UNICAF staff in different cities around the world are always ready to support charity events with all their heart. So they would not have missed the Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon, which is a landmark event in the annual calendar in Kenya. The marathon run is the flagship of the bank’s charity project ‘Seeing is Believing’, a fund raising initiative for visually impaired citizens in need, which aims to help fight blindness in Kenya.

University education, once the privilege, becomes increasingly popular and a standard in many companies. This initially created a disadvantage for students located in rural or in lesser developed areas. Luckily, technology filled the gap and created a solution. Online education evolved into a highly effective option to a degree, easy-to-use…

Most Egyptians are great food lovers and social outings in Egypt tend to concentrate around food. The Egyptian cuisine is very different to Asian cuisines, and even though most Egyptians in urban areas have heard of sushi, the majority never dare to try it. So, when UNICAF staff in Egypt decided to arrange a social event for UNICAF students, to get to know each other and mingle, their first choice of food was sushi, which is a new experience for the majority of Egyptians, just like studying online.

UNICAF is proud to announce its partnership with the National Youth Service Corps, Lagos State Secretariat in Nigeria. The partnership was reached by the NYSC State Co-ordinator, Prince Mohammed Momoh, and Dr Nicos Nicolaou, Chief Executive Officer of UNICAF, in the presence of Olufemi Apena and Emmanuel Ebanehita, Country Manager and Marketing Manager of UNICAF Nigeria and distinguished members of the NYSC management.

“I once asked a candidate who had applied for a Master’s programme if he already had a Bachelor and his response was ' No! I am married with kids!', that was a funny response, and I still laugh when I think about it today…”

The UNICAF London Conference 2017 was an inspirational meeting that brought together students from 40 different countries, on August 11, to discuss the future of education, new learning technologies, and UNICAF‘s contribution to the development of Africa and the region through quality higher education.

The Master of Business Administration (MBA), one of the most popular degrees around the world, can open many doors for you, regardless of your academic and professional background. It is a well-known fact that MBA graduates are in great demand and will remain so for years to come. The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) in its 2015 report highlights the fact that, in its poll of employers, 75% were looking to hire MBA graduates.

UNICAF students in Lagos, Nigeria were invited to a social event, on the 15th of July, held at a nice café in town, to meet and interact with fellow students. The main purpose of this get together was to encourage UNICAF students to exchange experiences and ideas and to instill in them the sense of belonging to a large and friendly family: the UNICAF community, now firmly present in nine different countries and continuing to expand.

UNICAF staff in Zambia recently attended an exciting barbecue party at Precious Moments Lodge in Lusaka. The aim was to bond, get to know each other better and build a team spirit. They ate delicious food, drank beer and laughed a lot. They played games as well. Soccer and the Zambian version of dodgeball. UNICAF Marketing Officer Valerie Chama’s team won the soccer game, beating the team of Professor Sinjela, Rector of Unicaf University, while Anthony Chanda, UNICAF Marketing Manager was the champion of dodgeball.

UNICAF invited Ugandan students to meet in a nice café in Kampala to get to know each other and to network. 10 students, doing University of Nicosia degree programmes through UNICAF, met on July 15th and had a great time talking about their experiences. After coffee and snacks the group expressed their joy and gratitude for this opportunity to meet with fellow UNICAF students in Uganda. They even wrote down their remarks on coloured sticky notes, took photographs of the event and expressed their satisfaction and pride for being a UNICAF student in video testimonials.

With a rapid population growth, as seen in African countries, arises the need for high quality public healthcare, that can serve all parts of the country. With a limited number of doctors, healthcare practitioners and nurses, who are on the frontline of medical care provision, efficient management of resources becomes crucial in developing a sustainable national public healthcare programme, that can adequately cover the largest number of patients at the lowest possible cost.

Studying a specific subject no longer means that you just read books and learn material by heart. For today’s graduates, not comprehending the deeper meaning and the practical application of the information received, can result in entering the job arena unprepared and overwhelmed.