Jesca Mwende from Tanzania is currently pursuing her Master’s degree in Data Science in Actuarial Science at the University of Rwanda, for which she received a scholarship from the African Center of Excellence in Data Science. She also works as a Data Science intern at the Tanzania Data Lab.
Jesca was motivated to join the Africademics Scholarship Ambassador Programme because through the personal experience she has had with funding opportunities she knows how difficult it can be to secure scholarships. For this reason, she would like to learn from Africademics and use her knowledge to help fellow youth and women by increasing awareness, understanding, and support at all stages of the scholarship application process.
In 10 years’ time, Jesca aspires to be the founder of a technology company that helps solve societal problems, as well as work with other companies/organizations on impacting and sustaining societies in socio-economic, environmental, and political growth.
Welcome to the Africademics Ambassador Programme, Jesca!
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!
