Applications open for UCT GSB scholarships

Together the two specialised units of the GSB are offering up to ten partial and fully paid study opportunities for social innovators, entrepreneurs and mid-career professionals, specifically those who want to play a positive leadership role in the sustainable development of the continent. Scholarships will be awarded for the MBA and MPhil in Inclusive Innovation programmes.

"These scholarships offer a rare opportunity to Africa's leaders, social innovators and entrepreneurs to study at Africa's leading business school, to gain exposure to innovative study programmes and projects and be a part of groundbreaking initiatives, as well as to meet and engage with some of the continent's most exciting and interesting entrepreneurs, changemakers, academics and leaders of business and civil society," says director of the Bertha Centre, Dr François Bonnici.

Agents of change

"We believe in bright ideas, combined with passion, resources and a strong network, to create profound solutions. We believe in the potential of individuals to boldly envision and pioneer solutions for Africa, by Africa, in Africa. We believe in committed agents of change to shape the future of our continent," says Paul Norman, chief human resources and corporate affairs officer at the MTN Group.

The UCT GSB full-time MBA is the only MBA in Africa to be ranked in the Financial Times ranking of the top 100 MBAs in the world and it offers one of the best business educations on the continent. The 2016 GSB MBA curriculum will also be the first in the world to incorporate social innovation as a core subject.

The Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship was founded in 2011, and is proud that in less than five years the appetite for using innovative models to advance social progress and overcome inequality has enabled it to integrate social innovation into the GSB's curriculum.

Centre's focus areas

The Bertha Centre's scholarships are open to candidates in any field where they have been exploring social and/or environmental impact through innovative approaches; however, a preference may be given to those candidates who show an interest or track record in working in the centre's focus areas which include Inclusive Healthcare Innovation, Innovative Finance and Education Innovations.

The overarching mission of the MTN Solution Space scholarships programme is to build exceptional leadership capacity in the technology, media and telecom sector, by providing excellent educational and training opportunities to individual Africans with leadership potential, as well as creating over time a network of next generation TMT leaders across the continent.

For more, go to Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship and MTN Solution Space.