By Zakaria Soohoyde - is Head of Planning and a Producer at Dawan Media
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MOGADISHU, 11 November 2026 — Five hundred students sat this year's scholarship exam at Hormuud University in Mogadishu, with the 10 highest scorers set to receive awards, the university said.
The scholarship will save each winner at least $6,000 in university fees.
"This scholarship opportunity means I will not put a financial burden on my family, and I will benefit from this opportunity," said Abdikarim Abdirahim, one of the students competing for the awards.
The university said the scholarship is based on the idea that every student who pays fees contributes to the education of another student who cannot afford them.
"Hormuud University is not a money-making institution. What keeps the university running is the money we take from students who can afford it, which we use to give education to students who cannot," said the university's president, Professor Abdi Omar Shurie.
The university has run the scholarship programme for the past 17 years, and some earlier recipients are now employed.