MIIF to Award Scholarships to 45 UMaT Students tomorrow

The Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) will tomorrow, Tuesday, September 16, 2025, officially present full scholarship awards to 45 brilliant but financially needy female students at the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa in the Western Region.

The awards are part of MIIF’s flagship Women from Mining Communities (WomCoM) scholarship scheme, a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative aimed at empowering academically gifted young women from Ghana’s mining communities.

The scholarship will support their pursuit of tertiary education in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM), and mining-related disciplines.

Launched in June 2024, the WomCoM scheme is designed to improve access to higher education for women in extractive areas and to promote gender balance in Ghana’s mining and mineral sector.

This year’s award, valued at GHS460,000, covers full tuition, accommodation, and other essential academic expenses.

It benefits 43 undergraduate students, each receiving GHS10,000, and 2 postgraduate students, who will receive GHS15,000 each.

The 45 beneficiaries were selected from over 100 applicants through a competitive and transparent process overseen by a five-member Steering Committee made up of representatives from both MIIF and UMaT.

This year’s awards are particularly unique, as, through the leadership of MIIF’s Chief Executive Officer, Mrs. Justina Nelson, Corporate Ghana has come on board as a partner—helping to enhance the scheme and paving the way for its future expansion to benefit students from other universities.

The corporate institutions are: OMNIBSIC Bank, Access Bank, and Zenith Bank. The rest are KIVO, First Bank and First Atlantic Bank.

The award ceremony will be held on UMaT campus and is expected to be attended by officials from MIIF, university leadership, traditional authorities from beneficiary communities, and other stakeholders in the mining and education sectors.