MultiChoice Bursary Scheme 2023

Applications are invited from suitably qualified South African applicants for MultiChoice Bursary Scheme 2023/2024 academic session. This program is eligible to students of all study level.

This Partial funding scholarship is an opportunity given to qualified students of all study level. This program is sponsored by MultiChoice South Africa and hosted by South African higher institutions. The Bursary is open to South African students in all years of study, including students who have enrolled for their first post-graduate degree that is focused on the STEM discipline

MultiChoice is a South African company that operates DStv, a major satellite television service in Sub-Saharan Africa and GOtv, a minor service operating in over nine countries of this area and Showmax service. MultiChoice was formed out of the subscriber-management branch of the M-Net terrestrial pay television company, and broadcasts the full range of M-Net channels on the DStv service. MultiChoice is owned by the media conglomerate of the same name. One of the subsidiaries of MultiChoice is DStv Now, renamed as DStv App, a service that delivers television transmission to mobile devices such as laptops, smart phones and notebooks. Formerly, MultiChoice had operations in the Scandinavian, Benelux, Italy, Eastern Europe, Greek & Cypriot regions under the Filmnet TV service, Egypt under CNE (Cable Network of Egypt), Middle East under Gulf TV and Arab Radio and Television Network & Thailand under UBC (United Broadcasting Corporation). In 2020, MultiChoice had a total subscriber base of 20.1 million viewers throughout Africa, and Naspers asserted that MultiChoice was one of the fastest growing pay-TV operators globally.

Scholarship Summary:

Scholarship Sponsor(s): MultiChoice South Africa

Scholarship Type: Partial funding

Host Institution(s): South African higher institutions

Scholarship Worth: See bursary benefits (below)

Number of Awards: 200

Study Level: All study level

Nationality: South Africans

Requirement and Eligibility Criteria for MultiChoice Bursary Scheme 2023:

Be a South African citizen.
Be registered at a South African Institute of Higher Learning.
Meet the requirements indicated on the application form.
Eligible Course: Actuarial Science; Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering; Computer Science and Applied Mathematics; Information Technology (AI and Robotics); Data and Information Science; Digital Media Technologies.