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Preparing African graduates for 21^st century skills, job opportunities

Apr 29, 2022Apr 29, 2022 awouniversity

*Experts call for modernising school curricula to match a rapidly changing labour market Many African graduates with advanced qualifications are finding out that their university degrees are just not enough to land a job in the current market. Ruth Davies graduated from Chuka University, Kenya, in 2018 with second class upper degree. Without a job after many years of trying, Miss. Davies was forced to take up a teaching job. Down south, Banji Robert bagged a bachelor’s degree in economics and mathematics from the University of Zambia in 2016 and…

CALL FOR INNOVATION RESEARCH GRANTS ON RESPONSIBLE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR CLIMATE ACTION

Apr 28, 2022Apr 28, 2022 awouniversity

Call for Innovation Research Proposals The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM; www.ruforum.org), on behalf of the Research and Innovation Network for Responsible Artificial Intelligence for Climate Action in Africa [RESEN-RAICAIA],in partnership with West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL; www.wascal.org) and AKADEMIYA2063 (https://akademiya2063.org/ ), invites applications for innovation research proposals from eligible researchers universities and academic research institutions in Africa. The general objective of the Network is to advance climate action in Africa through the responsible development and deployment of artificial intelligence innovations.…

Top universities in the world for global impact 2022

Apr 27, 2022Apr 27, 2022 awouniversity

Explore the top 100 universities making a global impact in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings From the crisis of plastic in the oceans to gender disparities in pay, the world’s biggest concerns are more and more in the minds of consumers and corporations. And no one understands the importance of tackling these better than universities and students. But which universities are incorporating these global issues into their governance? And how can we measure the real impact that universities are making on their students and wider communities? Times Higher Education has put together the Impact…

VC of SUST Receives a Delegation from the World Bank for the National Project for Sustainable Livelihoods in Sudan

Nov 10, 2021Nov 10, 2021 awouniversity

Recently, in the main campus, Prof Awad Saad Hassan, vice chancellor of Sudan University of Science and Technology, met with the delegation of the World Bank headed by Dr. Mohammad Saleh Yassin, First Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Governance, accompanied by Dr. Al-Hassan Al-Khazeen, Director of the Livelihood Project, Dr. Mustafa Sherif, Deputy Project Director, Dr. Andrew Roberts, representative of the World Bank in a number of African countries and Mr. Samuel. From the university side, the meeting included Prof Mahdi Abbas Shakak, deputy vice chancellor of the University,…

Liberia VP Howard-Taylor Craves Private Sector Driven Youth Empowerment

Nov 10, 2021Nov 10, 2021 awouniversity

Liberia’s Vice President, Honorable Chief Dr. Jewel Howard-Taylor, says university graduates must rally more efforts to empower themselves by engaging in meaningful activities through the private sector. “We should stop thinking that everybody that leaves the University will get hired in government. It’s impossible”, VP Taylor stated. Madam Taylor noted that the Liberian Government is at the moment overwhelmed with more people on the payroll than it can provide for. “Right now we are overwhelmed because there are more people working in government than they should. And then all of…

High Level Dissemination of the FAO Social Protection Studies

Nov 9, 2021Nov 9, 2021 awouniversity

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Nigerian bursars go to Ghana to study how its universities generate revenues

Nov 6, 2021Nov 6, 2021 awouniversity

By Moyosore Salami The Association of Bursars of Nigerian Universities (ABNU) said some of it members have been sent to understudy Ghana’s universities’ revenue generation formula. The association’s national chairman, Victor Imagbe, disclosed this in an interview with journalists on the sidelines of its ongoing Annual Conference and Award in Abuja. “We have sent delegation to Ghana to understudy the revenue generation in their universities system. We need to collaborate to ensure that we have world-class universities. We have also been collaborating with universities outside the country,” he stated. He…

AMB remits N3.51b as 2021 operating surplus

Nov 4, 2021Nov 4, 2021 awouniversity

By Opeyemi Babalola The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has remitted the sum of N3.51b to the national treasury as part of its 2021 operating surplus. JAMB Spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, who made the disclosure in a statement obtained by UTI, said the 2021 remittance was in line with Prof. Is-haq Oloyede’s avowed commitment to prudent management of public resources. “This commitment to probity coupled with the adoption of international best practices make for cost-effective operational processes and attendant savings to yield those humongous remittances to government coffers,” Benjamin said.…

11 universities in South Africa ranked among the best in ‘Emerging Economies University Rankings 2022’

Oct 25, 2021Oct 25, 2021 awouniversity

By Opeyemi Babalola At least 11 universities across South Africa have been ranked among the best emerging economies in the 2022 ranking data published by Times Higher Education (THE).The rankings use the same 13 performance indicators as the World University Rankings to judge institutions’ teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. However, they have different weightings to reflect the development priorities of universities in emerging economies.In the latest rankings, countries were classified by the London Stock Exchange’s FTSE Group as “advanced emerging”, “secondary emerging” or “frontier”, showing that emerging universities…

CBN offers new loans to graduates, undergraduates to curb unemployment

Oct 25, 2021Oct 25, 2021 awouniversity

By Opeyemi Babalola As part of its policy measures to address rising youth unemployment and underemployment in the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced new loans for university and polytechnic graduates who are willing to set up businesses.The bank revealed that the credit will be implemented under its Tertiary Institutions Entrepreneurship Scheme (TIES).The bank said the scheme aimed to provide an innovative financing model that will boost job creation, enhance entrepreneurship development, and support economic growth. The loan, according to CBN ranges from N5 million for individual/sole…