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Education in East Africa

  • Kenya pushing R&D in higher education

    KENYA, 2016/06/18
  • The Time is Now: Building a Human Economy for Africa

    AFRICA, 2016/05/13 For Africa this could not be additional evident as our major and best-educated generation is coming of age. By 2025, half of Africa’s people will be under the age of 25. They stand at the epicenter of the African Union’s people-driven schedule for the next half-century: it is they that will build an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa. Leaders of Africa’s governments, business and civil society gather in Kigali for the World Economic Forum on Africa conference this week. They must place young people - particularly our most squandered talent, our girls - front and center of public policy discussion. These young people will need jobs, challenges, and outlets for their creativity. Investing in them, and building the “human economies” that can support them with opportunities, is paramount.
  • The school is a safe space says Mohamud. He sees himself as a role model.

    KENYA, 2016/03/13 India, Australia, Japan – the finalists for the World Teacher Prize come from all corners of the world. From 8,000 entries, the US based Varkey Foundation chose ten finalists for its $1million (911,000 euro) award for excellence in teaching. Ayub Mohamud is the only African finalist. He is a Kenyan teacher of Somali decent and has made a name for himself for his efforts to tackle the issues of radicalization and violent extremism in his community. Changing mindsets in 'Little Mogadishu' Based in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, Mohamud teaches business studies and Islamic studies at Eastleigh High School in an inner-city neighborhood that residents have dubbed 'Little Mogadishu'. It's predominantly inhabited by ethnic Somalis and Kenyan authorities have identified it as one of the major recruiting grounds for Islamist militant group al-Shabab operating in the Horn of Africa.
  • Tanzania has no shortage of supply of natural oil and gas.

    TANZANIA, 2016/03/04 Like a lot of African nations, Tanzania has no shortage of supply of natural oil and gas. However, there is a shortage of skills and experience in this sector within Tanzania. To address this, multinational companies like GE are working hard to empower local people by building precious skills, and helping to ensure the sustainable development of the country. Currently Tanzania lacks an adequate number of drillers, engineers, managers, and production and operation workers to support the industry. This need for skills and training is a driving force behind three engineers from the Tanzanian Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) joining other international participants in a four-month training programme at GE Oil & Gas University in Italy.
  • Tanzania has no shortage of supply of natural oil and gas.

    TANZANIA, 2016/03/04 Like a lot of African nations, Tanzania has no shortage of supply of natural oil and gas. However, there is a shortage of skills and experience in this sector within Tanzania. To address this, multinational companies like GE are working hard to empower local people by building precious skills, and helping to ensure the sustainable development of the country. Currently Tanzania lacks an adequate number of drillers, engineers, managers, and production and operation workers to support the industry. This need for skills and training is a driving force behind three engineers from the Tanzanian Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) joining other international participants in a four-month training programme at GE Oil & Gas University in Italy.
  • African Union merges science and education bodies

    BOTSWANA, 2016/01/13 The Africa Union has merged its science and education bodies in a move designed to improve sectoral relationships, effectiveness and efficiency. The African Ministerial Council on Science and Technology and the Conference of Ministers of Education of the African Union will presently operate as one entity. “The decision of the heads of states was as well motivated by the need to streamline ministerial conferences, limit their number and confer the power to convene them to the African Union Commission and save costs,” Dr Mahama Ouedraogo, the African Union’s chief of human resources, science and technology, told University World News.
  • Why local content in Africa’s extractive sector won’t work without home grown human capital

    AFRICA, 2015/11/21 For over 30 years a lot of African nations have been exploring their natural resources, whether oil, gas or minerals. In the last ten years a lot of additional have joined the natural resource exploitation club. A lot of have as well witnessed economic increase and development. Significant investments have been poured into the development and increase of the extractive industry on the continent. But there is a disconnect between the industry and institutions of higher education. These are supposed to provide and develop the necessary skills, competencies and human capital required to develop and manage the industry. But there is a substantial gap between the kinds of graduates that universities are producing and what extractive industries need.
  • Eneza CEO: With real money to be made, education sector not only for NGOs

    KENYA, 2015/11/21 Three years ago American teacher Toni Maraviglia gave up the opportunity to study at the Haas School of Business in Berkley, one of the top such institutions in the world. Instead, she opted to remain in Kenya and founded an education company helping students prepare for exams by quizzing them via SMS on topics learnt in class. Maraviglia was motivated by her experiences working for an NGO in rural Nyanza on a programme that quadrupled the passing rate of students. So she co-founded Eneza Education (again called M-Prep), which has since expanded beyond quizzing to offer full courses for students – at a small fee. Through Eneza, students and teachers access courses and assessments via basic phones and have the option to interact with live instructors.
  • Kenya: Restore the Sanctity of National Examinations

    KENYA, 2015/10/26 Spotlight is once again on the Kenya National Examinations Council over the administration of the ongoing Form Four exams. Reports from various parts of the country indicate widespread leakage of the test papers and by presently some suspects have been charged in court at the Coast having been found with the test papers illegally. However, Education Cabinet Secretary Jacob Kaimenyi has dismissed reports of the leakage, insisting the process of exam government has been water-tight. But evidence is available that indicates the contrary.
  • Use Schools for Nation-Building in Uganda

    UGANDA, 2015/09/19 One of the a lot of things that have been said about the fallen minister for Internal Affairs and former Chief of Defence Forces, General Aronda Nyakairima, is the fact that he studied at Kitgum High School in northern Uganda. As a result, Gen Nyakairima, who was last week found dead on a plane en route from South Korea to Dubai, was reported to be fluent in the Luo language despite hailing from south-western Uganda.