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Johannesburg - About 200 graduates from accross Africa will take part in a graduation ceremony of the Edinburgh Business School on February 8.
Edinburgh Business School has been offering executive education in Africa since 1990 and currently has 3 760 students with a further 2 000 alumni from its MBA programme.
The event will also celebrate the first 23 graduates from the African Scholarship programme launched and funded by Edinburgh Business School in 2010.
The scholarship scheme offers 250 people in Africa a fully-funded place on the Edinburgh Business School distance learning MBA programme.
The flexibility of the distance learning MBA has also enabled students to continue working while they learn, implementing their new knowledge and skills in the workplace immediately.
“Our graduates emerge equipped with skills that will enhance not only their own lives, but also the wider communities around them," said Prof. Keith Lumsden, academic director of Edinburgh Business School, the Graduate School of Business of Heriot-Watt University.
“Receiving the scholarship was a life changing event. My MBA studies have led to career progression and possibilities that would have been impossible without it,” said graduating student Simon Peter Kavuma from Uganda.
Recently appointed deputy chief finance Officer at Citbank Uganda, he believes that the MBA was an important factor in securing the new position.
The first African Scholarship Programme graduates are from six countries, namely Zimbabwe, Uganda, Malawi, Mauritius, Kenya and Zambia.
Edinburgh Business School has been offering executive education in Africa since 1990 and currently has 3 760 students with a further 2 000 alumni from its MBA programme.
The event will also celebrate the first 23 graduates from the African Scholarship programme launched and funded by Edinburgh Business School in 2010.
The scholarship scheme offers 250 people in Africa a fully-funded place on the Edinburgh Business School distance learning MBA programme.
The flexibility of the distance learning MBA has also enabled students to continue working while they learn, implementing their new knowledge and skills in the workplace immediately.
“Our graduates emerge equipped with skills that will enhance not only their own lives, but also the wider communities around them," said Prof. Keith Lumsden, academic director of Edinburgh Business School, the Graduate School of Business of Heriot-Watt University.
“Receiving the scholarship was a life changing event. My MBA studies have led to career progression and possibilities that would have been impossible without it,” said graduating student Simon Peter Kavuma from Uganda.
Recently appointed deputy chief finance Officer at Citbank Uganda, he believes that the MBA was an important factor in securing the new position.
The first African Scholarship Programme graduates are from six countries, namely Zimbabwe, Uganda, Malawi, Mauritius, Kenya and Zambia.
