Uganda has procured two CRJ900 Bombardier planes and two more are expected by September.

The revival of the Uganda airlines has been received with both excitement and uncertainty from the Ugandan population.

Much as most believed the airlines will render economic growth to the country, some were pessimistic about its durability and alo ineadquate resources including quality labour.

However, from the information gathered by the Newvision, Uganda airlines is endowed with enough quality pilots, most of whom have been operating in big companies in Europe and outside Uganda.

Over 14 pilots and 30 stewardesses have already been recruited. 200 Staff members have also been secured of the 400 that is needed for the airlines.

Among the crew that brought the planes home included; Capt. Clive Okoth, Capt. Stephen Ariong, Capt Michael Etiang and Capt. Patrick Mutayanjulwa.

(Information from the newvision)

Capt Michael Etiang

Etiang is a Uganda Airlines captain and business executive, who serves as the chief pilot of Uganda Airlines. A member of Uganda Airlines task committee, Etiang was born in Tororo district.

He went to Bentham Grammar School. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in law and politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. Etiang has over 18 years of flying experience, with over 12,000 flying hours on his record.

He has served as a training manager (CRJ Aircraft) at RwandAir, where he has been employed since 2012. He has also served as training captain at Fly540 and Jetlink, both in neighbouring Kenya.

He played the same role at Garuda, Indonesia, the national airline of Indonesia. As chief pilot at Uganda Airlines, he is responsible for making sure that all pilots are trained and are up to date with their competence and skills.

He also manages flight and ground personnel, schedules flights and coordinates aircraft maintenance. He serves as a member of the airline’s senior management team.

 Ivan Massa

Ivan Massa

Ivan Massa is a commercial airline Pilot, born on November 25, 1990 in Mbale district.

He went to London College of St Lawrence for and trained at the East African Civil Aviation Academy in Soroti, Epic Flight Academy in Florida, CAE Aviation Training and Services, Toronto, Canada and American Airlines Flight Training Centre, Phoenix Arizona.

Passionate about aviation, he enjoys travelling and hiking. “You get to love and respect the world around you each time you fly and view the world from a different perspective.

At the same time, you must be passionate, focused, hardworking, disciplined and safety conscious as all these contribute towards being a professional pilot,” he said. Massa said sports is part of his life mainly Rugby, football and chess to keep him healthy and in shape.

Tina Drazu

From Arua, Tina Drazu, a line pilot at Uganda Airlines, worked as a line pilot at Aerolink Uganda from July 2012 to April this year. She had earlier worked with Asante Aviation for a year and three months in South Sudan. She graduated from Cape Flying Services.


Capt. Patrick Mutayanjulwa

He has been a pilot since 2007 and worked with Air Uganda and Das Air Cargo. Mutayanjulwa studied at St Mary’s College Kisubi before he trained and became a pilot. He likes playing cricket and tennis.

 Vanita Kayiwa

Vanita Kayiwa

Kayiwa, a line pilot at Uganda Airlines, worked with Air Serv which upgraded her from pilot to captain.

A graduate of the East African Civil Aviation Academy, Kayiwa was the first female Ugandan Captain in Air Serv’s 32-year history.

“You have to work twice as hard as your male counterparts,” Kayiwa said in an interview talking about her accomplishments in a traditionally male-dominated field. “We women can do it, even the sky is not the limit!

Flying is very exciting but to succeed you need to love it, dream it, and live it,” she advised young girls according to an interview at Air Serv website.

Rashid Cheboy

His picture went viral when he chanced on a selfie with President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday at Entebbe.

In the picture, President Museveni is seen holding Cheboy’s right hand to check the picture.

He worked at Air Serv as a line captain and check airman from 2015 to this month.

He also worked with East African Civil Aviation Academy Soroti as a senior flight instructor. He studied aviation and aeronautics at the East African Aviation Academy.


Capt. Kenneth Kiyemba

Kenneth Kiyemba, according to his Facebook account, went to King’s College Budo before joining Epic Flight Academy located at Municipal Airport in Florida, US.

He was part of Uganda Airlines crew that recently completed flight training on the CRJ900 (CL-65) at US Airways Flight Training Center.

