Quantity Too Often Outweighs Quality in Africa’s Education Push

The U.N. Millennium Development Goals have a strong focus on ensuring that by 2015, children everywhere will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling. As we approach deadline it appears that the global target for achieving Universal Primary education may not be achieved, but nevertheless, there has been significant progress in many …

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Inspiring Communities thru tech

INTERVIEW By Rohita Javangula In Ghana most girls are expected to go to a decent school, find a well-paying job, then seek out a husband – not many women pursue careers in male-dominated fields like computer science and information technology. Social entrepreneur and winner of an Aspen Institute 2013 New Voices Fellowship, Regina Ayare, hopes …

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Youth in Africa can Innovate

SPEED READ An entrepreneur in Ghana believes young people can transform Africa through technological innovation Her company is developing web and mobile-based educational tools to train young innovators It also targets the disadvantaged, such as the deaf community, that social networks ignore Nairobi — Young people in Africa can develop technologies to help tackle challenges …

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