Dar es Salaam, Sept. 29 -- DAR ES SALAAM: THE Higher Education Students Loans Board (HESLB) on Saturday unveiled a list of over 21,000 first-year successful loan applicants.

The unveiling of the list was concurrently made with good news, stating that it had increased a minimum loan per each student by 11.1 per cent starting this financial year.

With the new change, a minimum amount of loan per each beneficiary has increased from 2.7m/- to 3m/-, as the board unveiled a list of 21,509 first year students selected during the first phase selection who would benefit from 70.78bn/- in loans.

Speaking during  a press conference yesterday in Dar es Salaam, HESLB Executive Director Dr Bill Kiwia said it is expected that the number of benef...