By Umar Nsubuga In November 2012, BRAC Uganda and the Mastercard Foundation embarked on an eight-year journey that would see over 5,000 young Ugandans benefit from a highly prestigious national level secondary scholarship programme. The scholarship programme was aimed at achieving positive social transformation through providing academically talented youth from economically marginalised backgrounds with access […]
This article was first published in New Vision in November 2022 Pascal Kwesiga It’s easy to give up after one or two rejections, but not for twenty-three-year-old Judith Amutuhire. When she completed A’level in 2019, she applied for a government scholarship to do a bachelor of science in electrical engineering at Makerere University. But Amutuhire, […]
This article was first published in New Vision in August 2022 Kellen Owente The UK government has encouraged more Ugandans to apply for its global scholarship programme – Chevening. On August 2, the UK government opened the application round for the Chevening scholarship scheme for the next academic year. Over 1,500 individuals across the world […]
(Published on Wednesday, February 9, 2022) By Nelson Kiva In 2019, Ruth Elizabeth Namutebi caught media attention when she wrote to many prominent personalities worldwide, including former US President Barrack Obama, seeking support for her education. Namutebi has a diploma in architecture and since 2016, she has been seeking to upgrade. In 2019, she was […]
By Titus Kakembo If you dropped out of school after Senior Four and would like to get skilled in a vocational course of your choice, here is an opportunity. Busitema University and Stanbic Bank have developed a new scholarship scheme called the skills enhancement programme to train young people in vocational courses such as mechanics, bricklaying, […]
By Gloria Nakajubi and Juliet Waiswa Robert Muhangi and Owen Kiiza have master’s degrees and are among the 20 students who benefitted from the 2012/2013 Tullow Group Scholarships. Muhangi did his degree in management sciences and finance at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom whereas Kiiza went for a Master’s of Science degree […]