Kiyemba serves as director of administration in Uganda Professional Pilots’ Association. The body is charged with promoting and safeguarding the interests of pilots and aeronautic engineers in Uganda.

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University of Arizona Parking and Transportation Services Interim Executive Director Gail Nazarenko says the decision for the ban is “based on the experience of ASU (Arizona State University),” which also recently banned the scooters.

Nazarenko, citing safety concerns, says the scooters “have the potential to block access to entryways, doorways, walkways, especially for people with disabilities.”

Nazarenko claims that scooters blocks walkways

Some cities around the country have banned the scooters, also citing safety issues and the fact that companies did not seek approval before putting their scooters on the streets.

The city of Tucson banned the same type of electric scooters from city roads over the summer. The city cited high speeds and the lack of proper brakes and safety equipment.

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Government to start issuing electronic passports in January

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This prestigious scholarship recognizes international students from Sub-Saharan Africa who come from the lowest socioeconomic background and show outstanding academic and leadership abilities.

Those considered for this program demonstrate high academic achievement, exceptional records of service and activity in their schools and communities, and a commitment to return to Africa after their studies to make an impact on social and economic change in their home countries.

Scholarship for Africans in USA – Scholarship Amount

The Scholars program provides financial assistance equivalent to the costs related to the attainment of a bachelor’s degree, which must be obtained within eight semesters, or four academic years.

The scholarship includes travel, tuition, housing, food, living expenses, internship experience in Sub-Saharan Africa, and cohort signature programs, such as a freshman retreat in northern Arizona, a Broadway show at Gammage Auditorium and a senior retreat. Students also are eligible to take up to nine credit hours of summer school courses.

Scholarships for Africans in USA – Scholarship Benefits

In addition to financial support, students are provided with a comprehensive support network that includes an array of mentoring and cultural transition services to ensure each student’s academic success, community engagement, and transition to employment opportunities that will further social and economic change in Africa.

Scholarships for Africans in USA – Scholarship Criteria

• First-time freshman seeking a bachelor’s degree
• Citizen of a Sub-Saharan African country
• Currently living in Sub-Saharan Africa

USA Scholarships for Africans – Selection Criteria

• Academic achievement and potential
• Demonstration of service and leadership in school or community
• Motivation and commitment to return to Sub-Saharan Africa after graduation and give back
• Verification of disadvantaged socio-economic status

USA Scholarships for Africans – Application Procedure

1. By Jan. 15, ASU international undergraduate admissions must receive the application for admission to Arizona State University and all supporting materials required – see links below.  A complete application includes:

• Three consecutive years of certified academic records,
• Certified national exam results (if applicable in your country)
• TOEFL scores (depending on country of secondary school)

Please send the required documents to ASU international undergraduate admission using the address line “ATTN: MasterCard Fdn Scholars.” Addresses and additional information are available at the links below. Include a certified English translation of all documents not written in English.

The application fee will be waived for MasterCard Foundation Scholars. When starting your application, select “Pay Later with Check or Money Order.”

If you are required to take the TOEFL, we strongly encourage you to take the exam by Dec. 1, to ensure an on-time submission of materials for admission to ASU.

2. By Jan. 15, The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program at ASU must receive a completed online application, which includes:

• Student information and daily activities
• Five essays
• Financial information related to the household income and expenses
• References’ names and contact information

Only accepted ASU students will be reviewed for this program. Students must submit the online ASU admissions application to access the online application for the program at ASU.

3. The selection committee will determine semi-finalists by Feb. 15. If a student is selected as a semi-finalist, a letter of recommendation will be required. Reference forms will be sent to semi-finalists when they are notified.

4. Recommendation forms must be submitted to The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program at ASU no later than March 7.

5. The selection committee will determine finalists by March 28.

6. All other candidates will be notified by April 7.

Please contact the program at mcfscholarship [at] asu.edu if you have further questions. For more scholarship information and application, see; USA Scholarships for Africans

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The program will increase the diverse workforce that is a priority for the Bank and its clients.

The Fellowship Program aims to build a pipeline of researchers and professionals from the African Diaspora, particularly women, who are interested in working in the development field at home or abroad, and in starting careers with the World Bank Group.

