When Benjamin Franklin fashioned the first lightning rod in the 1750s following his famous experiment flying a kite with a key attached during a thunderstorm, the American inventor had no way of knowing this would remain the state of the art for centur…
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Refugee Response Plan – Education (As of December 2022)
Within the framework of the 2022 Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRP), 22 partners appealed under the plan to provide humanitarian assistance to refugees fleeing from Ukraine and multi-sectoral support to authorities in the response to the refugee situ…
Read MoreSouth Africa: Higher Education warns of illegal colleges
PRETORIA, South Africa’s Higher Education and Training Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande, has warned prospective students, who want to register at institutions of higher learning, not to fall for bogus colleges.These institutions, also known as “fly by night…
Read MoreCameroon Offers Birth Certificates as Millions Denied an Education
Fourteen-year-old Ernestine Elimbi smiled and waved her birth certificate Thursday at the Endom district ceremonial ground in Cameroon’s center region.It was the first birth certificate she has ever received, and unlike many of her peers, Elimbi said s…
Read MoreAfrican Schools Football Championship: Scan Aid and Complexe Scolaire Ben Sekou Sylla triumph in Santa Cruz
The CAF West Zone A (WAFU-A) qualifying tournament for the maiden African Schools Football Championship came to a successful end on Wednesday, 21 December in Cape Verde.The three-day tournament climaxed with The Gambia’s Scan Aid winning the girls tour…
Read MoreBayelsa Queens coach Domo Okara concedes defeat to hosts ASFAR
Bayelsa Queens head coach Domo Okara has conceded defeat following the club’s 1-0 result to ASFAR in the CAF Women’s Champions League semi-final match on Wednesday in Rabat.The Nigerians were left to lick their wounds after Ibtissam Jraidi’s first half…
Read MoreIbtissam Jraidi gobsmacked after inspiring ASFAR semi-final triumph
Ibtissam Jraidi could not describe her feelings as ASFAR beat Bayelsa Bayelsa Queens 1-0 to reach their first ever final of the CAF Women’s Champions League on Wednesday night.The 29-year-old striker scored a 27th minute winner to hand Mohamed Amine Al…
Read MoreThe WAFU B Qualifiers of the African Schools Football Championship kick off on Friday in Abidjan
After a successful series in the UNAF and COSAFA Zonal phases, WAFU Zone B has been handed the baton to continue the race as young talented children from West Africa assemble in the economic capital of Cote d’Ivoire, Abidjan, from Friday November 11 to…
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