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News & Information on the eLearning Africa - eLA
conference, an annual event for building eLearning capacities in
Africa
www.elearning-africa.com
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1. |
eLA
2007 Post-Conference Report Online Now |
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2. |
What
Participants Say About eLearning Africa 2007 |
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3. |
Ghana
to Host eLearning Africa 2008 |
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4. |
Coming
up with Inventive Solutions - Solar PCs in Uganda |
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5. |
Progress
Towards Development Targets Is Mixed, UN Finds |
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6. |
Harambee
- Just Get Started! |
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7. |
Voices
of Africa - Talking about African "Silver
Surfers" |
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8. |
Shelter
for Africa: Establishing a Radio Station for Distant
Education |
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| 1. eLA 2007 Post-Conference Report Online Now |
 1406 participants from 88
countries attended eLearning Africa 2007 in Nairobi, Kenya. Over
77% of the participants were from African countries which reflects
the vital interest in eLearning on the continent. It became clear
that there exist a great diversity of approaches in dealing with the
challenges of ICT deployment and education in the different regions.
Read the post-conference report for more information
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[more...]
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| 2. What Participants Say About eLearning Africa
2007 |
 The conference was attended by
eLearning experts from universities, schools, companies, the health
sector, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) engaged in capacity
development and education, major development bodies, as well as by
government representatives. Each participant arrived with different
views, opinions and hopes - we asked some of them during the
conference about their first and spontaneous
impressions...
[more...]
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| 3. Ghana to Host eLearning Africa 2008 |
 Ghana has made good progress in
preparing the ground for further proceedings in eLearning, and
eLearning Africa takes great pride in the country's willingness
to host the next edition of the Conference in 2008. Delighted
with the result of eLearning Africa 2007, Ghanaian presenters like
Daniel Nettey, International Institute for Information Technology
(INIIT), have already signalled their enthusiasm in contributing to
the upcoming event: "eLearning Africa 2007 has been a step in the
right direction for Africa. Keep up the good work, and you can count
on my team anytime to assist in any way to bring ICT to a complete
realization in the African continent."
eLearning Africa will
convene again from May 28 - 30 2008 in Accra,
Ghana, under the patronage of the Ghanaian Ministry of
Education, Science and Sports.
[more...]
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| 4. Coming up with Inventive Solutions - Solar PCs in
Uganda |
 Thinking about the hardships many
African PC users have to face, Uganda's ICT State Minister
John Nsambu and his partners have been seeking inventive and
sustainable solutions that go beyond merely buying expensive
equipment. eLA editor Nina Wittrock asked him about his activities
in the fields of cheap and energy saving PCs, as well as his ideas
concerning Uganda's overall access to ICT technology.
[more...]
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| 5. Progress Towards Development Targets Is Mixed, UN
Finds |
 Halfway to the 2015 deadline, there
has been clear progress towards implementing the Millennium
Development Goals, a set of global commitments to lift millions of
people out of extreme poverty. However, their overall success is
still far from assured, a progress report by the United Nations has
found.
[more...]
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| 6. Harambee - Just Get Started! |
 In Kiswahili, Harambee means
"Let's all pull together!" It was Kenya's first President, Jomo
Kenyatta, who introduced an informal self-help movement based on
this concept. His shouts of 'haaa-ramm-bee' motivated many people to
undertake community action. eLearning Africa 2007 wanted to continue
with the original idea - to provide conference attendants with a
flexible, interesting, and hassle-free platform to get things
started.
[more...]
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| 7. Voices of Africa - Talking about
African "Silver Surfers" |
 Abishag W. Waugombe, a retired
Kenyan teacher, knows a lot about the needs and necessities of the
elderly people in her community. Long committed to community work,
she and her friends have made use of the Internet in a rather unique
way. eLA's Nina Wittrock spoke with Ms. Waugombe about her
experience and future plans regarding eLearning, story telling, and
the delivery of cultural memory.
[more...]
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| 8. Shelter for Africa: Establishing a Radio Station
for Distant Education |
 Shelter for Africa, situated in
Hamburg, Germany, is a non-government organisation that carries out
non-profit projects for the people of the Republic of Sierra Leone
in West Africa. The foundation is currently in the process of
establishing a new radio station in Freetown - 'Culture Radio' - to
provide distance education programmes for people who would otherwise
not be able to receive educational support. Young girls and boys
without schools education and their families are addressed, as well
as school dropouts and young illiterate adults.
[more...]
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