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Unite behind the goal of zero child abuse, urges UNICEF

May 4, 2012, 14:05

UNICEF is calling on all South Africans to unite behind the goal of zero violence against children. In the run up to Child Protection Week (28 May- 3 June), its newly launched ‘Believe in Zero’ campaign highlights the role that everyone – not only the authorities – has to play in the protection of children.

Seeds of Empowerment: Tanzania

April 27, 2012, 13:14

Seeds of Empowerment traveled to Tanzania for two weeks in February 2012 to implement mobile technology based education projects for a rural secondary school in Newala. Using mobile devices that open doors to new education opportunities and pedagogies, we ran Stanford University’s SMILE, Blackboard’s Mobile Learn, and a task-based multimedia-education workshop, among others. After two weeks of overcoming unique challenges, [...]

A Bridge between Science and Farmers

April 11, 2012, 09:30

This film is about the RUNetwork question and answer service for farmers in Africa. It describes how vouchers are used to esablish a constructive dialogue between the farming and the scientific community. It is not just farmers that get answers from science to solve their production problems but also science that gets access to farm level data for a better [...]

The AfricanBrains Southern African ICT for Education Summit 2012

March 19, 2012, 12:52

Footage taken at The Southern African ICT for Education Summit, Elephant Hills Resort, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 26th-27th January 2012. Under the patronage of The Zimbabwe Ministry of Education, Sports, Arts & Culture, the two day summit was structured around an innovative program of keynote presentations from regional government officials during the mornings and converting to pre-scheduled one-to-one meetings for both [...]

The AIMS Next Einstein Initiative: Unlocking scientific talent across Africa

March 12, 2012, 17:46

Dr Carolina Odman-Govender — Director of Academic Development, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) showed this video as part of her presentation at The African Education Summit in Morocco, 12th-13th July 2011 “The AIMS Next Einstein Initiative: Unlocking scientific talent across Africa”

Qualcomm’s Wireless Reach initiative – Augmented Reality “School in the Park” Program

March 12, 2012, 17:44

Qualcomm’s Wireless Reach initiative – Augmented Reality “School in the Park” Program. “And with innovation comes the unique uses of mobile broadband such as Augmented Reality. Through our Wireless Reach initiative, we support a pilot with School in the Park, a museum program originally created due to overcrowded schools. Each grade in the City Heights Collaborative (a group of three [...]

Bridgeit: Using Mobile Devices to Bring Rich Media Content to Underserved Classrooms

March 12, 2012, 17:42

“Bridgeit: Using Mobile Devices to Bring Rich Media Content to Underserved Classrooms” Mr Erik Gregory, Alliance Programs, Pearson Foundation showed this video as part of his presentation at The African Education Summit in Morocco, 12th-13th July 2011

Hon David Coltart – Minister of Education, Sport, Arts & Culture, Zimbabwe, Opening Speech, ICTE Summit 2012

February 28, 2012, 08:21

Hon David Coltart – Minister of Education, Sport, Arts & Culture, Zimbabwe, opening speech at The Southern African ICT for Education Summit, Elephant Hills Resort, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 26th-27th January 2012.

Mr Richard Horton – Regional Vice President, EMEA, Blackboard International, ICTE Summit 2012

February 28, 2012, 08:03

Mr Richard Horton – Regional Vice President, EMEA, Blackboard International speaking on E-Learning Technology Linking Education to Business at The Southern African ICT for Education Summit, Elephant Hills Resort, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 26th-27th January 2012.

Hector Ramirez, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Senior Educational Advisor on Blended Instruction

February 28, 2012, 07:58

Hector Ramirez, Senior Educational Advisor from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers talks about curriculum delivered in English through blended instruction, where print & digital tools come together to create an engaging environment where students really excel.

