Infrastructure, institutions, and the systems that make growth possible — or not.
I bring you profound compliments from my family, my Party (Student Unification Party), conscious students of the University of Liberia where I currently study Economics, and the masses of our people including thousands of vulnerable children across our nation who have no opportunity to access quality primary education. I am
There was public outrage from Zimbabweans all over when the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education released a statement announcing that cabinet had approved the establishment of the Robert Gabriel Mugabe University. The university is to be situated 36km North West of Harare in Mazowe District, in the Mashonaland Central
The highest form of development is that of personal development, the best way to develop an individual is to educate them. However, to achieve that in terms of girl child education, there is need to erase the barriers that stand in the way of girl children successfully completing their education.
The life-changing concept was developed when he was still in high school. He took a bold step, and never made any retreat. Ludwick Marishane is the inventor from South Africa who invented the waterless bath, a gel that enables you to bath without using water. The waterless bathing lotion makes
The ninth Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot competition were held in Switzerland last week and Midlands State University (MSU) emerged the victors. The competitions were held on July 18-21 2017 in Geneva, Switzerland, and saw the MSU team of Brian Tatenda Madziba (a final year student) and Conrad Melusi
Over the past few months, I have spent time traveling around several schools in rural western Uganda. I have met with students and teachers and everyone else in those schools. I have found, however, that I tend to spend more time with students because their enthusiasm for learning is really
The Internet Society (ISOC) in partnership with the African Union Commission has launched a new set of Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for the continent that is set to change the way African countries approach cyber security preparedness. The guidelines were unveiled during the Africa Internet Summit taking place in Nairobi
Mbagathi Road on Monday was blocked by students from Kenyatta Golf Course Academy, protesting the demolition of their school. Placing the desks and sitting on them across the road, the students caused a massive traffic jam along the highway before voluntarily before giving way to motorists. Led by their teachers,
Heavy floods have forced all schools in the islands of Zanzibar to temporary close, the education minister has said. According to minister Riziki Pemba Juma, safety of children and teachers led to the decision after some schools were left submerged in water while roads and property were also destroyed by
Climate change is a unique problem in many ways. Unlike any other challenge humankind has previously faced, its responsibility is not shared equally across the world, and its consequences will be felt in the same way- unequally but devastatingly. Climate change is already beginning to have far-reaching consequences whose full
Civic education is a means of promoting democracy and civic engagement. It guides and inspires people to their responsibilities and duties as citizens in their interactions with one another and governing institutions at all levels. Civic education equips people with knowledge and skills on equity, justice, democracy, tolerance, respect for
Learning is the fuel needed for economic growth; it is the driver of innovation, and a platform to create jobs for many. Additionally, education equips people and their societies, with the skills that enable them to escape poverty, and work towards prosperity. With quality education, societies are bound to take
Table showing the best universities in Africa RankUniversityCountry1University of Cape TownSouth Africa2University of the WitwatersrandSouth Africa3The American University in CairoEgypt4Stellenbosch UniversitySouth Africa5Cairo UniversityEgypt6University of PretoriaSouth Africa7Rhodes UniversitySouth Africa8University of JohannesburgSouth Africa9University of Kwazulu-NatalSouth Africa10Ain Shams UniversityEgypt11Al Azhar UniversityEgypt12Alexandria UniversityEgypt13Makerere UniversityUganda14N
During hard times, people think of seemingly complicated ideas. What sets some people apart is that they choose not to sit back and wait for the next day without any hope. There are people who with the little resources, try hard to figure out the solutions needed for the betterment
The dynamics caused by migration, trans-nationalism and the process of globalization all make that the coexistence between different societies and cultures is probably the major challenge faced by humanity in the 21st century. The construction of a plural society, where different cultural conceptions and world visions have to fit, is
On the African Leadership University website is a very bold claim to transform tertiary education in the world. The About Us page reads, “ALU is pioneering a fresh approach to higher education in the 21st century; offering accredited undergraduate, postgraduate and executive education programs in a unique and imaginative way.
