By Shout-Africa Correspondent, Hassan Abbas – The African Union governance assessment body, the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Tanzania chapter has commended the government of Tanzania for establishing the President’s Delivery Bureau (PDB) that will implement highly prioritized projects. The statement was issued over the week end by the APRM Tanzania Executive Secretary, Rehema Twalib when addressing the local and international media on marking the APRM Day in Dar es Salaam. She noted that among the governance gaps identified in the APRM review of Tanzania is multiplicity of plans, policies and strategies but a weak implementation level. This hampered transformation... Continue Reading
Building a prosperous future at eLearning Africa 2014 – More than ever before, Africans are turning to ICT-supported learning to grow their economies. In 2013, the eLearning Africa Report found that 40% of African technology-assisted learning professionals were using ICTs specifically for skills training, up from 18% the previous year. The benefit of ICT-supported learning is that it allows employers to provide vocational training to a great number of workers for little cost. This year’s eLearning Africa, 28th – 30th May in Kampala, Uganda, will explore how technology is revolutionising learning and training across the continent, under the theme “Opening Frontiers... Continue Reading
On Sunday March 2, 2014, President Ernest Bai Koroma was honoured in Lagos, Nigeria by Nigeria’s foremost media group, the Silverbird Group, with the Award of Distinction for a sitting President, given in respect of his great reconstruction efforts in changing the face of Sierra Leone and for his fight against corruption. The Award was received on his behalf by Ambassador Henry Olufumi Macauley, Sierra Leone’s High Commissioner to Nigeria. President Paul Kagami of Rwanda was also similarly honoured, for his success at reconstructing that genocide war torn Country. The occasion was the annual Silverbird Man of the Year Award Ceremony,... Continue Reading
By: Augustine N. Myers – The President and Chief Executive Officer of Living Water International (LWI), Dr. Michael J. Mantel has for the first time visited the Republic of Liberia. Dr. Mantel was in Liberia on a 4-Day Official visit along with other Senior Officials of Living Water International from Saturday, March 8 to Tuesday, March 11, 2014. He was accompanied by the Senior Vice President for Global Operations-Robert Nathan Thorp, WASH Program Director for Africa-Gebeyehu Abera, Regional Communications Specialist for Africa-Sylvia Kezengwa and Religious Advisor- Apostle James Tarr. Dr. Mantel was also accompanied by the former Country Director of... Continue Reading
By Dennis Kabatto – “Equality for women is progress for all,” Under-Secretary General Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the head of United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), told the 58th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 58) stressing there must be gender equality to achieve poverty eradication and sustainable development in the 21st Century. The main focal point of CSW 58 is “Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the MDGs for women and girls,” Mlambo-Ngcuka said Monday during her opening remarks at the UN Headquarters in New York. She declared... Continue Reading
