Ghana: Barclays pledges $93 million for African youth development Tuesday, 12 July 2016 Dasmani Laary in Accra Barclays Africa has expressed commitment to drive Africa's economic growth agenda through a shared growth strategy by pledging to spend $93 million to improve education access and skills development of the youth.
Read more... Ethiopia blocks Social Media networks over exams leak fears Monday, 11 July 2016 Tinishu Solomon Ethiopia has blocked social media sites until the national school examinations, which started on Monday, end on Wednesday.
Read more... Swahili language now compulsory in Ugandan schools Friday, 01 July 2016 Godfrey Olukya The learning and teaching of Swahili has been made compulsory in Uganda's secondary schools, a move that the East African country believes will promote regional integration within the East Africa Community (EAC).
Read more... There are still huge unmet needs in Kenya - James Mworia Monday, 13 June 2016 Mark Anderson In Kenya, education, healthcare and agribusiness are just three of the rapidly expanding sectors where opportunity abounds, says Mworia, who runs one of the country's leading investment firms.
Read more... Ghana's GDP grows by 5.9 percent Thursday, 09 June 2016 Dasmani Laary in Accra Ghana's gross domestic product grew by 5.9 percent last year driven by huge investments in health, education and provision of water, the International Monetary Fund has said.
Read more... Ghana seeks to improve literacy Thursday, 09 June 2016 Dasmani Laary in Accra Ghana's education ministry has distributed more than four million books in Ghanaian and English languages to improve reading performance of over 2.8 million early grade readers in public schools.
Read more... Mandela Fellows: Pathway to Africa's economic growth is inclusion Thursday, 26 May 2016 Dasmani Laary Mandela Washington Fellowship for young African leaders' initiative has concluded a three-day regional conference in Ghana, with a call on African leaders to pursue inclusive financial, social and digital policies to quicken the continent's development pace.
Read more... Protests as South Africa's first black university celebrates 100 years Friday, 20 May 2016 Crystal Orderson in Cape Town The first South African university to accept black students, Fort Hare, celebrates its centenary this year, with Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, a former student, being part of celebrations on Friday, where he gave a speech.
Read more... Education: Leaking with foreknowledge, and awards Friday, 15 April 2016 Nana Yaa Ofori-Atta The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), insists on titillation, essentially licking its exposed and hairy navel in public. The 2016 exam and in some instances, the answers for three of the four core exams: Oral English; Integrated Science; and Social Studies, were broadcast via a social media chat group.
Read more... Land grabbers haunt Kenya's schools Wednesday, 06 April 2016 Fibian Lukalo, Research Director, National Land Commission Property rights loopholes are leading to a land grabbing pandemic, with Kenya's educational sector bearing the brunt of the crisis, writes Dr. Fibian Lukalo.
Read more... Ghana: Disabled children fail to access free senior high school buildings Thursday, 25 February 2016 Dasmani Laary An audit report by Ghana's Federation of Disability Organizations (GFD) has revealed government community free senior high schools are not accessible to disabled pupils.
Read more... Ghana's fiendish equation that does not add up Tuesday, 23 February 2016 Nana Yaa Ofori-Atta Before Ghana saw fit to dismantle its education system, children swotted for three critical exams – Common Entrance, 'O' Levels and 'A' Levels. Facing down long mathematical equations and with precious little time, Ghanaian children knew to apply BODMAS. Solving in this order – Bracket, Orders, Division, Multiplication, Addition and then Subtraction – should get you the right answer.
Read more... Uganda: Student dropout rates increase as gambling surges Friday, 12 February 2016 Godfrey Olukya Students in both second cycle and tertiary institutions have taken to gambling as sports betting centres in Uganda's capital, Kampala trigger high school dropout rates.
Read more... Across Africa, a people's 2016 manifesto Monday, 08 February 2016 Celeste Hicks in Rabat, Billie Adwoa McTernan in Accra, Crystal Orderson in Cape Town, Jeff Mbanga in Kampala, Reinnier Kazé in Yaoundé, Elias Meseret in Addis Ababa and Nicholas Norbrook From Cape Town to Casablanca, The Africa Report took the continent's temperature, talking to everyone from shoe sellers to politicians and financiers to identify their policy priorities and what issues they want to see making headlines in 2016.
Read more... New Ethiopian Airlines academy launch at the forefront of African aviation development Monday, 08 February 2016 Tinishu Solomon Ethiopian Airlines has inaugurated it's the refurbished aviation academy, rebuilt at a cost of $100 million. The rebuilt academy, the airline said on Sunday, will increase its annual intake capacity to 4,000 students.
Read more... The South African heartland is burning Wednesday, 20 January 2016 Crystal Orderson in Cape Town Student and worker protests in Gauteng suggest the ruling ANC may be losing its grip on the country's richest province ahead of next year's local elections.
Read more... Technology: Qelasy tablets target the Francophone education market Friday, 04 December 2015 Gemma Ware By the end of 2016, businessman Thierry N'Doufou hopes that around 20,000 children across Africa will have one of his Qelasy tablets in their backpacks.
Read more... Technology: Joining the digital race Friday, 04 December 2015 Gemma Ware Companies and policymakers are looking at ways to transform teaching with new technology, which requires the development of infrastructure, creation of content and the training of a new generation of teachers
Read more... Angola Country Profile 2015: The oil-barrel blues Friday, 27 November 2015 The Africa Report The government, run by the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA), is focused on dealing with lower levels of oil production and a dropping oil price.
Read more... Education: Come fly with me, in and out of Egypt Monday, 23 November 2015 Sophie Anmuth in Cairo Local organisations In Cairo have taken it into their own hands to promote diversity and stimulate young minds
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