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NBF and Wits harness leadership in Africa

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:11:00 +0200

The NEPAD Business Foundation (NBF) in conjunction with the Wits Business School have developed the African Leadership Programme, a formal prgramme aimed at training and upskilling managers and professionals on leadership challenges encountered in both the private and public sectors in Africa. The programme combines practical business insight with personal leadership development skills. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Budding entrepreneurs get a boost in Tanzania

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:02:00 +0200

Regional seminars will provide insight on further development of business plans. Read full story... | Send to a friend

AUB-FIFA launch broadcast academy

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:09:00 +0200

COTONOU/BENIN: FIFA and the African Union of Broadcasters (AUB) on Thursday, 30 October 2008, launched a joint broadcast academy to enhance the quality of football coverage and to assist in the better commercialisation of sports rights in Africa. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Ghana: MTN unveils training centre

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:48:00 +0200

Committed to invest in its human resource capacity in its operational areas in the West, East and Central African (WECA) regions, telecommunications giant, Mobile Telecommunications Network (MTN), over the weekend in Accra, unveiled a training centre to help train and upgrade the company's staff in order to meet future challenges. Read full story... | Send to a friend

ZIMBABWE: School's really out

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:00:00 +0200

HARARE: The collapse of Zimbabwe's education system, once heralded as sub-Saharan Africa's finest, is being compared to a situation usually experienced by countries at war. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Multichoice elevates education in Malawi

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:49:00 +0200

Multichoice Malawi is set to establish 500 education resource centres in government secondary schools over the next five years. The company signed a memorandum of understanding with the Malawi government through the ministry of education to implement the project. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Microsoft, USAID boost management of Uganda's education system

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:27:00 +0200

In a bid to build capacity in the management of students and teachers information, the Microsoft Corporation and the United States Agency for International Development signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to implement an Education Management Information System (EMIS), with the government of Uganda through its Ministry of Education and Sports. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Zimbabwe: Schools turn children away

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:32:00 +0200

Harare: Rather than encouraging enrollment, schools in Zimbabwe are asking children not to report for lessons. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Zambian academic wins MISA's 2008 Press Freedom Award

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:47:00 +0200

Facskon Banda, a journalism professor from Zambia who has campaigned extensively on the digital divide and other media freedom issues is this year's winner of the Media Institute of Southern Africa's (MISA) Press Freedom Award. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Mike Walsh in Kenya for mentorship programme

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:51:00 +0200

Globally-renowned integrated marketing communications expert, Mike Walsh is in Kenya for a week long mentorship visit. Walsh, former CEO of Ogilvy & Mather (O&M) Europe and chairman of Ogilvy United Kingdom is an Ogilvy worldwide ambassador. Read full story... | Send to a friend