WEST AFRICAChina doubles its scholarships for African students
Accra: The Chinese government has doubled the number of scholarships it grants to Africa to 4000 students per year, says Yu Wenzhe, China's ambassador to Ghana. 25 Aug 2008 15:30
WEST AFRICAIn Africa, Scrabble is a serious matter
Dakar: To compete in the Scrabble competition, 32-year-old Elisee Poka spent five days in a bus traversing Africa's potholed roads. His competitors from France arrived by plane. 30 Jul 2008 10:01
WEST AFRICACameroon: Brain drain hampers public services
Highly qualified Cameroonian graduates are leaving for Europe and North Africa in unprecedented numbers, and unlike in the past no longer feel compelled to return, starving the professional classes of qualified workers, according to experts. 20 Jun 2008 07:09
WEST AFRICAMakau Polaris sets the pace in IT training
[Jonah Iboma] Makau Polaris, an information technology training institution has opened its doors to students and other professionals in Lagos, Nigeria. 4 Apr 2008 09:45
WEST AFRICAClios 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 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. 7 Mar 2008 09:01
WEST AFRICAMandela Rhodes Scholarship students announced
[Gabi Khumalo] 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. 6 Mar 2008 12:56
WEST AFRICABoost for education in Rwanda
[Walter Wafula] Rwanda has been chosen as the first country to benefit from support by the Global Education Alliance, a creation of several stakeholders in The World Economic Forum. 29 Jan 2008 06:35
WEST AFRICAUS, Ghana co-operate in trade, education
The United States government plans to boost its trade links with Ghana and help the nation improve its education system, under the US President's Special Initiative on Educational Programmes. 22 Jan 2008 14:01
WEST AFRICAWest Africa: Meeting education targets - access versus quality
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. 7 Dec 2007 09:58
WEST AFRICAMusic video project for Africa
Pan-African music entertainment network MTV Networks Africa and oil marketer Shell have partnered to boost Africa's contemporary music industry. 22 Nov 2007 14:43
WEST AFRICACPN completes design on national IT education blueprint
[Jonah Iboma] The Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria has completed the design of a national blueprint for Information Technology education in Nigeria. 26 Oct 2007 10:17
WEST AFRICAArusha catches up with Britain's Parliament - and sees red (and amber... and green)
Yes, it's true - traffic lights (otherwise called robots) were first introduced outside Britain's Parliament in 1868. Now Arusha, the Tanzanian town in the shadow of Kilimanjaro, has caught up just 139 years later and its first traffic lights have been installed. 23 Oct 2007 11:11
WEST AFRICANITDA places prize on ICT graphic book
[Remmy Nweke] The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has announced a N250,000 prize for any youth who publishes the best Information and Communication Technology (ICT) graphic book for primary schools in the country. 17 Oct 2007 11:50
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