Bursaries app 'to ease pain'

Operations manager for the SAScholar app, Tafadzwa Kachara, 26, who is in the final year of his LLB degree at NMMU, said the idea for the app stems from his struggle to find a bursary for his undergraduate degree. File photo
It is designed to help students sift through thousands of bursaries on offer in less than a 10 th of the time it would usually take.

Operations manager for the SAScholar app, Tafadzwa Kachara, 26, who is in the final year of his LLB degree at NMMU, said the idea for the app stems from his struggle to find a bursary for his undergraduate degree.
"For undergraduate qualifications there are a lot of funding opportunities, but it is difficult to get your hands on them," said Kachara.
Kachara approached his flatmate, Blessing Jonamu, last year to develop the app.
Jonamu was in his final year master's in computer science.
Kachara and Jonamu created a database which includes over 7000 bursaries.
"They include bursaries from private companies and university bursaries; even the NRF [National Research Foundation] bursaries are available on the app," he said.
According to Kachara, the total value of the bursaries available through the SAScholar app is over R1-billion.