Overview

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

Commitment Year•2016Country of Activity•KenyaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•KenyaSector•EducationFlow Type•Scholarships/training in the donor country

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2016

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

State-owned companies

China Communications Construction Co., Ltd. (CCCC)

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Kenya

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU)

Loan desecription

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

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

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 Record ID#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)