The future of Sudan after lifting the US sanctions
Saturday 28th October 2017 (14:00-17:00) University Square Stratford – London, United Kingdom Early this month (6 October 2017), the US government has lifted parts the sanctions against Sudan towards normalizing relations which was promoted by Sudan’s efforts to end conflicts within the country, allowing good access for humanitarian purposes as well as good cooperation with the […]
Capacity building in the management of severe acute malnutrition: experience from Uganda, Florence M. Turyashemererwa, Hana Bekele, Juliet Bataringaya and Wondimagegnehu Alemu
Florence M. Turyashemererwa* World Health Organisation Country Office for Uganda Kampala Email: flo.kinyata@gmail.com Hana Bekele World Health Organisation Country Office for Zimbabwe Harare Email: bekeleh@who.int Juliet Bataringaya World Health Organisation Country Office for Uganda, Prince Charles Drive, Kampala Email: bataringayaj@who.int Wondimagegnehu Alemu 1163 Hidden Spirit Trl. Lawrenceville, GA, 30045 ABSTRACT Purpose: To share experiences on the capacity building of […]
SUDAN AT A CROSSROADS: Towards a Vision for the Future & Youth Empowerment
13:30-13:45 Arrival 13:45-15:15 Session One 15:15-15:30 Break 15:30-16:20 Session Two Target audience Academic, professionals, research, youth, NGOs, civil society groups, businesses, and other stakeholders. Focus Sudan Hosts World Association for Sustainable Development (WASD) UN Major Group for Children and Youth (UN MGCY) Sudan Knowledge (SK) Middle Eastern Knowledge Economy Institute (MEKEI) The Sudanese diasporic community is relatively large and has […]
Future of Higher Education in the Arab Countries: Challenges and Opportunities in the Digital Economy
Thursday, 02 November 2017 from 14:00 to 17:00 (BST) London, United Kingdom Hosts World Association for Sustainable Development (WASD) Royal Docks School of Business and Law UN Major Group for Children and Youth (UN MGCY) Target audience Academic, research, higher education officials, policy makers, youth, NGOs, civil society groups, businesses, and other stakeholders. Focus Arab Countries The workshop […]
The critical role of capacity building in achieving sustainable development in Africa, Prof. Allam Ahmed and Dr. Kobena Hanson
Prof. Allam Ahmed University of Sussex UK Email: allam.ahmed@sussex.ac.uk Dr. Kobena T. Hanson African Capacity Building Foundation Zimbabwe Email: k.hanson@acbf-pact.org DOI: 10.1108/20425945201100007 Abstract: Today, more so than ever before, the African Continent is confronted with many challenges on its path to sustained growth and development. There is no denying the fact that Africa needs to […]
The future of Africa is now! The critical role of capacity development, Dr. Frannie Léautier
Dr. Frannie A. Léautier African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) Zimbabwe Email: f.leautier@acbf-pact.org DOI: 10.1108/20425945201100008 Abstract: African countries experienced severe macroeconomic shocks in the 1980s, which put them on a reform path that has generated resilience visible in their ability to recover and even grow from the fiscal and economic crises of 2008-2009. Critical to the […]
The African capacity building foundation: rising to the challenge of capacity through a unique and innovative framework, W. Ofosu‐Amaah
W. Paatii Ofosu-Amaah African Development Bank Tunis Email: p.ofosu-amaah@afdb.org DOI: 10.1108/20425945201100009 Abstract: The birth of the African Capacity Building Foundation on February 9, 1991, was the culmination of intense efforts and groundbreaking commitment to capacity building in Africa by Africa Governors of the World Bank, the Bank itself and the cofounding Institutions – the African […]
The state of capacity building in Africa, Prof. Roger Nanfosso
Prof. Roger Tsafack Nanfosso University of Yaoundé II Cameroon Email: rtsafack@gpeyaounde.org DOI: 10.1108/20425945201100010 Abstract: How can we account for the actual state of the capacity building in Africa? This paper attempts to respond to this question, building on the existing literature and statistical data available both within and outside the continent. Using the arguments put […]
Initiative to build capacity in research and postgraduate training, Prof. Silas Lwakabamba
Prof. Silas Lwakabamba National University of Rwanda Rwanda Email: rector@nur.ac.rw DOI: 10.1108/20425945201100012 Abstract: African leaders recognise that development of the continent depends on higher education and research. To that effect, the Africa Union (AU) and New Economic Partnership for Africa Development (NEPAD) have recommended that 1% of GDP by each African state should be spent […]
Africa’s second half-centenary: sustainable human development/citizen security?, Prof. Timothy Shaw
Prof. Timothy M Shaw The University of the West Indies Trinidad & Tobago Email: Timothy.Shaw@sta.uwi.edu DOI: 10.1108/20425945201100013 Abstract: Africa faces an unanticipated ‘second chance’ at the start of the second decade of the 21st century: how many ‘developmental’ versus ‘fragile’ states by 2020? The interrelated prospects for both BRICs & the continent are being transformed […]