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Our Ref: EBS/Flash/03/2012 Date: 3 rd August 2012NEWS FLASHBrilliant Student Award - 2012An annual scholarship program funded by the Education Board of Africa Federationoffering a onetime award of USD 5,000 to two students (one boy and one girl),who have displayed a consistent record of academic excellence.Open to boys and girls who have achieved outstanding results at the Advancedlevel (Form 5 and 6 or equivalent) and wish to go for further studies.Students are required to contact their local Jamaat or the AF Education Board forapplication procedure/form.Jamaats under AFED are required to nominate and forward four proposed names(2 boys and 2 girls) to the Education Board by 15 th September 2012. Hencestudents are required to submit their application to their Jamaat in good time.UCT Student Wins International FellowshipMaking a change: Fatema Thawer-Esmail has hadher scientific endeavours rewarded by winning anaward that recognizes African women's contributionto science.UCT doctoral student Fatema Thawer-Esmail wasone of 10 African women whose work in thescientific field was recently acknowledged with amajor international fellowship, replete with prizemoney of South African Rands One HundredSeventy Thousand (ZAR.170,000).Fatema Thawer - Esmail

The L'Oréal-UNESCO Regional Fellowships for Women in Science (FWIS) in Sub-Saharan Africa is given to women scientists up to age 40 who are working towardstheir PhDs. The fellowship seeks to remove one of the major obstacles to womenpursuing a career in science - access to funds.Thawer-Esmail hails from Dar es Salaam and qualified as a medical doctor inTanzania before coming to UCT to study dermatology. Here she is a full-timeresearch student, facilitates undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in theDivision of Dermatology, and is in the process of completing a clinical-educationcourse."This award means a lot to me being a non-South African studying in SouthAfrica," she says. "It will enable me to complete my PhD by assisting me to covermy research costs."Furthermore it motivates me to encourage other female scientists both inTanzania as well as South Africa, and serve as a role model to them."yPublished in University of Cape Town Daily news – 25 th July 2012http://www.uct.ac.za/dailynews/?id=8188The Education Board of Africa Federation congratulates Sis. Fatema Thawer –Esmail for her Outstanding Achievement.Universities in South Africa in PerspectiveTo impart useful information to parents aswell as to the students seeking highereducation to look at South Africa as adestination, the Education Board of theAfrica Federation invited two of ourcommunity students - Br. Sajjad Karamsi(of Nairobi Jamaat) and Sr. SumaiyyaThawer (of Dar es Salaam Jamaat) whoare currently studying in the University ofCape Town, who made an informativepresentations on Higher Education in South Africa during the 73 rd Supreme CouncilSession held in Arusha from the 27 th -29 th April 2012.The presentations covered a brief introduction of the Universities in South Africawith a particular focus on the advantages of studying at the University of CapeTown.

The University of Cape Town is recognized as the best university in Africa – TheHarvard of Africa, and has good relations with all other leading Universities.Studying in the University of Cape Town is more economical than studying in UK,US, Canada and Australia, and even less costly than some universities in Malaysia.Tuition fees are approx ZAR 35,000 (US$4,500) per annum.Accommodation and Living expenses is approx ZAR 45,000 (US$5,550) perannum.Moreover, students from Tanzania and Madagascar have an advantage as they fallunder the SADC (South African Development Community) Countries, hence payingthe same fees as local South Africans. However, students who are Kenyan citizenspay an extra International fee of ZAR 28,000.Southern African Development Community (SADC) Countries:Currently SADC has a membership of 15Member States, namely; Angola, Botswana,Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius,Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, SouthAfrica, Swaziland, United Republic ofTanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. (VisitSADC Website for more information onSADC).Cape Town has a well established ShiaCentre having various religious activities, i.e.Dua-e- Kumayl and Jum’ah prayers beingheld every week. Daily program is scheduled in the month of Muharram and MaheRamadhan. The mosque is located only 15 minutes away from the University ofCape Town.Students who require more information and guidance about the University of CapeTown are welcome to contact the following:Sr. Sumaiyya Thawer - sumaiyya.thawer@gmail.comBr. Sajjad Karamsi - sajjadkaramsi@gmail.comBr. Mazaher Chagani - mazaher.chagani@aiesec.net

Students wishing to pursue a PhD at the University of Cape Town can contact Sr.Fatema Thawer-Esmail on fatemaht@gmail.com for guidance on grantapplications.The Africa Federation Education Board will be pleased to provide more details tostudents who are keen to study in South Africa, especially for higher educationEmail: education@africafederation.orgSecretariatEDUCATION BOARD OF THE AFRICA FEDERATION