Total number of admissions is expected to rise after regular decisions during the year

  • 27 Equity Leaders Program (ELP) scholars have received early decision admissions and full scholarships in the 2021/2022 application cycle

  • Scholarships valued at KES 916,670,492 (USD 8,076,392)

  • This brings the total number of ELP scholars and alumni of global universities to 715

  • ELP aims to empower young academically gifted scholars by supporting their access to public universities in Kenya and to leading universities around the world

  • Scholars are also empowered and equipped with leadership skills via mentorship and training

Nairobi, Equity Centre 14th March 2022:
27 scholars from the Equity Leadership Program comprising of Wings to Fly alumni beneficiaries and those who topped the 2020 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations in the country; have received early admissions with full scholarship valued at KES 916,670,492 (USD8,076,392) to 18 global universities. The admissions are spread across USA, South Africa, Asia, Middle East and Europe. The total number of scholars admitted to global universities is expected to rise after the regular admission decisions are made by end of May 2022. This brings the total number of ELP scholars and alumni of global universities to 715. Of this, the total number of Wings to Fly beneficiaries in global universities stands at 154 scholars.
When announcing the early admissions, Dr. James Mwangi, the Group MD and CEO of Equity Group Holdings and Chairman of Equity Group Foundation (EGF) said, "This marks a good start for our scholars' entry into leading universities around the world. Out of the 27 early decisions with full scholarship, 11 have admissions to Ivy League Universities in the United States including Cornell (2), Dartmouth (2), Princeton (1), University of Pennsylvania (4) and Yale (2). This is commendable noting that this is a cohort that was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic that had the scholars take a 9-month break from school to study from home. Despite the circumstances brought about by the delay, their performance compares favourably with the 2020 cohort that secured 26 early decisions."
Equity supported the scholars with an 8-week long College Counselling program fully funded by the Bank, where scholars were guided and mentored on the university application and preparation process. The ELP program positions the scholars as the next generation of leaders both locally and globally. They are therefore supported to access secondary education for the case of Wings to Fly alumni and, together with top national performers, obtain access to 2-6 months paid internship where they gain work experience and sharpen their leadership skills. The Program embeds mentorship and leadership development with the purpose of moulding well-rounded scholars who are creative, innovative and who connect with the communities that they come from. The values of giving back to the community, professionalism, applying a solution approach, combined with value-based servant leadership, and academic excellence are some of the components that are key in the Equity Leaders Program.
The power of networks remains a pillar in this program, and locally the ELP scholars continue to utilize the diverse skills, capabilities and opportunities as corporate leaders and entrepreneurs. For example, Equity Afia is an ELP-run medical franchise that is transforming medical service delivery in the country. The initiative demonstrates the capacity of our young people to provide solutions to local challenges, when given an opportunity and the right support to optimise on their academic talent and potential.

Dr. Mwangi further said "The success of ELP in Kenya inspired our strategy to roll out the program in the other regions where Equity has operations. Currently Uganda, Rwanda, and DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo) have launched their respective ELP initiatives, and we are confident that these young leaders will continue to shape the leadership dialogue across the globe.

Early Decisions - Global Universities Admissions with Full scholarships.