“The Fellowship Program represents an incredible opportunity not only for young African scholars to conduct research and develop their careers in development, but also for the World Bank Group to learn from their experiences and fresh insight, as well as absorb the tremendous energy young people can contribute to our work and mission,” said Sean McGrath, Vice President for Human Resources at the World Bank Group.

World Bank Africa Fellowships – About the Africa Fellowship

Fellows will spend a minimum of six months at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. getting hands-on experience in development work.

This includes knowledge generation and dissemination, design of global and country policies and the building of institutions to achieve inclusive growth in developing countries.

While benefitting from research and innovation in multiple sectors, Fellows will also work on economic policy, technical assistance, and lending for eliminating poverty and increasing shared prosperity.

Special attention will be given to work with Fragile and Conflict-Affected States.

Fellows will be expected to complete a research project and prepare a research paper to present to staff. High-standard papers may be published internally.

Specifically, selected participants will:

• Gain a better understanding of the World Bank Group’s mission and operations
• Access quality data for their research work
• Interact with seasoned experts in their field of development
• Contribute to the World Bank Group’s mission

Africa Fellowship – Who Should Apply?

Doctoral students of African descent within one or two years of completing a Ph.D. program in the following fields: Economics, Demography, Applied Statistics and Econometrics, Impact Evaluation, Education, Health, Energy, Agriculture, and Infrastructure.

World Bank Africa Fellowships – Candidates Must:

• Be enrolled in an academic institution and returning to university after the fellowship
• Be 32 years of age or below
• Have an excellent command of English, both written and verbal
• Possess strong quantitative and analytical skills

Africa Fellowships – Selection Process

After submitting an application online, the most promising candidates will be identified and their application packages forwarded to World Bank Africa Region managers and participating departments for consideration. Departments and managers will then indicate their preferences, as well as the project to be undertaken.

Selected candidates will then be notified and, upon acceptance, will be hired as short-term consultants for a minimum of six months. Fellows will receive consultant fees, round-trip economy class air travel to Washington, D.C. from their university, and worker’s compensation insurance.

Follow the links below for more details and application contacts.

For more information and application materials, see: World Bank Africa Fellowships

RECCAfrica Scholarships for Africans: The TRECCAfrica is funding Postgraduate scholarships to students and staff from various African countries to study at one of the consortium partners. There are seven full-degree Master’s positions, 15 Master’s exchanges and seven PhD exchange positions available. The scholarships cover travel costs, tuition fees and a living allowance for a period of up to 10 months and PhD exchanges will be for a period of up to 12 months.

TRECCAfrica programmes range across disciplines such as sustainable development, environmental management, renewable energy, food science and technology, natural resource assessment, climate and society, biotechnology, agro-ecology, soil physics, microbiology and veterinary medicine.

The programme awards scholarships to postgraduate students and staff from various African countries to study at one of the consortium partners.

The academic institutions at which the TRECCAfrica scholarships are tenable are the universities of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Ghana, Mekelle (Ethiopia), Nairobi (Kenya), Nigeria and Stellenbosch (South Africa).

TRECCAfrica Scholarships for Africans Eligibility

To be eligible for the Scholarship, masters and doctoral students must:

• Must be a national and/ or resident of any of the eligible countries
• Target group 1 students must be registered or admitted to one of the Higher Education Institutions (HEI) comprising the consortium at the time of application for the scholarship.  Eligible students must therefore be registered/ admitted at the University of Ghana, Mekelle University, the University of Dar-es-Salaam, the University of Nairobi, Stellenbosch University and the University of Nigeria (Nsukka).
• Target group 2 students must be registered or admitted at a Higher Education Institution in one of the eligible countries identified in the Intra-ACP call.
• Students are also required to have sufficient knowledge of the language in which courses are offered at the host HEI.

For staff to be eligible for TreccAfrica scholarships, they need to comply with the following criteria:

• Be a national or resident of the countries covered by the scholarship
• Work at or be associated with a Higher Education Institution
• The assignment of mobility of a staff member must be based on the agreement between partner institutions.
• There must be an agreement between the home and host HEI regarding the modules to be taught by the visiting lecturer, the type of research to be conducted, the type of training to be followed or the administrative tasks to be undertaken.
• Staff mobility may take the form of a direct post-to-post exchange or a one way flow of mobility to or from an eligible country.

