Education

Ghana’s Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has been invited to be part of a High-Level Advisory Group for Mission 4.7, a new global initiative to put into practice the bold vision articulated by the Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) on education and target 4.7. Mission 4.7 is a partnership between the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), United …

Basic Black explores the cultural nuances of communities of color, often from the perspective within America, but in our episode “Traveling and the Black Expat Experience”, we journeyed into the world of Black American expatriates. Black Americans who travel abroad to find a new home do so for many reasons, with better economic opportunities and escaping racism being top contenders.  To …

On Wednesday, June 23, 2021, the United States (US) Consulate General and STEMi Makers Africa officially inaugurated STEM Innovation Clubs in Enugu state, Nigeria. This event was a first of its kind in the South Eastern region of Nigeria and was hosted in Solidbase Schools, Trans-Ekulu, Enugu where 8 Secondary Schools showcased 21 Engineering and Science Projects that address existing …

A Massachusetts high school student made an unexpected announcement during her graduation ceremony last week when she asked that a $40,000 scholarship awarded to her be given to a student attending a community college instead. “I am so very grateful for this. But I also know that I am not the one who needs this the most,” Verda Tetteh, 17, …

“Education is what remains after forgetting what you learned in school.” Einstein. I put it this way, ‘’school prepares you to be able to educate yourself for life.’’ Education never ends.  We learn so much in school that a philosophy that makes consumption of data in the classroom as the  most important thing and therefore whatever does not affect it …

STEMi Makers Africa partnered with Oracle Academy to empower tertiary educators in Nigerian Universities, Polytechnics and Monotechnics through Computing Education Bootcamp from  April 14-15, 2021. The 2-days virtual Bootcamp offered hands-on lab sessions in Oracle Cloud Compute VM – Install Apache and PHP, Oracle Cloud Compute VM – How to Create a Simple Load Balancer and Hands on Lab in …

A member of staff has been killed and a number of students abducted during a raid on a university in the northern state of Kaduna. A police spokesperson said many people had been kidnapped from their dormitories – including male and female students. The exact number is still not clear. The Kaduna state commissioner for internal security, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed …

The 69th Annual Meeting of the Governing Board (Council) of The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has ended with the election of Prof. Ato Essuman from Ghana as the new chairman. Prof. Ato Essuman becomes the 20th Chairman of the sub-regional organisation as he succeeds Mr. Baboucarr Bouy from The Gambia, who was elected in March 2018. Prof. Essuman’s election …

Book: Triumph of Racism: The History of White Supremacy in Africa & How Shithole Entered the U.S. Presidential LexiconNumber of Pages: 678Author: Emmanuel Neba-FuhTheme: History & PoliticsPublished by: Miraclaire PublishersReviewed by: Oral Ofori for TheAfricanDream.net The book which is subtitled ‘The History of White Supremacy in Africa & How Shithole Entered the U.S. Presidential Lexicon‘ succinctly argues that before the …

Achimota School in Ghana, formerly known as Achimota College, was the school where Zimbabwe’s most iconic citizen, Robert Gabriel Mugabe, attended as a student-teacher to attain his certification to be able to work in newly independent Ghana. But how many times can you say that Mugabe is arguably not even the biggest element in a given context, such as among alumni …