By Our Reporter
Ugandan students from Makerere University will be one of the beneficiaries of the USD 86.6 million MasterCard Foundation commitment that will see African Scholars receive a major boost to attain university education. In Cape Town, South Africa, at the Talloires Network Leaders Conference , The MasterCard Foundation announced that over 2,300 university students will be able to hit the books in classrooms in Uganda, South Africa and Ghana by early next year. The Foundation in collaboration with four new African university partners is committing to educate talented, yet economically disadvantaged, young people through its scholars program.
These institutions join the global network of 21 partners in the Scholars Program, including Ashesi University College in Ghana, the first African University to partner with the Foundation in 2012.
The new partnerships announced today include, Makerere University, Uganda, University of Pretoria (UP), South Africa, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Ghana, and the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa.
This collaboration builds on the Foundation’s growing network of global education partners who are committed to educating Africa’s young leaders who will use their knowledge and skills to lead change in their communities and contribute to meaningful transformation across the continent. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, the University of Pretoria and Makerere University have already opened their doors to their first cohorts of MasterCard Foundation Scholars, while the University of Cape Town is expected to welcome its first cohort in January 2015.
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