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  • Uganda High Court orders closure of Bridge International schools

    UGANDA, 2016/11/06 Uganda’s High Court has ordered a chain of private schools to be closed following over concerns about poor sanitation and its curriculum, the BBC reports. The Bridge International Academies group says it offers affordable, high-quality education to its 12,000 pupils, who often come from poor families.

  • Egyptian University student develops light-weight bullet proof vests

    EGYPT, 2016/10/29 With a military insurgency still waging in Egypt, a young university student has ventured into a mission to try keep the security forces safe. At the British University in Cairo, Remon Ashraf is developing a new type of body armour that is both lightweight and relatively cheap to produce.

  • Peacebuilding and Literacy through Tech Innovation

    SOUTH SUDAN, 2016/10/22 UNESCO and UNDP in partnership with WB4ALL are organising a Peacebuilding and Literacy through Tech Innovation Bootcamp for 16 students from the University of Juba from October 24 - 28, 2016 at the Regency Hotel in Juba, South Sudan. This bootcamp is the follow up to a series of previous YouthMobile workshops which have involved 43 young South Sudanese students on mobile app development since 2014

  • South African teen wins Google prize for orange peel innovation

    SOUTH AFRICA, 2016/09/29 A 16-year-old South African schoolgirl has won the grand prize at Google's science equitable for using orange peel to develop a cheap super-absorbent material to help soil retain water. Kiara Nirghin beat students from around the world for a $50,000 (£38,000) scholarship with her "fighting drought with fruit" submission. Her work was in response to the recent drought that has hit South Africa .

  • Education - KOICA Alumni Cameroon Assists Orphans

    CAMEROON, 2016/09/17 The second award of scholarships to orphans and vulnerable children in Bafia took place on September 10, 2016. The Korean International Cooperation Agency, KOICA, Alumni Association, Cameroon (KAAC) has once additional brought hope to children in need in Bafia, Mbam and Inoubou Division of the Centre Region. This was during the second award of scholarships to orphans and vulnerable children in the area on Friday September 10, 2016.

  • Chinese government scholarships a great help to Kenya

    CHINA, 2016/09/04 The scholarships offered by the Chinese government to Kenyan students have been a great help to the country that has been struggling to enrol all qualified school leavers in public universities for a lot of years, a senior government official has said. Professor Colletta Suda, the Principal Secretary in the national department of higher education, says one of the greatest challenges in the country's education sector is the opportunity to increase access to higher education.

  • The Foundation of Africa's Future High quality education is key to overcoming Africa's economic challenges.

    BOTSWANA, 2016/08/18 The conversation about Africa has been shifting from one about shortfalls to one about opportunities. Africa is a known leader in commodity exporting, but the economic potential far succeeds that. Africa has an enormous coastline and is additional proximate to both European and North American markets than Asia. Currently, Africa leads the world in mobile adoption, which continues to offer the biggest cross-sectoral economic opportunities. In addition, Africa has recently been cited as being a potential leader in technology, sustainability and agriculture.

  • Malawi in diplomatic fit, college closed after students block US second lady

    MALAWI, 2016/07/20 Authorities at Malawi’s Chancellor College, have closed down the institution with immediate result following illegal demonstrations by students of the college. The students were subsequently asked to vacate the premises. Local media statement that the college was closed next students obstructed the convoy of the Second Lady of the United States, Dr. Jill Biden, who is on a visit to the country.

  • Kenya pushing R&D in higher education

    KENYA, 2016/06/18

  • Mobilizing Education for Global Health

    WORLD, 2016/06/11 Education is a fundamental right for everyone, from presently on lack of access to education continues to be a core driver in the world health epidemic. Across the world, 59 million children and 65 million adolescents are out of school and additional than 120 million children do not complete primary education. Education is often referred to as the great equalizer and is critical to improving socio-economic conditions. It opens doors to better employment, access to healthcare and from presently on the ability to support a family. At the same time as families are educated, healthy and self-sufficient, they can strengthen their communities.
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