Project ID: 88381

The Chinese Government pledges 250 million birr for MOFCOM scholarships for 228 Ethiopian students

Commitment amount

$ 9725817.571154727

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 9725817.57

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China Ministry of Commerce [Government Agency]

Recipient

Ethiopia

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

2019-01-01

Actual start

2019-09-05

Actual complete

2019-09-05

Description

On September 5 2019, during a farewell ceremony hosted by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, and the Chinese Ambassador to Ethiopia, Tan Jian, the Chinese Government pledged 250 million birr in MOFCOM scholarships for 228 Ethiopian students to study in China. According to CGTN, of the 228 students, 66 will be enrolled in doctoral programs, whereas 162 students will be enrolled in masters programs.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

3

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Ethiopian Ministry of Education [Government Agency]