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Developed nations should invest in African universities

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:32:00 +0200

PRETORIA: Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor has urged developed nations to invest in rebuilding African universities.
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Aggressive, holistic education for Africa

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:50:00 +0200

The 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.
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UCT GSB rated the best in Africa

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:52:00 +0200

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.
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Media training workshop at the AU Commission

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:07:00 +0200

ADDIS 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.
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West Africa to benefit from youth program

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:00:00 +0200

WASHINGTON: 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.
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Joint ICT project launched for education in Kenya

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:54:00 +0200

NAIROBI: 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).
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Top speakers for Mobile Web Africa conference

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:47:00 +0200

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.
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Siyavula workshops launched to support teachers

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:45:00 +0200

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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African conference points way to new journalism

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:08:00 +0200

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.”
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Multichoice Malawi connects 34 schools

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:46:00 +0200

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.
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