Scholarship Open for Students of Following Countries:

Target Group 1: Nationals and/or residents of Tanzania, Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa.

Target Group 2: Nationals and/or residents of other African countries not represented by the TreccAfrica consortium.

TRECCAfrica Scholarships for Africans – Number of Awards

There are seven full-degree Master’s positions, 15 Master’s exchanges and seven PhD exchange positions available for study at the TRECCAfrica partner universities.

Master’s exchanges will be for a period of up to 10 months and PhD exchanges will be for a period of up to 12 months.

The scholarships include travel costs, tuition fees and a living allowance of €600 per month for Master’s students and €900 per month for PhD students.

Scholarship Application Deadline: The deadline for all applications is 30 September.

Follow the links below for more details and application contacts.

For more scholarship information and application materials, see: TRECCAfrica Scholarships for Africans

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The University of Nairobi-IDRC Scholarships: The School of Computing and Informatics of the University of Nairobi, in partnership with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), is pleased to announce a call for Scholarships on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for Development.

IDRC is a Canadian Crown corporation that works in close collaboration with researchers from the developing world in their search for the means to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies.

The School of Computing and Informatics takes its name from the core competencies that it seeks to nurture: Computing, to cover the theory and science of computation and Informatics to exemplify the practical outworking of this theory in technology and application

These scholarships seek to help build the capacity of graduate students in sub-Saharan Africa to carry out studies and research on different aspects of ICTs and development that correspond to regional needs and the priorities of IDRC’s Acacia program.

Four full-study Master’s scholarships and eight doctoral research awards will be awarded to students registered in universities within Eastern and Southern Africa.

The main objective of the proposed project is to:

• Enable registered students in universities within the Eastern and Southern Africa countries to carry out research on different aspects of ICTs and development.
• Specifically, this project seeks to obtain a grant to enable registered Masters students to carry out research in ICTs and development in universities in the ESARO region.
• The grant will sponsor Masters students and enable registered Ph.D. students who do not have any funding for their field work to carry out their field work.

Deadline: 30th November

For more information and application, visit: The University of Nairobi-IDRC Scholarships Website

More: Scholarships for Developing Countries » Research Scholarships » International Scholarships

The Rex Collings Memorial Fund was set up in 1997 in honour of the former trustee of AET, the Rex Collins fund provides grants to support writing and publishing in Africa.

Over the past few years it has supported people on publishing courses in South Africa, the training of illustrators in Somaliland and the supply of reference books for text book writers in Southern Sudan.

Follow the links below for more details and application contacts.

Contact Details: Africa Educational Trust, 38 King Street, London WC2E 8JR, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 7836 5075 or +44 (0)20 7836 7940. Fax:+44 (0)20 7379 0090. Email: info[at]africaeducationaltrust.org.

For more information and application, visit; The Rex Collin

The Kenya Youth Education Scholarship Fund is currently offering scholarships for in-service and pre-service training.

Applicants taking KNEC Diploma or Certificate in Early childhood Education (ECDE) will be fully sponsored (Tuition, Meals and Accommodation).

For January 2014 intake, eligible applicants include primary school teachers for in-service training course.

The programme has been designed to compliment Government efforts/initiatives towards improving and sustaining basic quality education in Kenya through development of human resource capacity that can deliver highly skilled and professional early childhood development and educational services.

The programme is being implemented in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and TSC (Teachers Service Commission).

Kenya Youth Education Scholarship Fund Requirements

1. Sponsorship application form dully filled
2. Letter of Recommendation from DEO on behalf of DEB for the teachers currently in service.
3. Attachment of all copies of academic and professional certificates.

Please Note:

• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Sponsorship selection committee decision is final
• Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification
• Available opportunities will be given on first come first served basis
• Selected beneficiaries will have to meet sponsorship requirements.

Follow the links below for more information and application details.

Application deadline – October 28th.

Application forms can be found at all TSC county director offices countrywide or at Foundation Institute of Africa Centre KPCU Building, Haille Sellasie Avenue, 5th Floor R&K Wing Te. 254 20 221 2508/9 or Cell 0713 403 793, 0734 176 940.

