{"id":5583,"date":"2026-10-25T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T00:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/?p=5583"},"modified":"2026-10-25T06:15:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T06:15:36","slug":"the-leo-stan-ekeh-foundation-begins-1000-tech-scholarships-for-2026-2027-admissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/?p=5583","title":{"rendered":"The Leo Stan Ekeh Foundation begins 1,000 tech scholarships for 2026\/2027 admissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>*<strong><em><b><i>\u2018Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world,\u2019 says Nelson Mandela <\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Isola Moses | ConsumerConnect<\/p>\n<p>The Leo Stan Ekeh Foundation in collaboration with Zinox Technologies, TD Africa, Task System, and Konga, has launched a new phase of the national scholarship and talent development scheme across Federal or State Universities, and Polytechnics in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The Foundation affirmed the current phase is for the ongoing 2026\/2027 admissions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"53nq948j81\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/?p=5571\">Telecoms: NCC, CBN extend phone number fraud detection systems to other sectors<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cTelecoms: NCC, CBN extend phone number fraud detection systems to other sectors\u201d \u2014 Consumer Experience Is A Top Priority\" src=\"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/?p=5571&amp;embed=true#?secret=13Zkq7Gy8v#?secret=53nq948j81\" data-secret=\"53nq948j81\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>George O. Emetuche, Director of Leo Stan Ekeh Foundation, who noted this development in a statement Friday, October 23, 2026, said one thousand young Nigerians would benefit in the scholarship scheme in the next academic session.<\/p>\n<p>The scholarship is for applicants aspiring to study computer science. Computer engineering may apply.<\/p>\n<p>According to LSEF, scholarship initiative is to further mark the 70th Birthday celebration of Chief Leo Stan Ekeh, and to express deep appreciation to Nigeria and institutions that have supported Zinox Group&#8217;s journey over the years.<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>How to participate<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Interested persons should click on the link, or visit konga.com and click the 1000 tech scholarship banner. &nbsp;Follow the process\/requirements on the Google Form and submit.<\/p>\n<p>The Foundation noted that only qualified candidates approved by the Review Committee would be selected for the scholarships.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*\u2018Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world,\u2019 says Nelson Mandela Isola Moses | ConsumerConnect The Leo Stan Ekeh&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"Photo: Zinox Group","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","_customify_content_layout":"","_customify_sidebar":"","_customify_page_header_display":"default","_customify_disable_header":"","_customify_disable_header_top":"","_customify_disable_header_main":"","_customify_disable_header_bottom":"","_customify_disable_page_title":"","_customify_disable_content_vertical_padding":"","_customify_disable_footer_top":"","_customify_disable_footer_main":"","_customify_disable_footer_bottom":"","_customify_breadcrumb_display":"","_customify_header_transparent_display":"default","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlights","category-infoeducation","category-markets"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Leo-Stan-Ekeh-Foundation-LSEF-1cc.png",672,355,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Leo-Stan-Ekeh-Foundation-LSEF-1cc-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Leo-Stan-Ekeh-Foundation-LSEF-1cc-300x158.png",300,158,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Leo-Stan-Ekeh-Foundation-LSEF-1cc.png",672,355,false],"large":["https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Leo-Stan-Ekeh-Foundation-LSEF-1cc.png",672,355,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Leo-Stan-Ekeh-Foundation-LSEF-1cc.png",672,355,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Leo-Stan-Ekeh-Foundation-LSEF-1cc.png",672,355,false]},"author_info":{"info":["ConsumerConnect"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/?cat=20\" rel=\"category\">Highlights<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/?cat=3\" rel=\"category\">InfoEducation<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/?cat=4\" rel=\"category\">Markets<\/a>","tag_info":"Markets","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5583"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5615,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5583\/revisions\/5615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}