. Now, more than ever, the world needs global leaders