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African Universities endorse framework on distance, elearning

Vice Chancellors from twenty six African Universities have endorsed the collaboration framework for implementation of distance and eLearning programs. This was at the conclusion of the AVU Policy Harmonization and Curriculum Conceptualization Workshop held in Nairobi Kenya, last week. A communique issued at the end of the workshop noted that participants agreed on a collaborative [...]

An initiative to build the capacity of water scientists to manage groundwater more sustainably in the horn of Africa.

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UNESCO’s governing board has voted for the UN’s educational body to go ahead with a controversial prize financed by Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, UNESCO said.

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Heriosa Razakanirina from Madagascar is one of the 10 young scientists given the 2011 UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere award to undertake research on ecosystems, natural resources and biodiversity.

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