Bendjedid Rachad Sanoussi from Benin is a telecom engineer, currently pursuing an MPhil in Telecommunication Engineering at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Ghana. Prior to this, he worked as a laboratory technician at the University of Abomey-Calavi for four years. He is dedicated to teaching and facilitating practical work for students in telecommunications engineering.
Bendjedid has been the recipient of the Beninese Government Scholarship, as well as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) fellowship and the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Dakar fellowship.
He joined the Africademics Scholarship Ambassador Programme because he wants to have an impact on people’s lives and leave the world a better place than he found it. He also would like to network with other like-minded Africans through the Africademics platforms.
In the next 10 years, Bendjedid would like to become a technology policy analyst. An interesting fact about him is that he finds it more rewarding if his hard work benefits others rather than himself.
Welcome to the Africademics Ambassador Programme, Bendjedid!
The Scholarship Ambassador Programme
Through the Scholarship Ambassador Programme Africademics trains volunteers from across Africa to become scholarship advisors and mentors. Ambassadors complete a 4-month online course with virtual lectures, case studies and additional activities. Once they have successfully graduated, our Scholarship Ambassadors offer personal support, advice and mentorship for scholarship seekers and applicants in and from Africa.
Our 2022 Ambassador cohort started their training in April 2022 and we are thrilled to have over 90 students and scholars from across the African continent on board this year. In 2021, we welcomed our first cohort of 30 Scholarship Ambassadors who completed their training in November 2021. They now offer free scholarship consultations, mentorship and application assistance for scholarship seekers in and from Africa on a regular basis.
Meet our team of Scholarship Ambassadors here and let us know via our contact form if you would like to book a personal consultation with one of them!