Country

Count

India

1

Romania

1

UAE

2

USA

23

Grand Total

27

Scholar Name

Gender

Selection Mode

High School

Institution

Country

1

Muuo Katenge

Male

Wings to Fly

Lenana Boys

Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology

India

2

John Kitaa

Male

Wings to Fly

Moi Forces Academy, Nairobi

University Politehnica of Bucharest

Romania

3

Kelvin Mungai Murira

Male

Wings to Fly

Kamusinga Boys

New York University - Abu Dhabi

UAE

4

Kevin Brian .O. Ochieng

Male

Top National

Homa Bay High School

New York University - Abu Dhabi

UAE

5

Buluma Daizy Nerima

Female

Top National

Kenya High School

Amherst College

USA

6

Benjamin Karanja

Male

Top National

Kapsabet Boys High School

Cornell University

USA

7

Boit Brandon Kipkorir

Male

Top National

Alliance High School

Cornell University

USA

8

Moriasi Bob Bryson Ongare

Male

Top National

Alliance High School

Dartmouth College

USA

9

Pauline Obonyo Nyandusi

Female

Wings to Fly

Alliance High School

Dartmouth College

USA

10

Miruka Stacy Moraa

Female

Top National

Mary Mount Secondary School

Davidson College

USA

11

Patrick Waithaka Kariuki

Male

Top National

Mangu High School

Johns Hopkins University

USA

12

Otieno Maurice Baraza

Male

Top National

Kapsabet Boys High School

Lafayette College

USA

13

Emily Lokapar Nakao

Female

Wings to Fly

Turkana Girls

Middlebury College

USA

14

Austin Omondi Otieno

Male

Top National

Starehe Boys Centre & School

Northwestern University

USA

15

Brenda Mutai Jerotich

Female

Wings to Fly

Lugulu Girls High School

Northwestern University

USA

16

Jerry Rawlings Onyango

Male

Top National

Mbita High School

Pomona College

USA

17

Ahona John Yoshi

Male

Top National

Alliance High School

Princeton University

USA

18

Mathew Ltisinywa Letua

Male

Wings to Fly

Muranga High School

Tufts University

USA

19

Biketi Varleen Neema

Female

Top National

Moi Girls High School Eldoret

Tufts University

USA

20

Simbiri Ray Isaac

Male

Top National

Kapsabet Boys High School

University of Chicago

USA

21

Gitau Reuben Rex Njoroge

Male

Top National

Alliance High School

University of Pennsylvania

USA

22

Thomas Nyarige Ogechi

Male

Wings to Fly

Nyambaria Boys High School

University of Pennsylvania

USA

23

Orina Nilla Moige

Female

Top National

Alliance Girls High School

University of Pennsylvania

USA

24

Victor Simwa Kogo

Male

Top National

Kapsabet Boys High School

University of Pennsylvania

USA

25

Beth Nyanchera Magembe

Female

Top National

Kenya High School

Vanderbilt University

USA

26

Maritim Faith Cherotich

Female

Top National

Moi High School Kabarak

Yale University

USA

27

Kipkoech Mark Kogo

Male

Top National

Alliance High School

Yale University

USA

EQUITY GLOBAL SCHOLARS AS AT FEBRUARY 2022

BY CONTINENT

No

Continent

Count

1

Africa

115

2

Asia

21

3

Europe

63

4

Middle East

3

5

North America

507

6

South America

6

Grand Total

715

BY COUNTRY

No

Country

Count

1

Cameroon

1

2

Canada

37

3

China

9

4

Costa Rica

6

5

Egypt

1

6

France

2

7

Germany

1

8

Ghana

21

9

Hungary

19

10

India

4

11

Italy

2

12

Japan

1

13

Malaysia

1

14

Mauritius

26

15

Netherlands

1

16

Poland

1

17

Romania

1

18

Russia

6

19

Rwanda

21

20

Singapore

4

21

Slovakia

3

22

South Africa

43

23

South Korea

3

24

Sweden

2

25

Tanzania

2

26

Turkey

9

27

United Arab Emirates (UAE)

3

28

United Kingdom (UK)

17

29

United States of America (USA)

468

Grand Total

715

BY UNIVERSITY

No

Institution

Count

1

African Institute of Mathematical Sciences

1

2

African Leadership Academy (ALA)

10

3

African Leadership University (ALU)

