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Tele Education coming to Africa from India
African Scholar Student Lounge | June 8th 2008 by African Scholar
I found this story today and was impressed at the initiative and the attempt to increase educational opportunities for rural African areas just as they have done in India. I’m not familiar with the IGNOU cirriculum, but my only concern would b read more
Net access for African universities would boost continent
African Scholar Student Lounge | May 28th 2008 by African Scholar
Calestous Juma / Originally published in the The Daily Yomiuri At their next Group of Eight summit in Toyakocho, Hokkaido, in July, leaders of the world’s major countries should commit themselves to helping Africa provide low-cost high-spee read more
e-learning Africa 2008 Conference
African Scholar Student Lounge | May 28th 2008 by African Scholar
Information Communication Technology, ICT has become dominant in all facets of human development. For Africa not to be left behind in the application of this technology, Ministers of Education from Africa, Education Administrators and Experts have read more
USAID Announces $1 Million Grant to Improve Education in Africa
African Scholar Student Lounge | May 3rd 2008 by African Scholar
The US Agency for International Development announced it will provide $1 million to fund 20 partnership-planning grants of $50,000 to establish long-term partnerships between US and African Institutions of Higher Learning. Collaborating with the Nati read more
Top 10 Universities in Africa
African Scholar Student Lounge | May 2nd 2008 by African Scholar
CONTINENT RANK UNIVERSITY WORLD RANK According to Webometrics, 8 of the top 10 Universities in Africa are in South Africa. South Africa, being the most developed country on the continent, would be the odds on favorite to top the list. The s read more
Maputo to host education conference
African Scholar Student Lounge | April 23rd 2008 by African Scholar
African ministers of education will, next month, meet in the Mozambican capital Maputo for one of the continent’s biggest conferences on education. The Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) said in a statement that the co read more
Amherst College Extends Need-Blind Admission to Non-U.S. Students
African Scholar Student Lounge | April 9th 2008 by African Scholar
Amherst College’s board of trustees has voted to extend the school’s need-blind admission policy to international students. The change, which will take effect during the 2008-09 admissions cycle, makes the school one of just eight college read more
India to Devote More Resources to African Higher Education, Prime…
African Scholar Student Lounge | April 8th 2008 by African Scholar
India to Devote More Resources to African Higher Education, Prime Minister Says New Delhi — In a speech highlighting its commitment to Africa’s development, India’s prime minister today proposed creating regional and pan-African inst read more
eLearning Africa Launches 2008 Conference Programme
African Scholar Student Lounge | April 8th 2008 by African Scholar
Accra, Ghana. eLearning Africa launched its conference programme today. The Third International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training will take place from May 28 to 30, 2008, in Ghana’s capital Accra. With more than 240 spea read more
MTN sponsors journalism scholarships at Rhodes University
African Scholar Student Lounge | March 31st 2008 by African Scholar
MTN sponsors journalism scholarships at Rhodes University By Yvonne Soppo Disso in Douala The MTN mobile telephone company has announced that it has formed a major partnership with the prestigious and world renowned South African Rhodes University read more
How IT Will Revolutionise Education
African Scholar Student Lounge | March 28th 2008 by African Scholar
I found this opinion piece that was originally posted in The Monitor(Uganda) and thought our readers might have something to say about this. It sounds like a very idealistic depiction of what education will be like in an IT dominated global read more
Over 2000 Citizens to Benefit From New Horizon Scholarships
African Scholar Student Lounge | March 23rd 2008 by African Scholar
No fewer than two hundred young graduates and other Nigerians desirous of acquiring ICT knowledge but could not afford the cost, are to benefit from the New Horizon’s scholarship scheme aimed at sharpening the skills of Nigerian youths. read more
Kenya’s bid to export education besieged
African Scholar Student Lounge | March 17th 2008 by African Scholar
Source: All Africa.com Kenya’s education sector, beset by low university admissions, is weighing the possibility of exporting its services hoping to earn a significant fraction of the multi-billion shilling industry that higher learning has becom read more
Big changes ahead for education, training system
African Scholar Student Lounge | March 17th 2008 by African Scholar
Source: Bizcommunity Africa By: Alan Hammond While many government departments are wary of launching new initiatives with a year left of the current government, the education and labour ministries have four bills between them tha read more
East African Student Google Gadget Competition
African Scholar Student Lounge | March 17th 2008 by African Scholar
This is a little late, but I feel its important for everyone to see the types opportunities that are beginning to open up for African students in a global economy. I can’t wait to see what comes out of this……. As part of Google read more
African Scholar Student Lounge
African Scholar Student Lounge | March 14th 2008 by African Scholar
Clios looking for future gold 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 t read more
Mandela Rhodes Scholarship students announced
African Scholar Student Lounge | March 7th 2008 by African Scholar
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 t read more
Cuba grants scholarship to 20 Ghanaian medical students
African Scholar Student Lounge | February 23rd 2008 by African Scholar
Gripped by the spirit of South-South cooperation, the Communist authorities in Cuba on Wednesday offered 20 scholarship slots to Ghanaian medical students who want to study in medical schools in the coastal country.The offer was the by-product of two read more
Gakio-Walton Scholarship Program Thrives
African Scholar Student Lounge | February 23rd 2008 by African Scholar
By Nikhith Naidu ’09 The Gakio-Walton Scholars Program was launched this fall, as new Gakio-Walton Scholars were brought to Choate with financial aid and stipends to cover books and travel expenses. Six students from under-represented areas in Afri read more
Tanzanian girls at Maryknoll center tell Bush how education helps
African Scholar Student Lounge | February 18th 2008 by African Scholar
About 50 traditionally dressed Masai girls at a Maryknoll education center in Arusha, Tanzania, told U.S. President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, how education is empowering them and giving them options, said Maryknoll Sister Mary Vertucci. T read more
Chevron, The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation and Discovery Channel Gl…
African Scholar Student Lounge | February 18th 2008 by African Scholar
Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership, Chevron CVX, and The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation are working together to extend the power of educational media technology to more than 20,000 Nigerian students and community members with the launch of e read more
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