Dar es Salaam, Oct. 26 -- In a bold new move, the Higher Education Students Loans Board (HESLB) and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA) have inked a cooperation agreement aimed at empowering communities around the NCA to apply for, receive, and repay student loans and to realise the benefits of higher education for both the individual and their community.

The objective is straightforward but ambitious: equip qualified students from neighbouring communities with access to higher education funding; raise awareness about how the loan system works; and ultimately help build a more educated, prosperous local society.

At a crisp signing ceremony over this weekend, Commissioner for Conservation at NCAA, Abdul‑Razaq Badru, s...