Scholarships : EBOMAF opens the door of CESAG to two Burkinabe students

In his commitment to participate in the animation of his social environment, the President and CEO of the EBOMAF Group has invested in improving living conditions in his environment. Whether in Togo or Burkina Faso, it is the same expression of the virtues of a citizen and social enterprise. It is the turn of the tenants of the university city of Kossodo in Ouagadougou to taste the great generosity of the Burkina Faso leader of the construction and public works sector (BTP) in Burkina Faso.

In the warm hours of campus life in March 2011, which led to the closure of the university cities, students residing in Kossodo sought and obtained support from the EBOMAF Group to hold the game. This attention called for another more important one. Two (2) learners from the Social Sciences and Humanities Training and Research Unit (UFR/SH) and the Burkinabé Institute of Arts and Crafts (IBAM) are awarded fellowships with a total value of ten million (10,000,000) CFAF to prepare master's degrees at the African Centre for Advanced Studies in Management (CESAG) in Dakar, Senegal.

Thanks to the financial support of the CEO of the EBOMAF Group, Souleymane Sanogo and Joseph Koussoubé will pursue master's degrees in Human Resources and Accounting & Financial Management respectively. [/caption]

The gap between the students and the CEO begins at the time of the crisis when the government is forced to close the university cities. Faced with this impasse, the delegates of the various dormitories in Kossodo organize in coordination with a view to helping their comrades in difficulty.

They used the first EBOMAF manager whose technical basis is next to their city. From the outset, the businessman lets his heart speak and puts at their disposal five hundred thousand (500,000) CFAF. When the cities open again, two (2) delegates, Souleymane Sanogo and Joseph Koussoubé take advantage of the immense generosity of the CEO to submit their grievances to him. They endorsed this Chinese adage: "It's better to teach someone to fish than to always give him fish." For example, they submit a project to continue their studies outside the country. Faced with this request, the CEO simply asks them to choose the place of convenience and pass it on to him. The two students from the University of Ouagadougou are chosen on CESAG.

One, Souleymane Sanogo, is in third year (licence) of sociology at UFR/SH and the other, Joseph Koussoubé, in third year (licence) of Finance & Accounting Audit at IBAM. Their ambitions to pursue master's degrees at CESAG in Dakar, Senegal, have just been fulfilled. After having been granted the sum of one million nine hundred thousand (1,900,000) for the costs of participating in the test, the costs of passport and clothing (costumes), EBOMAF simply fulfilled their dream. "I never knew that a Burkinabe was capable of such generosity. The CEO never sought to know our origins before helping us. He decided to take care of everything," says Souleymane Sanogo.

On the evening of Friday, September 23, 2011, providence was very open to them. Following their admission to this prestigious school of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO), the CEO of EBOMAF was pleased to accept full funding for their student stay in the country of Teranga. In his discreet generosity, the very sociable businessman graciously handed a cheque of 10 million CFAF (10,000,000) to the two students. "It's a sense of pride that's numbing. This is the outcome of a project for which funding is not repayable. The generosity of the CEO is based solely on our conscience and good faith. This scholarship allows us to realize our dream. We are grateful for this and promise to use it responsibly and wisely," reassures Joseph Koussoubé. So he promised them to repeat his gesture next year if his business is the same dynamic.

All filled with joy and emotion, the two beneficiary students simply lost the verb in front of such benevolence. This includes airfare, registration, education, accommodation, catering and supplies. As of Tuesday 27 September 2011, these two "chanceux" will join Dakar and CESAG for another turning point in their university courses. Through this sesame of EBOMAF, for two years, Souleymane Sanogo and Joseph Koussoubé, went to assault respectively a master's degree in human resources and a master's degree in accounting and financial management. In total, the Group spent approximately 12 million CFA francs on their first year of schooling. Although they saw their project carried out, the two EBOMAF grant recipients did not forget to plead the cause of their comrades who remained in the city. Thanks to their intervention, during the academic holidays some 50 of the boarders could be hired on the company's construction sites as works supervisors.

Eugene PATOIN