Board and management of Standard Chartered with the students and some lecturers
Standard
Chartered Bank Ghana Limited says it is disbursing a total of GH¢71,000 as the first tranche of a
total amount of GH¢300,000 over a four-year period to 31
brilliant and needy students who have gained admission to the five public
universities.
The
institutions include University of Ghana, Legon; Kwame Nkrumah University of
Science and Technology; University College of Education, Winneba; University of
Development Studies and University of Cape Coast.
The
students will benefit from two endowment funds, the Standard Chartered Science
Education Trust Fund and Standard Chartered Kenneth Dadzie Memorial Education
Trust Fund.
Dr.
Emmanuel Kumah, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Standard Chartered Bank
Ghana Limited said, “As a
Bank, we have a long history of contributing to social and economic development
and supporting communities where we operate. We believe everyone
should have access to opportunities to realize his or her full potential and
believe that we can make a difference in promoting economic inclusion in
Ghana. This underscores our brand promise to be here for good.”
Mansa
Nettey, CEO, Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited said, “We understand that young people
growing up in developing economies must overcome multiple hurdles to achieve
personal and economic empowerment. As an active participant of the UN Global
compact we roll out programmes in support of the UN sustainability Goals that
will support Quality education, gender equality and wellbeing.”
She
added that Standard Chartered was committed to using its core business of
banking to promote social and economic development in the countries where it
operates. The Bank provides products and services to individuals and companies
to drive local, regional and global economic development and job creation.
The
Kenneth Dadzie Fund focuses on postgraduate programmes, economics and business
courses while the Science Education Fund covers both undergraduate and post
graduate students pursuing science.
Earlier
this year, the Bank launched Future makers by Standard Chartered, a new global
initiative to tackle inequality and promote economic inclusion. The initiative
is supporting young people through programmes focused on education,
employability and entrepreneurship.
