Celebrating International Academic Cooperation Germany has had one of the longest and most well-structured academic exchange services for African students and academics. The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) has been at the centre of the long-term scholarship programme. The beneficiaries of
The Cloud of Ambivalence The thought of pursuing a five-year mining engineering degree course and securing a rewarding job to take care of daily bills, setting the graduate on an upward trajectory of professional and economic empowerment, hardly evades any young person’s horizon of imagination as
In a world where cataclysmic rivalry is gaining ground over catalytic co-operation among peers, ladders have a graphic and powerful message to inspire true leaders to stay on course. Talentism Trumping Capitalism Youth are the powerhouse of raw talents. Youth groups in innovation are, therefore,
Insights from mathematical modeling tell the story of what could be wide regional differentials in population-normalized COVID-19 testing rates. Global Overview As of January 19, 2021, there were more than 96.6 million confirmed COVID-19 cases globally, more than 3.3 million or 3% of those
When: 15:00 EAT, January 23, 2021 | 17:00 EAT, January 24, 2021 Where: Virtual event (Zoom). 6th IBD Virtual Forum on Education 4.0 Topic: Youth and Top Skills for Winning Social Entrepreneurship Proposals Target Group: University students, priority to members of Enactus Chapters How to Join:
It is high time mentorship efforts started focusing more on developing learners while they are still in college to prepare them for the world of work. The usual wait to start real mentorship after they have graduated is a whole stage too late, dealing a heavy blow on industry efforts like a fall
The shortest distance between two points may not be a straight line, but a detour. Though COVID-19 has imposed a detour on the paths of individuals, communities and nations, there is room in 2021 to expedite post-pandemic recovery. To Africa’s dominant youthful demographic, this is a fresh
Transforming young innovators’ mindsets and projecting COVID-19 scenarios through the festive season as schools are scheduled to reopen in January Highlights Effective testing, timing of responses, and building public trust in the pandemic containment processes are
Thoughts on the 18th Africa Resource Bank Forum Panel Discussions Developing Skills Responsive to the Changing Labour Market On November 25, 2020, the 18th IREN Africa Resource Bank Forum kicked off, though virtually, under the theme: “Re-imagining Jobs and Skills in the Digitalization Era
Direct Costs From experience, Kenyan lecturers — a good number of whom have their families in the capital, Nairobi, had been used to driving themselves out of Nairobi to lecture and return to their families for the weekend reunion. Using a familiar example, of Taita Taveta University,
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