The Japanese Government has approved a proposal by ICTP to fund doctoral and post-doctoral students from sub-Saharan Africa. The Mori Fellowship programme will provide research and training opportunities in mathematics and physics (broadly defined to include, for example, the physic of climate and weather, fluid dynamics, oceanography and seismology) to 20 qualified doctoral or post-doctoral students per year. Fellows will enrol in universities in their home countries while receiving training at ICTP in Trieste, Italy, for extended periods. The aim and scope of the programme is to nurture the next generation of African physicists and mathematicians. The fellowship programme is named after the former Japan’s Prime Minister, Yoshiro Mori.