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USB-ED presents new managers' development programme in Windhoek

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:01:00 +0200

USB Executive Development Ltd (USB-ED), which has for a number of years presented management development programmes in Namibia, can equip those wishing to enter the ranks of management with the necessary knowledge and skills as they move into their new roles. Read full story... | Send to a friend

USB-ED presents Management Development Programme in Gaborone, Botswana

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:37:00 +0200

USB Executive Development Ltd (USB-ED) is offering the ideal opportunity for aspiring future business leaders to position themselves favourably in today's demanding business environment with its Management Development Programme (MDP) to be presented in Gaborone, Botswana. It consists of two study schools of which the first one will be taking place from 14 to 18 July 2008. Read full story... | Send to a friend

USB-ED highly rated in world ranking for management training

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:02:00 +0200

USB-Executive Development (USB-ED), the public training company which forms part of the University of Stellenbosch Business School, recently achieved the exceptional honour of being selected as one of the world's top business training institutions. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Botswana's education system - good example to Africa

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:13:00 +0200

Botswana has set a good example to other African countries for investing more in education, says North West MEC for Economic Development and Tourism, Darkie Africa. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Understand and experience the Chinese business environment

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:46:00 +0200

USB Executive Development Ltd of the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB), in conjunction with Stellenbosch University's Centre for Chinese Studies, is launching a new, structured executive learning programme called “Passport to China”. This is in response to China's increasing global presence and rapid economic expansion that have created considerable business interest in the world's most populous nation. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Clios looking for future gold

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:01:00 +0200

NEW YORK: Applications from around the world for the 2008 Clio Future Gold | Young Creatives Programme are now open until 1 April 2008. The programme, with its mission to elevate and inspire up-and-coming talent in the advertising industry, is run by the 49th Annual Clio Awards and Festival, a global awards competition for advertising, design and interactive, in conjunction with ihaveanidea. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Mandela Rhodes Scholarship students announced

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:56:00 +0200

For the past 18 years, Chipateni Nyirenda from Lusaka, Zambia, wanted to meet her role model former President Nelson Mandela. Her dream was realised on Tuesday, 4 March 2008, as she, along with 23 students from across the continent, sat next to him to receive her Nelson Mandela Rhodes Scholarship. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Swaziland's school gates close on orphans

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:49:00 +0200

Thamie Simelane, 12, is among hundreds of thousands of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in Swaziland who might not be going to school, despite government assurances that the tuition fees of these children would be covered. Read full story... | Send to a friend

West Africa: Meeting education targets - access versus quality

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:58:00 +0200

Midway to the Millennium Development Goals set in 2000, several West African countries have made vast efforts to achieve universal education and gender parity in primary schools by 2015. But education officials and teachers' unions say the push for increased access to education has come at a cost. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Music video project for Africa

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:43:00 +0200

Pan-African music entertainment network MTV Networks Africa and oil marketer Shell have partnered to boost Africa's contemporary music industry. Read full story... | Send to a friend