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AFRICA Developed nations should invest in African universities[Nthambeleni Gabara] PRETORIA: Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor has urged developed nations to invest in rebuilding African universities. 16 Nov 2009 09:32 AFRICA Aggressive, holistic education for AfricaThe Inyathelo Our World Our Responsibility conference was held on Thursday, 5 November 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa. According to Narciso Matos, a speaker at the event, Africa needs aggressive, holistic educational programmes and good governance to become a major global player in the next 25 to 50 years. 6 Nov 2009 10:50 AFRICA UCT GSB rated the best in Africa
AFRICA Media training workshop at the AU CommissionADDIS ABABA: The Division of Communication and Information of the African Union will be hosting, in collaboration with the United States Mission to the AU (USAU), a media training workshop from 13 - 16 October 2009, at the AU headquarters. 14 Oct 2009 07:07 AFRICA West Africa to benefit from youth programWASHINGTON: The World Cocoa Foundation, late last week, announced a public-private partnership for rural education with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Africa Education Initiative and its members as well as The Jacobs Foundation and the Norwegian Association of Chocolate Manufacturers. 5 Oct 2009 09:00 AFRICA Joint ICT project launched for education in KenyaNAIROBI: Intel, Cisco, Microsoft, the government of Kenya and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a joint partnership to improve education in Kenya. Launched in collaboration with Kenya's Ministry of Education, the Accelerating 21st Century Education (ACE) project aims to improve the quality of primary and secondary education through the effective use of information and communications technology (ICT). 25 Sep 2009 10:54 AFRICA Top speakers for Mobile Web Africa conference
AFRICA Top speakers for Mobile Web Africa conference
AFRICA Siyavula workshops launched to support teachers
AFRICA African conference points way to new journalism[Desmond Ekeh] Journalism, and indeed, media practice in Nigeria, is set to take a huge leap into the future as the Pan African University, Lagos recently concluded a three-day intensive and intellectually driven conference on “Journalism and the new media technologies in Africa: new technologies, new practices and the renewal of media training in Africa.” 7 Sep 2009 10:08 AFRICA Multichoice Malawi connects 34 schools[Gregory Gondwe] Multichoice Malawi, which previously connected 27 secondary schools in the first phase of its corporate social responsibility project, has connected seven more schools in the second phase totaling to 34. 4 Sep 2009 11:46 AFRICA To distance learn or not: part two
AFRICA UNESCO, Rhodes University strengthen journalism education in AfricaWINDHOEK: UNESCO and the Rhodes University School of Journalism and Media Studies have partnered to strengthen African journalism education in September 2009. The joint activities planned over a week-long period include a training programme for African journalism teachers in using new media and a research colloquium as part of the African preparations for the World Journalism Education Congress to be organised by Rhodes University in July 2010. 2 Sep 2009 10:56 Latest jobs | Ad showcase |
The UCT Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB) received the Best Business School in Africa award at the Eduniversal 2nd World Convention of the Best Business Schools, held at Old Mutual Park in Cape Town, South Africa on Monday, 26 October 2009. 
Prominent figures from the local and international mobile industry are part of the lineup of the inaugural Mobile Web Africa conference, taking place 13 - 14 October 2009 in Johannesburg. Sponsored by The Grid, Samsung, Nokia and Cellsmart, the two-day forum will tackle all the different aspects required to allow the full potential of the mobile Internet and mobile applications to be realised on the continent. 
The Siyavula Project, an initiative launched by the Shuttleworth Foundation, to support teachers in working together to share and develop openly licensed resources under a Creative Commons copyright license, held its first workshop on Open Education Resources last month, August 2009. 
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