The Afro Beat

For those considering a return to academia during these tumultous times... The Gates Cambridge Scholarship - Quick summary Gates Cambridge S...

It's incredible how many opportunities to develop your interests/talents are out there. Over the next few weeks, as i discover some of t...

The response below is from yet another friend of tAB, Bimbo , who is part of remarkable initiative trying to change the circumstances of un...

ok, so Whitney's not exactly the role model of the year these days but.... This one's very near and dear to tAB. Check out The IMPAC...

Thanks to Kome for sharing this! ********************** Launched by Goldman Sachs, 10,000 Women is a significant new initiative that will: ...

This Economist article highlights the sad truth that even though 2007 has been "the year of the Nigerian writer", it has not been...

A friend of the AfroBeat, Shirley, who works with the African Leadership Academy (ALA) (a world-class boarding school opening outside Johan...

One last shameless plug for the plight of Nigerian higher education... Here's part of an email from a Psychology professor at Enugu Stat...

Following up Kome's comment on the "Who Needs an Education" post last week and given that the state of tertiary education in N...

Although New York Times article doesn't focus specifically on the Nigerian higher education system, the similarities across African cou...