USIU Online kicks off the Masterclass for Teaching Online for Cohort 7
Apr 11, 2024 - The Masterclass for Teaching Online is a two-week online course which is part of a series of professional development courses required for Faculty and Staff involved in online course development at USIU-Africa. USIU-Online adopted this course from...    

Makerere University delegation benchmarks with the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at USIU-Africa
Apr 5, 2024 - By Brenda Odhiambo Makerere University, which is a partner institution in the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program, visited USIU-Africa from March 27-28, for a benchmarking visit. The delegation, which included the Program Director, Prof....    

Benching for Education: How Anoon Bul Aguer Kuir’s project has improved students’ experience at Kings Secondary School in South Sudan
Mar 28, 2024 - By Brenda Odhiambo Benching for Education, championed by Anoon Bul Aguer Kuir, a Mastercard Foundation Scholar from South Sudan, started as a community-driven initiative seeking to provide durable and comfortable benches to the students in Kings...    

USIU-Africa hosts high-level delegation from The Duke of Edinburghs International Award Foundation
Mar 22, 2024 - By Aquillah Onchana and Eunice Mwadzoya Last Friday, USIU-Africa hosted a high-level delegation from The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation (IAF). Led by the Secretary General Mr. Martin Houghton-Brown, the delegation included...    

How Marie-Paule Wauters is empowering women in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Mar 15, 2024 - By Brenda Odhiambo For International Women’s Day, we spoke to Marie-Paule Wauters, a Mastercard Foundation Scholar at USIU-Africa and a third-year student pursuing a degree in International Business Administration. She shares more about her...    

How Lydia Okwir, a Mastercard Foundation Scholar, is empowering communities through sustainable poultry farming in Amolatar District
Mar 8, 2024 - By Brenda Odhiambo With a vision to empower local youth through sustainable poultry farming, Lydia Okwir, a Ugandan Mastercard Foundation Scholar at USIU-Africa and a third-year student in the Bachelor of Pharmacy program, set out to implement the...    

Mastercard Foundation Scholars conduct mentorship session at Still I Rise International School in Mathare
Mar 8, 2024 - By Wambui Cheche In January 2023, 45 Mastercard Foundation Scholars at USIU-Africa with a passion for mentorship launched a mentors program that visits schools within Kenya to speak on various topics including academic excellence, self-awareness,...    

The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at USIU-Africa hosts alumni mentorship session featuring alumni drawn from Stanbic Bank
Mar 8, 2024 - By Cynthia Achola Last Friday, the Transitions Office in the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at USIU-Africa in collaboration with the Alumni Relations Office hosted an alumni mentorship session for 95 Scholars featuring six USIU-Africa...    

USIU-Africa champions disability inclusion at Zero Project Conference
Mar 1, 2024 - By Brenda Odhiambo Last week, USIU-Africa was represented at the Zero Project Conference (ZeroCon24), which took place at the UN Offices in Vienna, Austria. The conference is a unique global meeting place to innovate for disability inclusion. This...    

How one Mastercard Foundation Scholar is transforming lives and creating sustainable development through a dairy goat project
Mar 1, 2024 - By Brenda Odhiambo In #Rwanda's Nyamasheke District, located in Bushekeri Sector, a project led by Esther Mukabyiringiro, a Mastercard Foundation Scholar in her second year in the Bachelor of Pharmacy Program at USIU-Africa, has made a significant...