Education

Solar Powered Internet School Opens World of Possibilities in Uganda

• Published on 22 Apr. 2013 • Category : EducationHow do you get a state of the art internet school in the remotest corner of Africa without electricity, buildings and other infrastructure?You do what Samsung has done. You convert a 40 foot shipping container into a solar powered internet classroom that can fit 21 students at a time.The classroom exhibited at the Samsung Africa Forum 2013 in Cape Town has solar panels on the roof that can generate up to 9 hours of electricity per day. When fully charged the lessons can be conducted for three days without sunshine.The solar panels on the roof run 24 laptops and a 50 inch interactive electronic(...)

Solar Powered Internet School Opens a World of Possibilities in Uganda

• Published on 09 Apr. 2013 • Category : EducationHow do you get a state of the art internet school in the remotest corner of Africa without electricity, buildings and other infrastructure?You do what Samsung has done. You convert a 40 foot shipping container into a solar powered internet classroom that can fit 21 students at a time.The classroom exhibited at the Samsung Africa Forum 2013 in Cape Town has solar panels on the roof that can generate up to 9 hours of electricity per day. When fully charged the lessons can be conducted for three days without sunshine.The solar panels on the roof run 24 laptops and a 50 inch interactive electronic(...)

Gambia gets its first Journalism School

• Published on 20 Mar. 2013 • Category : Education The National Training Authority (NTA) on 11th March 2013 formally accredited the GPU School of Journalism to provide journalism education in the country, an unprecedented development for a country that has never had a formal structure for journalism education. Under the terms and conditions of its licence, the GPU School of Journalism is mandated to offer journalism education up to diploma level within the framework of the Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in The Gambia. The NTA is the body responsible for the regulation of TVET in The Gambia. More...

Ugandan Vocational Training School gets US $82Million

• Published on 13 Mar. 2013 • Category : Education The Ministry of Education is to get sh219b to boost the implementation of the Skilling Uganda programme beginning the next financial year.Speaking to journalists at his office at the ministry in Kampala, the minister of education and sports, Jessica Alupo revealed that the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has already pledged to contribute $22.95m.Other pledges have come from Islamic Development Bank ($27.91m), Saudi Fund for International Development ($11.998m), Kuwait Fund ($11.9m) and Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa ($5m). Read more...

Uganda student wins Africa IT award

• Published on 06 Mar. 2013 • Category : Education When Titus Mawano was in senior three, 7 years ago, his parents transferred him to Greensteads International School in Kenya, because the teachers in his Ugandan school had written him off. They constantly told him that he was a failure and that he was wasting his parents' school fees. They repeatedly told his parents that he was arrogant and rebellious. They had failed to contain his confidence. Fast forward to 2013: On Wednesday February 20 2013, the BBC flew Titus from Nairobi, where he was attending a conference, to interview him at the BBC offices, and back to Nairobi to comp(...)

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