Category Archives: Education

World Universities’ Ranking on the Web

What’s your universities’ web presence like compared to others from around the world? Here’s the results on African universities. Some interesting findings, Makerere ...
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Rehab Adopts Social Media

The next time you check in to rehab they might ask you if you have a Facebook account… Mr Marlon Parker, an IT lecturer at South ...
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Interview With Luganda/Firefox Translator Olweny San James

In August, students at Makerere University made international news headlines when they undertook the ambitious project of translating Mozilla’s Firefox web browser from English into ...
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What Happened to the Nigerian Intellectual Class?

Sabella Abidde writes.. Intellectual work, as Thandika Mkandawire puts it, is “quintessentially the labor of the mind and soul.” Intellectuals have played a major ...
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University Programs for ICT In Emerging Markets?

Since I began my research and subsequent move to Uganda, I’ve found a vast disparity in the amount of higher education available in the area ...
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…But Are they Learning?

A recent report by HakiElimu suggests that the methods some have taken towards educating children in developing countries may not be the best approach. ...
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University Lecturer Teaches Computing on You Tube

Mr Buckman uses board games as well as you tube to tech computing. In a recent article, Jon Gosier gave reasons why he believes micro-payments can ...
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