Lilongwe, March 31: The Egyptian Embassy on Wednesday awarded scholarships to 23 Malawians in cross section of vital sectors for the development of the country.
The scholarships range from fields of Solar Energy Technology and Energy Efficiency, Medical coexistence, Quality Nursing Care to Prevent Maternal and Fetal death, Countering International Crimes for Female Judges, Performance based Navigation (PBN), Mechatronics , Hemodialysis, Empowering African Rural Women through Microcredit and Trade Area Agreement among the African Economic Tripartite.
In his speech during the awarding of the scholarships, Egyptian Ambassador to Malawi Maher El-Adawy said the scholarships aim at supporting and building capacity in key development sectors for Malawi.
“In 2015 we awarded 157 scholarships in different vital development sectors for Malawi, and this year we have so far warded 81 scholarship in cross section of fields, we believe that the number will increases this year,” Adawy said “these training programs will have a positive impact for the development of Malawi”.
According to Adawy, this is not the first time that Egypt has offered such programs that deal with important issues from an African perspective.
The ambassador further appealed to the awardees to be ambassadors of Malawi to Egypt, and learn from the Egypt’s experience and other countries participating from other countries who will also be attending the training lessons.
The participants were also urged to maximize the opportunities, as this gives them great opportunity to engage with other countries and also to share the success stories of Malawi among them the strides Malawi has made in Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission through the Option-B plus.
In his remarks, Deputy Minister of Defense, Pastor Malason Ndau said Egypt is a friend indeed for Malawi, as it has been a great friend especially in providing training opportunities for Malawians.
Ndau also urged the awardees to take the trainings serious, and share the knowledge and use the knowledge in their day to day work.