AFRICAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH CONSORTIUM Announcement for PhD Fellowships 2021/2022

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 AERC wishes to announce the 2021/2022 Ph.D. scholarships for applicants from Francophone and 

Anglophone sub-Saharan African countries admitted into any of the following AERC Collaborative PhD

Programme (CPP) in Economics degree-awarding universities:

• University of Cape Town, South Africa • University of Witwatersrand, South Africa

• University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania • University of Nairobi, Kenya

• University of Ibadan, Nigeria • University of Benin, Nigeria

• University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon 

• Felix Houphouet-Boigny University, Côte d’Ivoire

Qualifications and Requirements:

To qualify, an applicant must:

(a) Have applied and been admitted to any one of the listed CPP universities;

(b) Have attained at least a Second Class Honours (Upper Division) or equivalent in Economics, 

Agricultural Economics, or related field from an accredited university;

(c) Have a Masters degree (with coursework and thesis component) in Economics, Agricultural 

Economics, or related fields from a recognized University. The coursework should have covered 

microeconomics, macroeconomics, quantitative methods and econometrics;

(d) Possession of at least 1 relevant publication in a refereed journal will be an added advantage;

(e) Evidence of engagement in economic management, research and/or training in the public sector will 

be an added advantage; and 

(f) Female and applicants from post-conflict and fragile states (especially the AERC PhD Bridge 

Programme alumni class of 2017 and 2018) are encouraged to apply.

Interested applicants must submit their applications for admission directly to the respective 

universities (application procedure can be obtained from the respective university’s website). Upon 

receipt of an admission letter from a specific university, applicants shall send the following documents

to AERC on jfe@aercafrica.org and copy training@aercafrica.org.

1. Application cover letter;

2. Curriculum Vitae;

3. Evidence of admission at any of the universities listed above; and

4. Certified copies of transcripts and certificates.

The deadline for applying for the scholarship is August 31, 2021.

For more information visit AERC website on www.aercafri

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