Bursary access for South Africa

Funding exists. Apli is the bridge.

One verified profile. Every bursary a student qualifies for. Applications that take minutes instead of months. Nothing else, nothing extra. Just funded degrees.

The problem

Funding exists. The path to it doesn't.

Students hunt across dozens of company websites, certify the same documents over and over, email PDFs into the void, and never hear back. The ones who give up first are the ones who needed it most.

R47.6bn
Bursaries disbursed by NSFAS in 2023, with thousands of private bursaries still unclaimed every year
NSFAS Annual Report, 2023
47%
Of university students drop out before graduating, often under financial pressure
CHE VitalStats, 2023
60.7%
Youth unemployment rate for ages 15 to 24 in South Africa
Stats SA QLFS, Q4 2024
How it works

One profile. Hundreds of applications. Zero paperwork.

01

Build a verified profile

Personal details, marks, ID, transcripts and a CV. Verified once, used everywhere. No more certifying the same page eleven times.

02

Match to real bursaries

Apli surfaces every bursary a student actually qualifies for, ranked by fit and deadline. No guesswork, no dead links.

03

Apply in minutes

Forms auto fill. Documents attach themselves. Sponsors receive verified, ranked, complete applications.

Why it matters

A bursary does not fund one life. It compounds.

A funded degree roughly triples lifetime earning power. That income typically supports a household of several dependents. Educated parents raise educated children, and the next generation starts from further ahead.

Every rand a sponsor invests returns to the economy many times over, as taxes paid, jobs created and the next student funded.

FOR STUDENTS

Stop searching. Start applying.

Find every bursary you qualify for in one place, and apply to all of them from a single profile.

FOR SPONSORS

Better candidates. Less admin.

Reach verified students across every faculty and receive ranked, complete applications you can actually assess.

No South African student should miss a bursary because they never knew it existed.

Students, sponsors, universities and partners — we would like to hear from you.