By Batya Blankers, Co-Founder & CEO at CHANCEN International  Tertiary education has long been positively associated with economic development. While definitions and contexts can vary, tertiary education generally refers to any formal skills development beyond high school or secondary school.  This can range from bachelor’s degrees and diploma programs to bootcamps and short term certificate… Read More »How an Income Share Agreement Can Improve Access to Quality Education for Sub-Saharan Africa 

Over the last 10 weeks CHANCEN International has been thinking about this non stop. You see, we have made it our mission to ensure that the most vulnerable students have access to high quality education. And now more than ever we take this responsibility very seriously. To date our members, which is how we refer… Read More »What is the role of student finance during a global health pandemic?

 So, you finally got all good with the language of money and savvy with saving. You opened your bank account, you made all your goals, you had it all planned out. Then the world went crazy and everything went bonkers! What do you do? What should you be doing? First things first! Don’t panic. Every… Read More »Savvy Saving in Hard Times

In its recent quarterly board meeting, the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) approved several investments including a $7M investment  into the Future of Work Fund (FWF). The Future of Work Fund is an impact-orientated financing vehicle with the purpose of giving 10,000 excluded youth access to high quality tertiary education through the Chancen Income… Read More »Student Finance Pioneer Chancen International secures investment from DFC in the Future of Work Fund

Now that classes are conducted online, the internet bundle might end while you are still studying. So how can you save your data? During our Instagram live that happened on Friday 19th June, our guest, Georges Kwizera shared tips on how you can manage your data bundles. How can someone track his internet consumption? A… Read More »What are the best practices for Internet Management- An interview with Georges Kwizera

Keep Making Yourself Better Looking for a job or internship right after college can be challenging, and it can be even more challenging when you are doing that in the middle of a worldwide outbreak. But what if we tell you that this period doesn’t have to affect your job readiness? Yes, you read it… Read More »Keep Making Yourself Better

A Roadmap to the Online Learning Journey As we talk, people around the world are now in some form of lockdown to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. This created a new normal in all aspects of our lives including our learning process. Our schools and colleges shifted from physical classes to online classes;… Read More »A Roadmap to Online Learning

RWANDA AND COVID-19. The Rwandan Government acted swiftly and reduced social gatherings, closed schools and encouraged home office as soon as the first COVID-19 case was reported on the 14th of March 2020. To date, 25 May 2020, there are 327 [Johns Hopkins Corona Virus Resource Centre] cases reported and no deaths. During two months… Read More »RWANDA AND COVID-19