Kigali, 21 March 2014

President Kagame today received in his office an eight-man delegation from Oklahoma Christian University (OCU) led by the University’s President Dr. John deSteiguer. The group is in the country to attend the first graduation of OCU MBA Students in Rwanda on 22 March 2014.

Speaking to journalists after meeting President Kagame, Dr. John deSteiguer said:

The entire state of Oklahoma loves the relationship and cooperation with Rwanda. We have additional young people from Rwanda who will be going to Oklahoma University to study and they are among our best students.”

The first intake of OCU Online MBA Program in Rwanda was in August 2012 with 38 students.

There are currently a total of 39 Presidential scholars from Rwanda in various departments at OCU (31 undergraduate and 8 postgraduate). The University currently supports tuition fee waivers for 15 Rwandan Students annually for both Undergraduate and postgraduate study programs focusing on MBA and MSc. Engineering programs.