College Ave Student Loan Servicing | 8B Lender Review
College Ave is an online lender that specializes in private student loans and their refinancing. It offers undergraduate, graduate, career, and parent loans, as well as a variety of repayment options to meet your budget. College Ave's undergraduate private student...
Prodigy Finance | 8B Lender Reviews
Prodigy Finance offers private student loans to international students who don't have a cosigner. Only students pursuing graduate degrees in business, science, technology, engineering, math, law, public policy, or healthcare qualify for Prodigy Finance loans. Students...
Social Finance | 8B Lender Review
Social Finance (SoFi) is a financial organization that offers private student loans and student loan refinancing among other types of loans. Their student loans include an online prequalification option and access to incentives such as free career and financial...
Sallie Mae Private Student Loan | 8B Lender Review
Sallie Mae offers undergraduate, graduate, career training, MBA, medical school, dental school loans, and more. It lends to borrowers who would otherwise be disqualified for student loans from other lenders, such as DACA students and international students. To...
6 Skills You Need for a Successful Career in Global Health
One of the core UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is good health and well-being. Health is, without a doubt, one of the most important things we all wish to have. Without good health, almost nothing else can be accomplished. Epidemics such as ebola hinder most...
Scholarships for African Students: A Complete Guide
Scholarships for African Students: A Complete Guide If you are thinking of pursuing further studies but you do not have the financial means to do so, then it is high time you considered looking for a scholarship. A scholarship is a financial or material award that...
FT Investing for Good USA 2019 organized by FT Live, the global events arm of the Financial Times
A growing number of funds and investors are looking to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a framework for their investments. As increasing numbers of individuals, foundations and institutions look to make investments that are focused on...
Ambitious African Students: Meet Nifasha Rusibamayila
Meet Nifasha Rusibamayila. She graduated from Boston University with a Masters of Public Health in May 2020. She shares her experience navigating global education and financing her studies through 8B. 1. Was the 8B ISA your first loan? How has the 8B ISA worked for...
Ambitious African Students: Meet Dancan Onyango
8B Scholar Dancan Onyango is a recent graduate of Babson College’s Olin Graduate School of Business. Originally from Kenya and currently residing in Boston, Dancan has lived in Tanzania, Nigeria, and in a number of countries in Asia. In 2016, Dancan took executive...
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Epitomizes Brain Circulation
So what was her journey, and what stands in the way of Africa producing more Dr. Okonjo-Iwealas? This past month, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was confirmed as the Director General of the World Trade Organization. Across social media, excitement erupted about the significance...
NYU’s Center for International Cooperation is Hiring!
NYU's Center for International Cooperation is Hiring! As part of our ambition to reduce friction for universities and employers looking to recruit Africa’s global talent, 8B Education Investments is pleased to be helping NYU’s Center for International Cooperation...
The World of Work in a Post-Pandemic Era
GTS convenes thousands of strategists, key opinion leaders, and relevant stakeholders to shape the future of talent through education, innovation, and recruitment. Read more >>