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Bizcommunity launches new dedicated sectors, newsletters

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:45:00 +0200

Bizcommunity.com - South Africa's largest online B2B publisher - is set to grow even more with the introduction of 16 new content channels, with weekly newsletters, as from yesterday Tuesday, 20 September 2011.
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MTN still supports African journalism after 10 years

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:22:00 +0200

While maintaining its decade-long relationship with the Highway Africa Conference, which starts in Cape Town, South Africa today, Friday, 16 September 2011, MTN has reaffirmed its commitment to the advancement of journalism and the media in Africa.
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A focus on African media this weekend

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:53:00 +0200

An unprecedented summit of African media conferences take place Friday 16 September to Monday 19 September 2011: Highway Africa, Pan African Conference on Access to Information, Digital Citizens' Indaba, the African Forum for Media Development, various editors' forum meetings, and workshops for African journalism educators.
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University of Rwanda implements ITS Integrator suite

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:55:00 +0200

The National University of Rwanda (NUR) recently signed a contract with ITS Tertiary Software (Pty) Ltd for the provision and implementation of the ITS Integrator software suite for higher education. The Integrator Student Management, Financial Management, Human Resources Management and Payroll systems will form part of the project to be implemented at the University campus in Butare, Rwanda.
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Rwanda: Registration begins as School of Journalism relocates

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:19:00 +0200

Following the relocation of the School of Journalism from the Southern Province to Kigali City, the school has started registering students for the next intake.
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DRC education: tears, despair in country at breaking point

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 12:02:00 +0200

In a country where more than four million children of schooling age do not attend primary school, teachers go unpaid for 20 months, insecurity and fear of rape keep young girls out of school, and depleted schools lack everything from doors to windows, pens, desks, books, drinking water, electricity and computers, just talking about education brings tears to the eyes of many parents and educationalists.
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Education transformation comes to Zambia

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 09:19:00 +0200

LUSAKA: The Ministry of Education (MoE), USAID and various stakeholders in the education sector of Zambia met earlier this week in Lusaka for an Intel education transformation workshop. The objective of the event was to promote the transformation of the education system in Zambia to better prepare and equip learners current world realities.
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Education for all: damning report on state of education in Africa

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 11:40:00 +0200

The state of education in many parts of the world and Africa, especially in zones in conflict, is appalling, miserable and in bad shape, according to a 2011 UNESCO Global Monitoring Report set to be released today, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 in New York.
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[2011 trends] Post-production: less about tools, more about talent, service, delivery

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:49:00 +0200

2010 was all about the FIFA World Cup, so 2011 will be about brands re-establishing themselves and promoting themselves by their own intrinsic qualities. In post-production, it is becoming less about the tools (as that outdates itself so quickly) and more about the talent, service and delivery.
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WAN-IFRA publishes 'Internet in the Family 2.0'

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 15:11:00 +0200

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) has released its second edition of "Internet in the Family: A guide to helping children when they go online" in time for newspapers to offer it to readers for "Safer Internet Day" on 8 February.
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