THREE students representing higher learning institutions outside Dar es Salaam have scooped all top cash prizes of the 2016 DSE Scholar Investment Challenge finale held in Dar es Salaam yesterday.
The three winners and higher learning
institutions represented were Godfrey Makweka from the Institute of
Accounts in Arusha who walked away with 500,000/-, Benson Humphrey from
Sokoine University of Agriculture (300,000/-) and Frank Kigodi from
University of Dodoma (200,000/-).
The yearly edutainment campaign
targeting youth in all higher learning institutions in the country
attracted some 3,200 students from higher learning institutions across
the country which is 40 per cent high compared 2,300 students last year.
The Acting Director, Higher Education in
the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, Mr James Muchunguzi,
challenged DSE to enhance public awareness on capital markets by
increasing the number of students from higher learning institutions
taking part in the DSE Scholar Investment Challenge. He said capital
markets provide affordable sources of capital that could be channeled to
new investments.
“There are more than 200,000 students at
higher learning institutions, thus with the DSE Scholar Investment
Challenge, more people may be reached and take active role in accruing
immense benefits of the equity markets,” he said.
The DSE Chief Executive Officer, Mr
Moremi Marwa, said comparatively with the previous year, 50 per cent of
the students who took part in the 2016 DSE Scholar Investment Challenge
were from higher learning institutions outside Dar es Salaam.
He said DSE could be crucial source of
capital needed for investing on the industrialisation drive thus
supporting the efforts and initiative prioritized by the fifth phase
government
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