Overview

Chinese Embassy offers 30 Ugandan university students scholarships at Makerere University worth UGX 85 million in 2018

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$22,958

Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•UgandaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•UgandaSector•EducationFlow Type•Scholarships/training in the donor country

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Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2018

Start (actual): Aug 19, 2018

End (actual): Aug 19, 2018

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The project provided scholarships to Makerere University students in Kampala, Uganda. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/343233634

Stakeholders

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

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

Chinese Embassy

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Makerere University

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Chinese Embassy offers 30 Ugandan university students scholarships at Makerere University worth UGX 85 million in 2018

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Project narrative

On August 7, 2018, the Chinese Embassy offers 30 scholarships to Ugandan university students from Uganda's largest university, Makerere University. The students were chosen from 370 applicants from different colleges of Makerere University who were underprivileged but academically outstanding. There are two scholarships that were granted. the Ambassador’s Award for Excellence and the Ambassador’s Award for Friendship to Makerere University continuing students, which were worth UGX 85 million.