Zanzibar raises student loan budget by 29%
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Jamhurimedia
Zanzibar’s Revolutionary Government is raising the annual budget for higher education student loans to 45 billion shillings for 2026-2027, from 35 billion the previous year, an increase of about 29%. President Hussein Ali Mwinyi also announced undergraduate scholarships for 143 outstanding pupils at a ceremony in Zanzibar on 21 October 2026, according to Jamhurimedia.
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