NEMAT SHAFIK – Egyptian Economist Becomes First Woman President Of Columbia University
This week, Columbia University announced that Nemat “Minouche” Shafik, economist and former president of the London School of Economics,...
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SNEHAR SHAH – CEO of Moringa Schoo – Kenya, eyes growth amid strong demand for tech skills.
Since 2014, Moringa School, based in Nairobi, Kenya, has been offering training courses to students who want to develop...
PATRICIA NZOLANTIMA & AMANDLA OOKO-OMBAKA – Appointed Co-Chairs of The Leadership Council of The Center for African Studies
The Harvard University Center for African Studies (CAS) Leadership Council is an internationally recognized, interdisciplinary body at Harvard University...
SAMIRA MOHAMMED IBN MORO – Ghanaian Academic Sensation Making History at St Antony’s College, Oxford
Samira Mohammed Ibn Moro has become the first-ever DAC Scholarship recipient to St Antony’s at Oxford university. The St...
Dr PHETHIWE MATUTU – CEO of Universities South Africa (USAf)
The Board of Directors of Universities South Africa (USAf), Professor Sibongile Muthwa, USAf’s Chairperson, has welcomed Dr Phethiwe Matutu...
Meet DEBORA KAYEMBE, the DRC Born 54th Rector at University of Edinburgh, Scotland
A resident of Scotland since 2011, human rights lawyer Debora Kayembe was named rector of the University of Edinburgh,...
BRENDA NAMUMBA – First Woman to obtain a PhD in Astrophysics in Zambia: “We need to kindle girls interest in science and work hard to keep it”
Brenda Namumba (1986) is one of these women who break glass ceilings. In Zambia, her country, she has been...
Celebrating, AMA ATA AIDOO – Celebrated Ghanaian Author turns 80-years-old
Over the seven decades of her career, Ghanaian writer Ama Ata Aidoo has published award-winning novels, plays, short stories,...
PROFESSOR OGHENETEGA IGHEDO – the first black woman Graduate with a PhD in Pure Mathematics at the University of South Africa (UNISA).
A Nigerian Mathematician, Professor Oghenetega Ighedo, has broken a 148-year-old record to become the first black woman graduate with...
PROFESSOR ROBERT EBO HINSON – Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kigali in Rwanda
His appointment took effect from Wednesday, January 19, 2022. Prof Hinson replaces Professor Gustave Tombola, the immediate past Vice-Chancellor...