Keeping students in school, one child at a time

Closing the gap between academic ambition and its fulfilment.

BoursePad connects financially disadvantaged Nigerian students directly with sponsors who believe education should never be a luxury - through a verified, community-powered platform built on trust.

Find scholarships Support a student

20+

students already supported to continue their education.

₦20,000

Less than a dinner out can fund a student's entire school term.

Nigeria

live today, with a vision to expand across Africa.

BoursePad community bridge

From need to funded support

Active

Student need

A student is at risk of stopping school because of cost, insecurity, or missing support.

Community support

Sponsors, schools, and BoursePad agents help identify, fund, and verify real needs.

School continuity

The student stays enrolled, tracks progress, and keeps moving toward a bigger future.

For students

Discover scholarships, verify your profile, and create a request for the support you need to stay in school.

For sponsors

Fund verified students, create scholarship opportunities, and become part of someone's success story.

Who BoursePad serves

A community platform for students, sponsors, schools, and the people connecting them.

Education should not become unreachable because a family cannot carry the cost alone. BoursePad makes student needs visible to a community that values education.

Students

Find the support that keeps school within reach.

Students can discover scholarship opportunities, verify their profile, and create a request when fees, safety, or family circumstances threaten their education.

Find scholarships

Fund a student and follow the journey your support makes possible.

Sponsors can create scholarships, respond to student requests, and give recurring support to students who need help staying in school.

Support a student

Schools

Help identify students whose ambition needs a bridge.

Schools help BoursePad find students with real academic need, strengthen verification, and keep support connected to educational progress.

Partner with us

Agents

Bring BoursePad to schools and communities that need it.

Agents introduce schools to BoursePad, explain the support model, and help more students become visible to the people willing to help.

Work with BoursePad

For students

Find scholarships, request support, and stay in school.

BoursePad gives students a place to become visible to the people and organizations willing to help. Students can prepare a verified profile, discover scholarship opportunities, and request support when school fees or life circumstances threaten their education.

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Create a verified profile

Build trust with profile details that help BoursePad and partners understand your situation.

Find scholarships and resources

Use BoursePad resources and scholarship updates to prepare stronger applications.

Request support when school is at risk

Let the community know when financial pressure could interrupt your education.

Fund verified student needs

Support students whose needs have been made visible through BoursePad.

Create scholarship opportunities

Create scholarship opportunities for the students, schools, or communities you want to reach.

Follow the education impact

Stay connected to the reason your support matters: education that continues.

For sponsors

Turn goodwill into education a student can continue.

Sponsors use BoursePad to support verified student needs, create scholarship opportunities, and participate in a practical support network for families who cannot carry every education cost alone.

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Keeping a child in school starts with making their need visible to people who can help.

Why BoursePad exists

Two years ago, over a simple breakfast, my uncle told me a story I have never been able to forget.

As a young boy in Nigeria, he would walk over 15 kilometres on an empty stomach to visit a relative who had promised to pay his school fees. Every time he arrived, he was told the same thing: “The money isn't available.”

He made that walk more than once. He was turned away every time. But he never gave up. Today he is one of the most successful people I know.

That morning, I couldn't stop thinking about the ones who walked home and didn't come back. The brilliant Nigerian students who dropped out - not for lack of talent, not for lack of will - but because no one showed up for them.

That breakfast is why I built BoursePad.

Kingsley Okoeri, Founder

For students

Find scholarships, request support, and continue learning.

For sponsors

Fund verified needs and become part of a student's success story.

How it works

From a student's need to a sponsor's impact.

BoursePad is built around a simple promise: make support easier to request, easier to fund, and easier to follow.

Students create a verified profile

Students register, verify their email, complete their profile, and prepare to request or apply for scholarship support.

Scholarships and requests become visible

Students can find scholarship listings or create support requests. Sponsors can create scholarship posts or fund existing needs.

Support is tracked back to education

BoursePad follows the student journey so support is connected to staying enrolled and continuing academic progress.

Core offering

The tools needed to keep academic ambition alive.

BoursePad connects scholarship discovery, student verification, sponsor giving, school partnerships, and application progress in one community-driven platform.

Scholarship listings

Eligibility matching

Application tracking

Student funding requests

School partnerships

Sponsor-created scholarships

Hear it from our users

BoursePad turns goodwill into education that continues.

“You're really something. Thank you for keeping my academic dreams alive.”

A BoursePad student, After receiving their first sponsorship

“Your kindness will go a long way in securing their future.”

Ikhifa Excellent Touch Academy, Benin City, in a letter after their students were sponsored

Impact so far

Every funded student is a future that stays open.

BoursePad has already helped keep more than 20 students in school, with a growing community of verified students and sponsors proving that small acts of support can keep education within reach.

20+

students sponsored to continue their education

₦1,167,500

donated directly from sponsors to students

407+

verified users on the BoursePad platform

Schools and student communities reached

Ikhifa Excellent Touch Academy - Benin City, Edo State

Christine College, Abakpa, Enugu

Stephen Model Academy, Benin City, Edo State

Multiple Start Academy, Benin City, Edo State

Student sponsored from University of Benin

Student sponsored from University of Lagos

Growth direction

Nigeria

current launch country

1,000

students BoursePad aims to support in the first major growth phase

Africa

long-term expansion vision

Get started

Download the BoursePad app to create an account.

Students can register, verify their profile, and find scholarships. Sponsors can create scholarship posts or support students who have already requested help.

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Frequently asked questions

Clear answers for students, sponsors, and schools.

These answers use the current BoursePad FAQ as a baseline and tighten the language for the rebuilt site.

What is BoursePad and how does it help students find scholarships?+

BoursePad is a scholarship and education-support platform that helps students discover funding opportunities, create verified profiles, and apply for support. It connects students with scholarships and sponsors so education becomes easier to access and continue.

Who is eligible for BoursePad scholarships?+

Eligibility depends on each scholarship sponsor and program. Most opportunities are designed for Nigerian students across primary, secondary, and tertiary education, with criteria such as academic performance, financial need, location, field of study, and sponsor-specific requirements.

How do I apply for a scholarship on BoursePad?+

Download the BoursePad app, create a student account, verify your email, and complete your profile with accurate information. Once your profile is ready, you can search for scholarships that match your eligibility and follow the application instructions in the app.

What types of scholarships does BoursePad offer?+

BoursePad supports a range of scholarship opportunities from participating sponsors. These may include merit-based awards, need-based support, field-specific scholarships, regional scholarships, and other programs created to help students stay in school.

How can sponsors support students through BoursePad?+

Sponsors can create scholarship posts, review eligible student requests, and support verified students through the BoursePad app. The goal is to make giving transparent, focused, and connected to a student's education journey.

How do schools work with BoursePad?+

Schools can help identify students who need support, provide context for verification, and partner with BoursePad so scholarship support reaches students with genuine academic need.