38

4

Agnes Scott College

2

5

AIFA Flight School

1

6

Alexandria University

1

7

Amherst College

15

8

Arizona State University

13

9

Ashesi University

21

10

Barnard College

2

11

Bates College

1

12

Baylor University

1

13

Beijing Jiaotong University

4

14

Benedict College

1

15

Bennington College

1

16

Berea College

1

17

Bowdoin College

4

18

Bradford University

1

19

Brandeis University

4

20

Bristol University

1

21

Brown University

13

22

Bryn Mawr College

4

23

Budapest Business School

1

24

Budapest University of Technology and Economics

5

25

Cambridge University

1

26

Carnegie Mellon University

5

27

Carthage College

4

28

Central South University

3

29

Colby College

1

30

Colgate University

2

31

College of Wooster

1

32

Colorado College

1

33

Columbia University

12

34

Comenius University

3

35

Connecticut College

1

36

Cornell University

23

37

Corvinus University of Budapest

1

38

Dartmouth College

19

39

Davidson College

5

40

DeerField Academy

1

41

Dordt College

1

42

Duke University

17

43

Earlham College

1

44

Earth University

6

45

Ecole Centrale De Nantes

5

46

Emory University

1

47

Éotvôs Lorand University

2

48

Georgetown University

2

49

Gettysburg College

1

50

Gubkin Russian State University

1

51

Hamilton College

2

52

Harvard University

34

53

Haverford College

3

54

Hillsdale College

2

55

Hofstra University

1

56

Indiana University South Bend

1

57

Institute of Chemical Technology

1

58

Jacobs University, Bremen

1

59

Johns Hopkins University

4

60

Kalinga Institute of Industrial Training

1

61

Karolinska Institute

1

62

Keio University

1

63

Kirklareli Universitesi

1

64

KIU - Dar es Salaam

1

65

KNR Technological University

1

66

Kurukshetra University

1

67

Lafayette College

6

68

Leeds Beckett University

1

69

London School of Economics (LSE)

1

70

Louisiana Tech University

1

71

Lynn University

1

72

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

11

73

McGill University

9

74

Mehmet Akif Ersoy University (Turkey)

1

75

Michigan State University

9

76

Middle East Technical University (METU)

4

77

Middlebury College

7

78

Minerva Schools at KGI

13

79

Moscow Power Engineering Institute

1

80

Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

1

81

National Institute of Technology

1

82

Necmettin Erbakan University

1

83

New York University

1

84

New York University - Abu Dhabi

3

85

North Carolina State University

1

86

Northwestern University

16

87

Notre Dame University

1

88

Nuova Academia Di Belle Arti Milano

1

89

Oklahoma State University

1

90

Pennsylvania State University (PSU)

3

91

Pepperdine University

1

92

Pomona College

8

93

Princeton University

14

94

Queens University

1

95

Rhodes College

1

96

Rice University

1

97

Saratov Medical State University

1

98

Sciences Po University

2

99

Seoul National University

1

100

Smith College

12

101

South Eastern University

2

102

Spellman College

1

103

Stanford University

12

104

Stony Brook University

1

105

Swarthmore College

6

106

Syracuse University

1

107

Trinity College

3

108

Tufts University

4

109

Uludag University Medical Faculty

1

110

Union College

1

111

United World College (UWC)

2

112

University of Aberdeen

1

113

University of Agriculture and Life Science (MATE)

1

114

University of Alberta

1

115

University of Bath

2

116

University of Bloomington

1

117

University of British Columbia (UBC)

10

118

University of California, Berkeley

11

119

University of Cape Town (UCT)

14

120

University of Central Florida

1

121

University of Chicago

5

122

University of Dar Es Salaam

1

123

University of Debrecen

8

124

University of Edinburgh

5

125

University of London

1

126

University of Manchester

2

127

University of North Carolina, Charlotte

1

128

University of Notre Dame

5

129

University of Pennsylvania

29

130

University Politehnica of Bucharest

1

131

University of Pretoria

18

132

University of Reading

1

133

University of Richmond

1

134

University of Rochester

11

135

University of Shanghai for Science and Technology

1

136

University of Sheffield

1

137

University of Soporon

1

138

University of Toronto

17

139

University of Wisconsin - Madison

2

140

Uppsala University

1

141

Vanderbilt University

11

142

Vassar College

7

143

Washington and Lee University

1

144

Watson University

1

145

Wellesley College

1

146

Wesleyan University

3

147

West Virginia University

1

148

Whitman College

1

149

Williams College

9

150

Wroclaw Medical University

1

151

Yale NUS College

4

152

Yale University

24

153

Yalova University

1

154

Yonsei University

1

Not Known

3

Grand Total

715

IVY LEAGUE INSTITUTIONS

No

Institution

Count

1

Brown University

13

2

Columbia University

12

3

Cornell University

23

4

Dartmouth College

19

5

Harvard University

34

6

Princeton University

14

7

University of Pennsylvania

29

8

Yale University

24

Grand Total

168

BY SELECTION MODE

Wings to Fly Sponsored

154

BY GENDER

Gender

Count

Female

331

Male

384

Grand Total

715

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