Tag Archives: Africa
Speech at the launch of the British Academy’s Working with Africa Report
Following Professor Graham Furniss’s opening remarks, I was invited to speak in my role as Chair of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK at the launch of the British Academy’s new report entitled “Working with Africa: Human and Social … Continue reading
Filed under Africa, Higher Education, Universities
New guide to good practices in UK-Africa Higher Education partnerships
The Association of Commonwealth Universities’ Africa Unit has just published an excellent short guide on good practices in developing educational partnerships between higher education institutions in Africa and the UK. As the Africa Unit comments, “The main reason behind the … Continue reading
Filed under Africa, Higher Education
ICTs, Citizens and the State – seminar at Michigan State University
Thanks to colleagues in the Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media Department at Michigan State University for their valuable critique of some of my thoughts on the ethical dimensions of e-government initiatives following my seminar there today. My paper examined the … Continue reading
Filed under Africa, Ethics, ICT4D, My Lectures
Learning Management Systems in Africa
Our research paper on Learning Management Systems in Africa resulting from the DelPHE funded collaboration with colleagues in the University of Education, Winneba (Ghana), Maseno University (Kenya), and Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique) has just been published as Tim Unwin, with … Continue reading
Filed under Africa, Education, Higher Education, ICT4D
Reflections on ICT4D @ The British Council, Manchester
A visit to the British Council’s offices in Manchester today, and an invitation to give a ‘brown bag’ lunch update on current issues in ICT4D that might be of interest to staff there, provided an opportunity for the following reflections: … Continue reading
@Africa Gathering
A rainy Saturday morning in London – Ed Scotcher has brought us all together to explore the interface between ICTs and African development in the first Africa Gathering. He kindly asked me to say a few words of introduction – … Continue reading
Filed under ICT4D, ICT4D conferences
Submarine cables for Africa
Does anyone know of a simple one-stop shop to find out more about the progress of submarine cable development around Africa – particularly East Africa? The following main initiatives are underway: EASSy (The Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System) – MoU … Continue reading
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