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  • Unite behind the goal of zero child abuse, urges UNICEF
  • Seeds of Empowerment: Tanzania
  • A Bridge between Science and Farmers
  • The AfricanBrains Southern African ICT for Education Summit 2012
  • The AIMS Next Einstein Initiative: Unlocking scientific talent across Africa
  • Qualcomm’s Wireless Reach initiative – Augmented Reality “School in the Park” Program
  • Bridgeit: Using Mobile Devices to Bring Rich Media Content to Underserved Classrooms
  • Hon David Coltart – Minister of Education, Sport, Arts & Culture, Zimbabwe, Opening Speech, ICTE Summit 2012
  • Mr Richard Horton – Regional Vice President, EMEA, Blackboard International, ICTE Summit 2012
  • Hector Ramirez, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Senior Educational Advisor on Blended Instruction
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C-SAM and MasterCard Join Forces to Offer Mobile Wallet Solution in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa

C-SAM and MasterCard Join Forces to Offer Mobile Wallet Solution in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa

0 by / on May 18, 2012, 10:12 / in Featured, Financial Services, Partnerships, Telecommunications

C-SAM today announced a joint initiative with MasterCard to offer a white label mobile wallet solution based on C-SAM’s flexible Mobile Transaction Platform (MTP) enabling seamless integration with MasterCard’s pre-paid platform, offers, PayPass Wallet Services and rich informational services. This integrated offering will provide an attractive, scalable and flexible mobile wallet solution to mobile operators, retail banks and payment providers in [...]

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Statement at the Conclusion of the 2012 Article IV Consultation and First Post-Program Monitoring in Angola

Statement at the Conclusion of the 2012 Article IV Consultation and First Post-Program Monitoring in Angola

0 by / on May 18, 2012, 08:32 / in Business, Commerce, Education, Financial Services

A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Mr. Mauro Mecagni, visited Luanda from May 2 to May 17, 2012 to conduct the 2012 Article IV Consultation and First Post-Program Monitoring Mission. During its stay, the mission met with Ministers and other senior government officials1, and representatives of the banking, business, diplomatic, and academic communities. The mission [...]

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Japan / Emergency Assistance to the Union of the Comoros in Response to the Floods Disaster

Japan / Emergency Assistance to the Union of the Comoros in Response to the Floods Disaster

0 by / on May 17, 2012, 12:51 / in Featured, Government, Humanitarian, Partnerships

On Tuesday, May 15, the Government of Japan decided to provide emergency relief goods worth 10 million yen (portable jerry cans, plastic sheets, etc) to the Union of the Comoros, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in response to the request following serious damage from the floods. In Comoros, cyclones and heavy rain which continued from April 20 to [...]

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Global African diaspora summit, Johannesburg, 23-25 May 2012

Global African diaspora summit, Johannesburg, 23-25 May 2012

0 by / on May 17, 2012, 11:53 / in Business, Featured, Media, Partnerships

ANNOUNCEMENT TO JOURNALISTS ACCREDITATION: Journalists who are interested in covering the Global Africa Diaspora Summit to be hosted by the African Union in South Africa from 23 — 25 May 2012 under the theme: “Towards the Realisation of a United and Integrated Africa and its Diaspora”, are strongly requested to be accredited. Members of the media are invited to apply [...]

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Visa’s Rural Caravan Delivers Financial Empowerment to Moroccan Women

Visa’s Rural Caravan Delivers Financial Empowerment to Moroccan Women

0 by / on May 17, 2012, 11:03 / in Corporate Social Responsibility, Featured, Humanitarian, Partnerships

Visa recently launched the Visa Rural Caravan Campaign in Morocco, in line with the company’s financial literacy initiatives and in conjunction with the Women’s Association for Mentoring. Earlier this month, the Visa Rural Caravan travelled from the coastal province of Agadir to the inland region of Souss-Massa-Draa to deliver financial literacy workshops that aim to empower women in rural areas. [...]

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President Donald Kaberuka Invited To The 38th G8 Summit And To The White House By President Obama

President Donald Kaberuka Invited To The 38th G8 Summit And To The White House By President Obama

0 by / on May 16, 2012, 14:23 / in Commerce, Featured, Government, Humanitarian

At the invitation of the President of the United States, the President of the African Development Bank will be attending the Group of Eight (G8) meeting At the invitation of the President of the United States, Barack Obama, the President of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka, will be attending the Group of Eight (G8) meeting at Camp David in [...]

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