Category archive for ‘Events’

• Sep

  2010

  3

  High-Level Conference on Connectivity of West and Central African Higher Education Institutions (0)

  

  [ October 18, 2010 to October 19, 2010]

  Place
  Accra, Ghana

  Organisers
  Ministry of Education of the Republic of Ghana and the Association of African Universities (AAU)

  Objectives
  The objective of the conference is to analyse the findings of two studies carried out by the AAU, with funding from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC): one related to the state of connectivity of higher education institutions in Africa, [...]

   
• Sep

  2010

  3

  GRDI2020 Workshop (0)

  

  [ October 23, 2010 to October 24, 2010] The ‘Towards a 10-year vision for Global Data Infrastructures’ Workshop is taking place in Stellenbosch, Cape Town on October 23-24, 2010 with the aim of harnessing the global expertise that exists in the field and to mobilise data infrastructure stakeholder communities to foster a better understanding of the technical and organisational/policy challenges that need addressing to arrive at advanced infrastructures over the next ten years.

   
• Aug

  2010

  27

  JEG8 Meeting (eI-Africa & EuroAfrica-ICT participation) (0)

  

  [ September 15, 2010 to September 17, 2010] The next meeting of the Joint Expert Group for the 8th Africa-EU Strategic Partnership for Science, Information Society and Space (JEG8), organised by the European Commission and the African Union Commission, will be hosted by the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO) in Brussels (Belgium) on September 15-17, 2010.

   
• Aug

  2010

  19

  2nd ERINA4AFRICA Workshop (0)

  

  [ October 6, 2010 to October 7, 2010] The event, designed to discuss on e-Infrastructures and their future applications as well as to network with those interested in application development, is taking place in Lilongue (Malawi) on October 6-7, 2010. Participation is open to 30 participants. No sponsorships are available for accommodation or travel.

   
• Aug

  2010

  18

  eLearning Africa 2011 (0)

  

  [ May 25, 2011 to May 27, 2011] eLearning Africa 2011, which is the Continent’s largest annual assembly of eLearning and education professionals from Africa and beyond, is taking place at the Mlimani City Conference Centre in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) on May 25-27, 2011.

   
• Jul

  2010

  27

  COMARCI In-Country Workshops – Ghana (0)

  

  [ August 9, 2010 to August 13, 2010] The Commonwealth African Rural Connectivity Initiative (COMARCI) of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) aims to improve African rural communities’ access to ICT and education, health, jobs and agricultural information by facilitating sustainable and innovative solutions for ICT access.

   
• Jul

  2010

  12

  5th Annual Connecting Rural Communities Africa 2010 Forum (0)

  

  [ August 17, 2010 to August 19, 2010] Under the theme “Connecting rural Africa on a cost-effective, sustainable and profitable basis through Public Private Partnerships”, the conference will cover key topics in the following areas:

   
• Jun

  2010

  14

  UbuntuNet Connect 2010 – Call for Papers (0)

  

  [ November 18, 2010 to November 19, 2010] This year’s conference, entitled “Rolling out the Regional Infrastructure: from dreams to achievement ” (infrastructures, applications, content, innovation, policy) is taking place at the Kopanong Resort and Conference Centre in Johannesburg (South Africa) on November 18-19, 2010.

   
• Jun

  2010

  8

  4th International Conference on Quality Assurance in Higher Education in Africa and Capacity Building (Training) Workshop (0)

  

  [ October 5, 2010 to October 9, 2010] The Conference, organised by the Unesco Bamako Cluster Office, will be held in Bamako (Mali) on October 5-7, 2010.

  The main objectives of the Conference are to: 1/. review efforts at improving quality of delivery of higher education in Africa between 2000 and 2009; 2/. propose an agenda for action for meeting the challenges to quality assurance in higher education in Africa at the individual, institutional, national, sub-regional and regional levels in the new decade; 3/. stimulate the setting up of projects and programmes aiming at improving quality assurance practices in the region; 4/. seek partnerships in implementing the higher education quality assurance agenda.

   
• May

  2010

  28

  3rd Euro-Africa Cooperation Forum on ICT Research (0)

  

  [ December 7, 2010 to December 8, 2010] The “3rd Euro-Africa Cooperation Forum on ICT Research” aims at promoting and enhance ICT research cooperation between Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa. The Conference will be filled with discussions and debates, networking opportunities and knowledge-sharing among key stakeholders in the field and policymakers coming from all over Europe and Africa.