At their next Group of Eight summit in Toyakocho, Hokkaido, in July, leaders of the world s major countries should commit themselves to helping Africa provide low-cost high-speed Internet access.
African universities could be the continent’s gateways into the global knowledge economy for local diffusion of new technologies. But this potential remains unrealized because universities and [...]
I found this story today and was impressed at the initiative and the attempt to increase educational opportunities for rural African areas just as they have done in India. I’m not familiar with the IGNOU cirriculum, but my only concern would be that it is not watered down, but is rigorous enough to produce world [...]
WASHINGTON, April 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will provide $1 million to fund 20 partnership-planning grants of $50,000 to plan long-term collaborations between African and U.S. institutions of higher education.
Collaborating with the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC), the USAID grant will help to build African university [...]
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Moving up the ladder allows one to improve upon and generate new knowledge. Nations benefit from this public good by supporting institutions for collecting and imparting knowledge to their citizens.
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It is the middle of winter in Kettering, a city located in southwest Ohio. I am hugging the fence in my backyard, trying to find enough courage to skate onto the ice rink my parents have built in the backyard. My [...]
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