Vodafone supports 5 female engineering students
Five female engineering students of two universities have been awarded scholarships by Vodafone Ghana Limited in line with the company’s objective of improving the representation of female students in the science and technology industry.
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The scholarship package, which is under the company’s Female Engineering Sponsorship Programme (FESP), is to help the awardees, who are all final year students, to become successful in their career choices.
They are J’ezkella Afoakwah, Edith Ghunney and Korkor Ghunny of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), and Joycelyn Aduakye and Rebekah Bedford of the Ghana Technology University College (GTUC).
Scholarship package
Speaking at the award ceremony in Accra yesterday, the Director of Human Resource of Vodafone Ghana, Mrs Stella Agyenim-Boateng, said as part of the package, the tuition fee of the students would be paid, they would also be given technological gadgets and airtime to facilitate their research work and money to buy books.
She said the students would also be given the opportunity to do both their internship and national service with the company.
Additionally, Mrs Agyenim-Boateng said depending on their performance at the company, the scholarship awardees would have an opportunity to be enrolled in the company’s young graduate programme dubbed, “Discover”, where they would have a further opportunity to serve with the various departments of the company for 12 to 18 months and, “eventually become full-time employees of Vodafone”.
Mrs Agyenim-Boateng said since it was launched in 2011, 31 students had benefited from the programme, adding that it was fulfilling for the company to support needy students.
She expressed satisfaction with the performance of the previous beneficiaries of the award and urged the current awardees to continue to excel in every endeavour they found themselves in.
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Laudable initiative
An excited parent, Mr Isaac Afoakwah, in a chat with the Daily Graphic, lauded Vodafone for recognising the need to support students, especially females, to achieve their aspirations.
He advised the beneficiaries to make the best of the opportunity offered them and excel in their careers.