Project ID: 59732

China Communications Construction Company awards 25 students a scholarship to study in Beijing in 2016 (Linked to Umbrella Project #52535)

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China Communications Construction Co., Ltd. (CCCC) [State-owned Company]

Recipient

Kenya

Sector

Education (Code: 110)

Flow type

Scholarships/training in the donor country

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2016-01-01

Description

In 2015, Chinese president Xi Jinping pledged to grant 1,000 new university scholarships for Kenyan students to study at Chinese universities over the following three years (umbrella project #52535). China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) helped follow through with this pledge by implementing a railway studies scholarship program which aims sponsor a total of 100 Kenyan students. Beijing Jiaotong University hosted the students. The value of each scholarship is unknown. The first batch of 25 students left for China in 2016. At the end of February 2017, 35 Kenyan students under the second batch left for China (#85152)

Number of official sources

0

Number of total sources

2

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Kenya [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Beijing Jiaotong University [Miscellaneous Agency Type]