SOMMAIRE DE CETTE EDITION Les pays arabes comptent encore 60 millions d’analphabètesBurkina-Faso – Calendrier des examens et concours 2008/2009Togo – La suppression des frais de scolarité crée un déficit budgétaireFrance – Le calendrier du baccalauréat 2009Bourses d’Etudes – OFID Scholarship Award 2009/10Bourses d’Etudes – The Chevening Scholarship ProgrammeFrance – L’Ecole nationale d’administration pénitentiaire attribue des … [Read more…]

Howard African Business Conference 2009 Howard University African Students’ Association will be hosting an African Business Conference from February 29 to March 1, 2008. The primary aim of the conference is to highlight business and career opportunities in African countries. This aim will be achieved by featuring speakers on various panel sessions; the speakers, who … [Read more…]

11th Harvard Business School Africa Business Conference This year, the conference will be centered around the theme “Africa on the Move: Transforming Quick Wins into Lasting Change”. February 20-22, 2009 PANELS Panel Session 1 Private EquityRuna Alam, CEO, DPIHans Spander III, Founder, Henshaw CapitalPanel Organizer: Sebastian Eriksson Giwa, Marlene Ngoyi, Kayode Ogunro Doing Business in … [Read more…]

IMMUNOLOGIE. UNE BRETONNE DISTINGUÉE AUX ÉTATS-UNIS Une Bretonne de 28 ans, Lætitia Le Pottier, vient de vivre une belle aventure. Elle a été sélectionnée lors d’un concours scientifique en immunologie avec neuf autres candidats tous installés aux Etats-Unis. « Lorsque je suis arrivée à Washington, je pensais retrouver d’autres doctorants européens parmi les dix étudiants … [Read more…]

Les pays arabes comptent encore 60 millions d’analphabètes Les pays arabes ont du mal à enrayer l’illettrisme. "L’analphabétisme touche près de 40 % des personnes âgées de plus de 15 ans" dans ces pays, soit près de 60 millions d’adultes, selon un rapport de l’Unesco rédigé à Tunis, le 7 janvier, à l’issue d’une rencontre … [Read more…]

The Ambassador Edward J. Perkins Africa Scholarship The Ambassador Edward J. Perkins Africa Scholarship was created to facilitate and enhance the development of future leaders who are cognizant of Africa and its importance in matters pertaining to a peaceful coexistence of nations. This endowed scholarship is unique in that it will assist University of Oklahoma … [Read more…]

OFID Scholarship Award 2009/10 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS OFID (The OPEC Fund for International Development) is pleased to announce that qualified undergraduate students are welcome to apply for the OFID Scholarship 2009/10. The OFID Scholarship will be awarded to support an undergraduate student from any developing country, to pursue higher education in a relevant field of … [Read more…]

The Chevening Scholarship Programme The Chevening programme provides around 1,000 new scholarships each year for postgraduate studies or research at UK Institutions of Higher Education. In addition to that we provide over 200 Fellowship places. he Scholarships are offered in over 100 countries. They enable talented graduates and young professionals who we identify as the … [Read more…]

Cameroon Gets Seven Chevening Fellowships for 2009 At a send-off reception held on 07 January, the Deputy High Commissioner (DHC) Gillian Edwards and Cameroon’s Commonwealth Minister J D Ngute asked the new fellows to use the UK experience to up their leadership in their various fields. The DHC celebrated the fellows’ lifetime membership of a … [Read more…]

Institut Bioforce Développement L’Institut Bioforce Développement organise depuis 2006 des sessions de formations courtes à Bobo-Dioulasso. Ces formations au plus près des acteurs de la solidarité en Afrique permettre d’accroître les compétences de ceux qui travaillent au profit des populations. Vous êtes un de ces acteurs ? Pour vous permettre d’optimiser vos compétences techniques et … [Read more…]