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Calling all MBA seekers: Nexford University to offer USD 200k in startup funding to its scholarship graduates:<\/b> US-based Nexford University is planning to offer USD 200k (EGP 3.3 mn) in startup funding to100 Egyptian BBA and MBA students who earn a scholarship at the university, according to an emailed statement (pdf)<\/a>. The program will see Nexford dole out funding to five scholarship graduates each year. Applications to Nexford\u2019s entrepreneurship scholarship will be open until 15 September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Calling all MBA seekers: Nexford University to offer USD 200k in startup funding to its scholarship graduates: US-based Nexford University is planning to offer USD 200k (EGP 3.3 mn) in startup funding to100 Egyptian BBA and MBA students who earn a scholarship at the university, according to an emailed statement (pdf). 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