Edinburgh Business School Will Award 250 Scholarships

The programme is being endorsed by Graca Machel, the renowned international advocate for women and children’s rights and wife of Nelson Mandela, who will attend the launch event in Johannesburg on September 15, the release said.

Disadvantaged applicants will gain advanced management skills and expertise, helping them to effect change in their organisations and communities. The flexibility of the distance learning MBA enables students to continue working while they learn, implementing their new knowledge and skills in the workplace immediately, according to the release.

Professor Keith Lumsden, Director of Edinburgh Business School, the Graduate School of Business Heriot-Watt University, said the reason for the scholarship scheme is simple: “Edinburgh Business School has a singular vision—to help our students fulfil their talents and reap the career rewards they deserve.

The business school has been active in Africa for 20 years and to celebrate this milestone we wanted to establish an initiative to promote life-long learning across the continent. Africa needs assistance to help develop its full potential, and with these scholarships we are offering 250 individuals the chance to make a difference—not only to their own lives but to the wider communities around them.”

The programme will be launched September 15 in Johannesburg and the first 38 scholarship winners from 14 countries will be honoured.