More: Education Funds » Academic Funds » Undergraduate Funds Also see:

• Kenya Postgraduate Scholarships
• Undergraduate Scholarships for Kenyan Students
• Kenya Scholarships for Kenyan Students Studying in Kenya
• Kenya Undergraduate Scholarships – Kenya – Scholarships
• The Kenya Youth Education Scholarship Fund

The Gen Foundation Grants: The Gen Foundation is a charitable trust which supports the research and study of Natural Science and the Arts.

The Foundation focuses on biological, chemical, botanical, and food science students/researchers, and exceptional candidates from language, music and art.

However, if an applicant is studying for a course that does not fall under the natural sciences, art, music or languages, but pursuing a module and/or project within the course that focuses on one of these subjects, they would be eligible to apply.

The Gen Foundation considers applicants living in all countries.

Student Grants/Research Grants – Who may apply?

To be eligible for a Gen Foundation grant, an applicant must study and/or research above subjects at Master, PhD level (Post graduate) or higher level.

The Foundation does not support undergraduates, short-term training, conferences, seminars, or thesis writing. Such applications will not be considered.

Applicants should hold a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.

At the end of their studies, all successful applicants will be required to submit a report to the Trustees.

All potential candidates should be aware that the Gen Foundation grants are one-off, non-renewable awards.

The Gen Foundation Grants – Diversity Policy

The Foundation is committed to providing equal opportunities to all candidates. It is the policy of the Foundation not to discriminate against any candidate, whether it be on the grounds of:

• Colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin;
• Religion or belief;
• Sex, marital status or gender reassignment;
• Sexual orientation;
• Disability; or
• Age.

The amount of each grant is based on the merits of each application, and is set at the Trustees’ discretion.

Previous grants have ranged between £500 – £5,000.

Follow the links below for more details and application contacts.

For more information and application materials, contact: The Gen Foundation Grants – Research and Study of Natural Science & Arts Grants

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The African Humanities Program: Through fellowship competitions, regional workshops, and peer networking, the African Humanities Fellowships Program provides support to the humanities in five African countries, including Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda.

The program is supported by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

The centerpiece of the program is the distribution of fellowships to African scholars in these countries for work on dissertations, research projects, and scholarly manuscripts.

The African Humanities Fellowship Program awards approximately 40 such fellowships every year.

In coordination with African scholars, ACLS hosts a series of annual meetings in the five African countries participating in the program.

These meetings provide opportunities for senior African scholars from a variety of disciplines to collaborate with ACLS representatives in the local design of programs, while giving younger scholars a means to learn about the application process and gain feedback on their project proposals.

Through the activities of the African Humanities Fellowship Program, ACLS promotes local and transnational cooperation among humanities scholars at all stages of their careers, working towards the development of a self-sustaining network of African humanities scholars.

The African Humanities Fellowship Program is inspired by a commitment to the humanities as a core component of higher education in Africa, essential to progress and development.

The African Humanities Program – Eligibility:

• Applicants must be citizens of an African country residing in, and having an institutional affiliation in, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, or Uganda.
• Funding is available for doctoral students who are writing their Ph.D. dissertations and postdoctoral scholars (already holding a Ph.D.) who are conducting scholarly research and writing.
• Projects must be in the humanities.
• Projects must be carried out in Africa

Follow the links below for more information and fellowship application materials.

Deadline: 1st December

For more information and application, visit: The African Humanities Program Website

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Tanzania Scholarships: Scholarships for Tanzania students in information and communication technologies (ICT) and related areas.

The Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) is currently inviting highly qualified graduate and undergraduate students to apply for its ICT scholarships.

The scholarship offers Tanzania students the opportunity to obtain degrees in the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and related areas.

The Scholarship will be awarded on the basis of academic merit and interview to be conducted by the Scholarship Panel.

The graduate and undergraduate Scholarships are available in the field of information and communication technologies for applicants of Tanzania enrolled in accredited Institutions of higher learning in Tanzania.

Tanzania Scholarships Eligibility:

Applicants must be Tanzanian citizens.

