Overview

China provides scholarships to 52 Botswana students and 20 officers

Commitment Year•2019Country of Activity•BotswanaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•BotswanaSector•EducationFlow Type•Scholarships/training in the donor country

Status

Project lifecycle

Implementation

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Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2019

Start (actual): Aug 21, 2019

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The Chinese Government held a farewell reception at the Chinese Embassy in Gaborone, Botswana. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/6802316386.

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

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Botswana

Loan desecription

China provides scholarships to 52 Botswana students and 20 officers

Narrative

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Project narrative

On August 21, 2019, the Chinese Government held a farewell reception for the 2019 Chinese Government Scholarship beneficiaries at the Chinese Embassy in Gaborone, Botswana. Zhao Yanbo, the Chinese Ambassador to Botswana, and Tebogo Bagopi, the Botswana Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Tertiary Education, Research, Science and Technology, spoke at the event. Out of over 2,000 applicants, 52 students and 20 Botswana Defense Force (BDF) officers were provided scholarships to study at Chinese universities. About 150 people attended the farewell ceremony.