By SAM JONES
YENAGOA (Sundiata Post) – Kenyon International West Africa Limited, an indigenous oil servicing firm has announced the award of 50 postgraduate scholarships to indigent brilliant students across Africa.
The firm announced the development on Tuesday in a statement signed by Mr. Ifechukwu Muonyili, the public affairs manager.
According to the statement, the course is facilitated by United States-based Tekedia Institute, which offers e-learning courses.
Muonyili quoted Kenyon Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Victor Ekpenyong, as saying that the gesture was aimed at encouraging entrepreneurship amongst youths rather than being job seekers.
In 2022, the firm awarded 30 scholarships for a special Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme to beneficiaries in Nigeria and subsequently increased the slots to 50, which it extended to other African countries.
The statement read in part: “As an organisation with a keen interest in education and all its related benefits to society, we are happy to announce that we have approved scholarship for over 50 students across Africa to be able to partake in the mini-MBA crash programme organised by Tekedia Institute.
“In the past year, we made the scholarship available to 30 Nigerian students who could not afford to be part of the programme.
“We were pleased to see that they acquired the enlightenment they need to function optimally in today’s ever-evolving business landscape.
“Our aim is to cause a paradigm shift in the mindset of many Africans and help them discover their entrepreneurial strength, which is needed for us to experience a sustainable economic boom as a continent.”
Kenyon offers well control services that check vandalism and oil theft and pledged that it is fully committed to providing resources to enable qualified, but less privileged persons to acquire the needed knowledge and skills to effectively manage their businesses all over Africa.
The company commended the efforts of Prof. Ndubuisi Ekekwe, Tekedia Institute Lead Faculty, for working to ensure that Kenyon’s idea comes to fruition.
It said that feedback from the institution indicates that applications are currently being received from the targeted beneficiaries.
