Dubai: Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Finance and patron of Al Maktoum Foundation, announced that he would increase his annual financial support to $500,000 for Sudan’s International University of Africa (IUA).

Shaikh Hamdan made the announcement when he received a delegation from IUA, headed by the university’s director, Professor Kamal Mohammad Obaid.

The university’s director expressed his thanks to Shaikh Hamdan for his support, which he said will help the university attract more students, especially those graduating from the Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid’s schools in Africa.