Nompilo Ayanda Shange was presented with a Eduloan Bursary of R100,000 per year for three years towards tertiary studies, accompanied by an opportunity to experience the Eduloan work environment and so get exposure to the world of commerce and industry in the form of education finance. This is Eduloan's way of assisting learners through their educational journey and ensuring that they succeed.
Eduloan, along with the provision of education finance support, has brought its Educonnect product to the table. All 18 finalists will be awarded access to Educonnect, a single interface portal that provides information to prepare and support students in their educational journey better. This ranges from assistance with choosing the right career and institution to study, right through to orientation and mentorship programmes designed to enable students to make better choices. This is Eduloan's way of walking the student in their journey to success beyond just providing the financial means for their educational development, but also building a relationship that will ensure the success of their overall social development.
Through Educonnect, corporate and institutional bursary funders will have access to potential students, based on the predefined criteria that will be available on the Educonnect portal, to award their bursaries to. Eduloan has further added its value proposition to providing a platform for all engaging with Educonnect, access to solutions that will efficiently manage bursary funds, providing end-to-end holistic solutions.
Eduloan's CEO, Totsie Memela, said that the finalists demonstrated excellent leadership in their respective schools and communities. "These young stars are leading, are guided by their values, and have assumed personal and social responsibility to initiate positive changes in their personal lives and their communities. This represents the individual character that is truly admired at Eduloan," she said.
Eduloan has empowered hundreds of thousands of South Africans to unlock their potential and start realising their dreams. "In this, we share Primestars' enthusiasm and commitment to aiding South African youths towards developing the skills to participate meaningfully in the economy. This will also enable them to contribute to improving the business environment and growing the economy. This is a passion that drives the engines at Eduloan," said Memela.
