The New Zealand Development Scholarships (NZDS) scheme offers the opportunity to people from
targeted developing countries to undertake development-related studies at tertiary education
institutions in New Zealand.
New Zealand Development Scholarships are a central part of the New Zealand Government’s
development cooperation programme in Africa. In the southern and eastern Africa region, NZAID
offers NZDS in the Open category (NZDS-Open) to candidates from Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania
and Zambia1.
By providing people with knowledge and skills to contribute to the sustainable development of key
sectors in their home country, the NZDS scheme aims to reduce poverty, promote health, nutrition and
improve rural livelihoods, and contribute to the human resource base of Africa. NZAID capacity
building complements the work done in country by multilateral agencies and non-governmental
organisations’ (NGO) projects.