A. Tanzania Scholarships – Undergraduate Students

1. The applicant must have completed Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education Examination.

2. The applicant must be admitted or intending to be admitted in any ICT related degree programs in an accredited Institution of Higher Learning in Tanzania.

B. Tanzania Scholarships – Master Students

1. Have an honours upper second or higher undergraduate degree from recognized University.

2. The applicant must be admitted or intending to be admitted in any ICT related degree programs in an accredited Institution of Higher Learning in Tanzania..

Tanzania Scholarships – Application Deadline: 3rd August.

For more scholarship information see; Tanzania Scholarships

Undergraduate Laws scholarships: The University of London International Programmes is awarding scholarships to study law at an undergraduate level in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda.

Diploma in Law scholarships: Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria

Ten scholarships to study for a Diploma in Law are available for students in Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria.

The scholarships cover all registration and examination fees charged by the University of London.

However, as it is compulsory to study the Diploma at a recognised teaching centre, you may have to pay fees to the centre.

How to Apply for Undergraduate Laws scholarships

To apply for the scholarships, you will need to contact one of the below teaching institutions and complete an application test.

• Ghana: Zenith University College
• Kenya: Lord Diplock’s Learning Centre
• Nigeria: Centre for Law and Business

Bachelor of Laws (LLB) scholarships: Tanzania and Uganda

Five LLB scholarships are available for students in Tanzania and Uganda. The scholarships cover all registration and examination fees charged by the University of London.

Applications for both the LLB and Diploma in Law scholarships close on 1 July

For more scholarship information, contact details and application materials, see; Undergraduate Law Scholarships – Africa (African Scholarship Application Form)

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World Bank Africa Fellowships:  The Africa Region of the World Bank Group is launching the World Bank Group Fellowship Program for Ph.D. students of African descent.

The program will increase the diverse workforce that is a priority for the Bank and its clients.

The Fellowship Program aims to build a pipeline of researchers and professionals from the African Diaspora, particularly women, who are interested in working in the development field at home or abroad, and in starting careers with the World Bank Group.

“The Fellowship Program represents an incredible opportunity not only for young African scholars to conduct research and develop their careers in development, but also for the World Bank Group to learn from their experiences and fresh insight, as well as absorb the tremendous energy young people can contribute to our work and mission,” said Sean McGrath, Vice President for Human Resources at the World Bank Group.

World Bank Africa Fellowships – About the Africa Fellowship

Fellows will spend a minimum of six months at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. getting hands-on experience in development work.

This includes knowledge generation and dissemination, design of global and country policies and the building of institutions to achieve inclusive growth in developing countries.

While benefitting from research and innovation in multiple sectors, Fellows will also work on economic policy, technical assistance, and lending for eliminating poverty and increasing shared prosperity.

Special attention will be given to work with Fragile and Conflict-Affected States.

Fellows will be expected to complete a research project and prepare a research paper to present to staff. High-standard papers may be published internally.

Specifically, selected participants will:

• Gain a better understanding of the World Bank Group’s mission and operations
• Access quality data for their research work
• Interact with seasoned experts in their field of development
• Contribute to the World Bank Group’s mission

Africa Fellowship – Who Should Apply?

Doctoral students of African descent within one or two years of completing a Ph.D. program in the following fields: Economics, Demography, Applied Statistics and Econometrics, Impact Evaluation, Education, Health, Energy, Agriculture, and Infrastructure.

World Bank Africa Fellowships – Candidates Must:

• Be enrolled in an academic institution and returning to university after the fellowship
• Be 32 years of age or below
• Have an excellent command of English, both written and verbal
• Possess strong quantitative and analytical skills

Africa Fellowships – Selection Process

After submitting an application online, the most promising candidates will be identified and their application packages forwarded to World Bank Africa Region managers and participating departments for consideration. Departments and managers will then indicate their preferences, as well as the project to be undertaken.

Selected candidates will then be notified and, upon acceptance, will be hired as short-term consultants for a minimum of six months. Fellows will receive consultant fees, round-trip economy class air travel to Washington, D.C. from their university, and worker’s compensation insurance.

Follow the links below for more details and application contacts.

