Rwanda: Mastercard, VVOB Make Online Learning Move
Mastercard Foundation, the Belgian government, and VVOB have jointly supported online learning in Rwanda with the provision of 3,000 laptops to 30 districts. The delivery of the laptops is part of Mastercard Foundation’s Leaders in Teaching Initiative, which aims to help establish an enabling environment for online continuous professional development (CPD) for teachers and school […]
Apply: University of Georgia ACEA Programme
Deadline: 15 February, 2021 The University of Georgia has announced a call for applications for the African Civic Engagement Academy (ACEA) programme. The programme is a free online training and networking opportunity offered to selected mid-career non-governmental organisations (NGO) and public sector leaders across sub-Saharan Africa. Benefits Participants who successfully complete the ACEA coursework and […]
Nigeria: UNICEF Expects Online Education Success
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that online classes are capable of delivering success as an adopted style of learning for basic education in Nigeria amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. Development Diaries gathered that the Communications Specialist at UNICEF, Dr Geoffrey Njoku, in a signed statement, disclosed that UNICEF Nigeria would provide the technical […]
Nigeria: Utiva Records Achievements in New Report
Utiva, a technology education company that teaches Africans tech skills, has released its annual report highlighting numerous achievements. Development Diaries learnt that the company activated its remote learning model following the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic to demonstrate that young people in Africa are open to an innovative learning approach that fosters interaction and collaboration. As […]
Apply: Mozilla Internet Incubator Programme 2020
Deadline: 05 June, 2020 Through the Mozilla Builders Incubator (MBI), Mozilla is looking to invest in people, projects, and technologies that shape the internet and have a positive impact without having to only worry about the bottom line. Firefox, Wikipedia, WordPress, DuckDuckGo, Kickstarter, GitHub, Node.js, and Ethereum are some great examples of the internet at […]
Nigeria: Lagos Kicks off Read Aloud Initiative
In an effort to encourage reading among school children, the Lagos State Government, Nigeria, through its Office of Education Quality Assurance, has designed an initiative, ‘Read Aloud Lagos’, to stimulate interest among school children during the Covid-19 crisis and beyond. The initiative, which aims to encourage children within the primary school bracket to cultivate the […]
Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin Discusses E-learning
It is no longer news that the world has been thrown off balance with the outbreak of the Covid-19. With so much to show for the impact of the virus, closing down schools across Nigeria is perhaps one of such glaring impacts on the education sector. With the government’s strategies and proposed plan of implementing […]