Last month on Saturday, May 24, the National Africa Foundation launched its Africa Regional Offices in Ghana in Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti Region. The venue was the Platinum Hotel at Ahwiaa Overseas. In attendance were six members of our partners in Sweden, MKFC/Stockholm College, led by   representatives of some educational institutions and other individuals. The District Chief Executive of the Mamponteng District, Alhaji Kwasi Yeboah sent a representative to deliver the keynote address.

On the following Sunday, May 25, MKFC/Stockholm College together with NAF hosted a conference at the Platinum Hotel where staff and students of eight institutions of higher learning in and around the Ashanti Region gathered to listen to speakers of MKFC/Stockholm College speak about their e-learning programs worldwide and what people in Africa can make out of these opportunities.

From May 28-30, MKFC/Stockholm College representatives and I moved to Accra to join our other partners from Germany www.oncampus.de at the 3rd EuroAfrica E-Learning Conference at the Accra Conference Center. On the first day of the conference, the executive director, Prince M. Obiri-Mainoo led two workshops with OnCampus of Germany and MKFC/Stockholm College of Sweden. His topics were Educational Technology and Teacher Education: The case of Ghana" and "E-Learning and Teacher Education in Ghana"
 

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Friday, 14 December 2007

University administrators, faculties and board of trustees, here is your last stop to find out what is happeneing on other campuses in other countries in Europe, U. S. and Canada to help with your own faculty and staff development. These links provide resources for the following academic personnels and more: College Presidents or Vice Chancelors, Rectors of University Colleges and Polytechnics, Principals of colleges, Head of senior high and secondary schools, Deans, Board of Trustees/ Directors, Accounts and Financial Controllers and many more. Look out for more links in the days and weeks ahead.

The Chronicle of Higher Education
American Council on Education (ACE)
National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO)
Commonwealth of Learning
Development Gateway Foundation
Open Courseware Consortium



In the U.S.: Presentations on Africa to K-12 schools, entrepreneurial  and computing training.                                

  • IT Volunteers: The Government of Ghana has restructured the educational system from K-12 and above. IT is now one of the core subjects and we need IT professionals to help us train more qualified personnel for the various sectors of the economy. 
  • If you are interested in at least, six to twelve months volunteer experience in Ghana, please, send us email with your detail information stating when you want to start and what area of IT you want to teach or train.
  • Interested, but want to volunteer for less than six months?  Please, let us know by sending email to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it !

In Africa:  Beginning 2008 in Ghana, send all your enquiries to

The Executive Director, National Africa Foundation, P. O. Box KS 970, Kumasi Main Post Office, Kumasi, Ghana.

Tel 051-72803.
Last Updated ( Monday, 29 December 2008 )
 
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