About NIADO
Who we are
NIADO Study Abroad exists because the information African students receive about studying in Egypt is frequently wrong, and occasionally deliberately so. Fees quoted from three years ago. Programmes described as English-taught when they are not. Scholarships that do not exist. Guarantees nobody is in a position to make.
Our founder, Fatima Muhammad Jidda, began studying in Egypt in 2020 and started helping other students with admission guidance soon afterwards — informally at first, then, as the number of students asking grew, as an organised company.
What we built is deliberately narrow. We are not trying to send students everywhere in the world. We work on Egypt, for African students, and we try to be genuinely accurate about it.
How we work
Six things we hold to
These are the commitments the whole site is built around — including how the content itself is structured.
We publish sources, or we publish nothing
Every university fact on this site carries its source and the date it was verified. Where we have not confirmed something — a fee, a deadline, a scholarship — we say so plainly instead of filling the gap with a plausible number.
We do not guarantee what is not ours to give
Admission decisions belong to universities. Residence decisions belong to governments. Scholarships are awarded against published criteria. Anyone guaranteeing those outcomes is either mistaken or dishonest.
We tell you what we do not do
Every service page on this site has a 'not included' section. It is the part most agencies leave out, and the part that prevents the misunderstandings that destroy trust.
We encourage you to check us
Contact the university directly. Verify what we tell you. A legitimate adviser welcomes that; we would rather you trusted the process than trusted us on faith.
We will tell you when Egypt is wrong for you
Sometimes a student's plans do not fit what Egypt offers, or their home regulator's rules make a route impractical. Saying so costs us a client and saves them several years.
We stay reachable afterwards
An agency that disappears once the fee is paid has not done the job. Students we place still have a contact in their second and third years.
Founder
Who you will be dealing with
Fatima Muhammad Jidda
Founder & CEO
Began studying in Egypt in 2020 and started guiding other African students through admission shortly after. She still personally reviews the guidance published on this site.
Next step
Tell us what you want to study.
Send your results and your budget. We will come back with a realistic shortlist — and say so honestly when something is not a good fit.