Zamir Telecom, a global telecommunications company, today announced a gift of £45,000 to Saïd Business School, University of Oxford to establish the Zamir Telecom MBA Scholarship.
The gift, of £15,000 per year for three years, will fund one scholarship annually for a promising young professional from the technology sector studying for the Oxford MBA programme. It is open to applicants from an emerging economy (Africa, Asia or Middle East) or to those from other countries who have an interest in technological advancement in these areas.
The press statement said that Zamir Telecom views these regions as future hubs for innovation and the scholarship will allow individuals with extraordinary intellectual and professional talent to connect with the organisation in the UK and its operations in emerging economies and enable them, through the Oxford MBA, to develop and realise their potential as future leaders and innovators in the sector. In addition to the scholarship funding, Zamir Telecom will also provide each scholar with a paid internship and a 1 year employment contract on graduation.
"There are many talented young people around the world and this gift will enable us to open up the opportunity for them to make connections they would otherwise never make and go on to shape the future of technology provision in the emerging economies," said Peter Tufano, Dean of Saïd Business School
Naufal Zamir said, that this (Scholarship) will unleash the candidates' intellectual creativity and advance their career development opportunities globally.
