Africa-first · Globally connected

From your first scholarship to Africa's next generation of researchers.

Buntu Foundation is a long-term ecosystem: scholarship coaching, an AI4 Youth Summer School, mentorship, and a fully-funded research hub being built on the continent.

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Our three branches

One ecosystem. Three doors in.

Whether you're a high-schooler hungry for AI, a student chasing a fully-funded scholarship, or an early-career researcher ready to build on the continent, Buntu has a branch for you.

AI4 Youth Summer School

An annual intensive for 110+ young Africans: trustworthy AI, leadership, and a year-round community.

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Buntu Scholarship

Coaching, mentorship and an agentic opportunity hunter that finds and helps you win fully-funded scholarships.

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Buntu Hub

A fully-funded research residency being built on African soil, where the continent's next senior researchers will publish from home.

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Our mission

Unlock African talent. Keep it on the continent. Connect it to the world.

We believe Africa already has the brilliance. What is missing is the pathway, from a first-year high schooler discovering they can win full funding, all the way to a senior researcher publishing from a hub built on home soil. Buntu builds that pathway end to end.

10,000: African youth into dignified careers by 2035
3: Branches: Summer School · Scholarship · Hub
1: Continent-wide community, free at the point of use

Impact stories

The first cohort is publishing soon.

Real people, real countries, real outcomes, coming as scholars cross their milestones. In the meantime, read where Buntu came from and where we are going.

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Tracking towards our commitment