May 26, 2020

INVITATION – Education Collaborative Virtual Conference 2020

Stakeholders of African Higher Education are invited to join the Education Collaborative virtual conference as we share context-specific successful university strategies, administration, teaching and learning approaches in this COVID -19 period; obtain insight on ways to capitalize on our innovations to create a “new normal” for institutions in the near future for the transformation of the African continent. This will be a one-day virtual conference on zoom - with a live broadcast on Facebook, AAU TV, and YouTube.
June 8, 2020

Strengthening Educational Technology Skills in African Universities

The AAU and its partners are piloting a virtual capacity building of the Moodle LMS for 170 academic staff of Lupane State University based in Zimbabwe.  The open content being used for the Virtual Moodle Training for all academic staff at Lupane State University was developed as part of the EdTech-UEM project for academic staff capacity building. The content was developed by Eduardo Mondlane University and the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) - and funded by Sida.  e/merge Africa, which is funded by the Carnegie Corporation is a partner in the adaptation of the EdTech-UEM workshop resources. 
June 12, 2020

GBIF’s BID programme calls for proposals from Sub-Saharan Africa by 27 Aug 2020

We are pleased to share that the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is inviting concept notes for project funding in sub-Saharan Africa through its Biodiversity Information for Development (BID), a program funded by the Directorate-General for International Partnerships of the European Union.