Education in Africa: An Administrator's Perspective

Ghana has one of the most promising higher education sector in Africa with significant contribution from private sector. Download this Report to read more

Presentation used during workshop on "Interview Do's and Don'ts " at BlueCrest College, Accra on 28th May 2016. Video used during the workshop can be accessed by visiting below URL: Expert Advice On Job Interviews Read about  Importance of Office Application for all Job Seekers including IDC survey on Importance of Office Application

One of the top headlines in most of the news media nowadays is about unemployment. This topic of unemployment has also taken a key space in most of the speeches across the country in public and private universities. A new report by the World Bank on unemployment in Ghana has revealed that about 48 percent of Ghanaians between the ages of 15-24 do not have jobs. (source: http://pulse.com.gh/business/unemployment-in-ghana-48-of-ghanaian-youth-jobless-world-bank-report-id5026856.html) The report, " The Landscape of Jobs in Ghana ", touched on ways of finding opportunities for youth inclusion in Ghana's labour market. “In Ghana, youth are less likely than adults to be working: in 2012, about 52% of people aged 15-24 were employed (compared to about 90% for the 25-64 population), a third were in school, 14% were inactive and 4% were unemployed actively looking for job. Young women in the same age group are particularly disadvantaged and have much higher inactivity

Below are my remarks during launch of National 30 km Road Baton Relay at Accra Sports Stadium, Accra on 13th May 2016. The Baton Relay was launched by Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports (Republic of Ghana), Hon. Vincent Oppong Asamoah (on my right). Athletics have always been an essential component of a liberal education. Schools that offer more sports and field more successful teams produce higher test scores and graduation rates, research shows. There is a relatively consistent body of research showing that students who participate in athletics tend to fare significantly better both in school and in later life. Participating in sports, like playing in the school band or competing on the debate team, are cognitively and organizationally demanding activities that help convey self-discipline and leadership skills. This is especially true for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. In addition, it has also been found that schools that offer more sports and field more

Today, Africans are the architects of their development, not just beneficiaries. The new model for development  is focussing on partnerships — with African governments, businesses, universities and civil society. But Africa will continue to be held back if we do not immediately invest in research and development. It was agreed at the African Union Heads of State summit in 2006 that African governments should target 1% of their GDP spending on research and if that target is not met continent’s development will be stalled. We must join hands with strong and credible international partners to invest in local research. Without funding and the necessary regulatory environment and policies, the benefits of the scientific results emanating from research work won’t be harvested. As private university college we fully support the same and has already taken significant steps to catalyze the growth. Africa as a continent is growing with fast pace. Astute international invest

When it comes to information technology in Africa, this continent has an amazing ability to leapfrog. Forget old-school landlines and desktop computers. Many in sub-Saharan Africa have skipped directly to mobile devices. And while Africa, like other emerging markets, has been slow to embrace cloud computing, it is starting to take off here, with tech experts touting the cloud’s big and perhaps unseen potential. As per Len Weincier, founder of CloudAfrica, one of the biggest hurdles in widespread usage of cloud computing is a lack of knowledge about its benefits. But we must understand that Cloud computing is in fact most ideal for Africa, where there is little traditional internet infrastructure, unreliable electricity grids in many areas — making on-site storage impractical — and an ongoing boom in business and development. Taking back our memories to 2002, Ghana was having only 240,000 landlines and 300,000 cell phone users with a 20 million population. An author then wr

Over the decade technology has transcended poverty, race and economics to become a driving force in the lives of people across the world. Billions of us now have access to the internet and mobile phones. Increasingly, technology is being seen as a powerful development tool, used in the global battle to hit child and youth-focused targets in global education, livelihoods and health and it has enabled millions of young people in developing countries to join the digital world. Several high-profile tech companies, including Google, Microsoft, IBM and Oracle have launched global initiatives to increase access to technology by children and young people in the world's poorest countries, pouring millions of computers and educational materials into ICT training programmes. I found an interesting article published by IEEE written by Gaurav Bhatia and Ajay Lala (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6395909&url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fxpls%2Fabs_all.j

Importance of Creativity by Mitchel Tetteh, Lecturer (Design and illustration), SFD Ghana. The fashion industry strives on creativity. From the very moment the need to cover the nakedness of mankind creativity rose. Creativity moves the world. Creativity enables easy work in every sector and every aspect of life.  In fact creativity is never limited to the arts. The doctor, administrator, teacher, the nurse, banker etc, have ways they express creativity in their respective professions.  Some creative behaviours Daydream/fantasize. According to Kaufman and psychologist Rebecca L. McMillan, co-authors of a paper titled “Ode to Positive Constructive Daydreaming,” mind-wandering can aid in the process of “creative incubation.”  The creative person is always looking for something to do. He is always looking for faults, imperfections etc. to correct, where with creative fashion designer and with designers in general, the clause ‘IF’ is in great use. If it’s here and not there, w

Introduction Apparel and textile are among of the worlds largest industries.The global fashion apparel industry has surpassed the market size of US$1 trillion since 2013, now it represents nearly 2% of the world GDP, and almost 75% of world’s fashion market is concentrated in Europe, USA, China and Japan. Between 2007 and 2013 the market increased with an average annual growth of 5.1%. Currently, womenswear accounts for 50.0% of the global demand while the remaining market share is divided between menswear (34.5%), clothing accessories (3.9%), babies' garments (2.8%), gloves and mittens (2.3%), headgear (2.0%), other garments (4.1%) and parts of garments and clothing accessories (0.5%). Brazil, China, Italy, Japan and the United States represent the largest apparel markets while the strongest annual growth is forecast to occur in Tanzania (17.5%), Bangladesh (14.3%), Ethiopia (13.4%) and Cambodia (13.1%). What is Fashion Industry? As per britanica.com, Fashi