For more information and application materials, see: World Bank Africa Fellowships

Working to Advance African Women Foundation Scholarship: Working to Advance African Women (WAAW) foundation scholarship program offers $500/year for need-based female African students admitted to a University, College or institute of higher learning in Africa.

These scholarships for women in Africa are renewable annually, following proof of the student’s continued academic performance. Scholarships application deadline is December every year.

Africa Women Scholarship Application Eligibility Criteria:

Female students of African origin, who have gained admission to an institution of higher learning in Africa.

• Able to demonstrate financial need.
• Excellent academic record.

Special consideration will also be given to underprivileged students, orphans and children of widows, students in the first or second year of study, and students admitted to engineering, math, technology and science based programs.

Your application package must include the following:

• Application form (download in PDF format).
• Curriculum vita or resume.
• A 1-2 page essay on your future career goals and how you expect the Working to Advance African Women (WAAW) foundation scholarship will assist in fulfilling those goals.
• Two letters of recommendation, preferably from academic mentors/advisors.
• Current University transcrips, if applicable.

Please complete all sections of the application form and submit all required materials to WAAW foundation.

Completed application forms and supporting documents should preferably be submitted electronically (with subject heading: Scholarship).

Applications will close November 30

Follow the links below for more details and application contacts.

For further details about the Africa women scholarships, see: Working to Advance African Women Foundation Scholarship Website

Also see: African Scholarships for Undergraduate Women

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Youth Voices Grants – Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards: For the first time ever, Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards has partnered up with UNICEF to give YOU the opportunity to implement active change in YOUR community.

The Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards UNICEF Challenge is looking to provide three youth led projects with grants to support the implementation of innovative initiatives.

First prize receives $40,000. Second prize receives $30,000. Lastly, the audience award-winning project receives $20,000.

All Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards UNICEF Challenge prize funds must be used to support the implementation of the winning projects.

Show us your imagination, creativity, and innovation through the use of digital tools and social media. Produce a short video outlining your proposal for a new or existing initiative that will benefit other youth in your community.

This is your chance to make a difference in the world, report about it, and show the progress made to millions of people through the Adobe Youth Voices network, UNICEF’s global social media feeds, and the Voices of Youth community.

In addition to receiving financial funds for your project, the local experts will also provide support during the initial implementation process.

Youth Voices Grants Submissions Open To

• Youth ages 13-19 are eligible to participate by teaming up with adult educators who are from any school or youth organization worldwide. In order to submit media, all educators are welcome to register with Adobe Youth Voices Essentials at no cost.
• If you are an educator affiliated to Adobe Youth Voices through one our partner organizations please submit your media via the Adobe Youth Voices online community.
• The competition offers eight standard content categories representing various forms of visual storytelling. A ninth category – the Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards UNICEF Challenge – invites entrants to develop a video proposal for a project they would like to launch in their local community.

Youth Voices Grants Format for Submissions

• All media must be submitted online through Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards.
• For Videos: Files must be .MP4 following the Adobe Youth Voices program video encoding requirements
• For Photographs or Still images: Files must be JPEG
• For Graphic Design: Files must be JPEG
• A brief (100 word) artistic statement must be submitted. This statement should be about the work, explaining why it was made, who the intended audience is, how it was exhibited, and any other pertinent information.
• A photograph and biography of the youth media maker(s) must be submitted in order to complete the submission process. (Please Note: Photos and biography will be used on the Adobe
• Youth Voices Aspire Awards website if submission is chosen. If there is more than one youth media maker involved, please submit individual photos.)
• Videos that are not in English must have English subtitles.
  All videos must have a total minimum running time of 1 minute and a total maximum running time of 10 minutes, including title and end credits.
• Categories for submission include:

1. Video

• Animation
• Documentary
• Music Video
• Narrative
• Poetry/Experimental
• Collaboration
• UNICEF Challenge

2. Print

• Photo Collection/Digital Story/Photo Essay
• Poster/Collage/Campaign

Follow the links below for more details and application contacts.

For more information and application materials, please visit: Youth Voices Grants

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Women Scholarships for Developing Countries: The International Peace Research Association Foundation invites applications for the Dorothy Marchus Senesh Fellowship in Peace and Development Studies for Third World Women.

Dorothy Senesh was a long-time activist for international peace and justice. Her husband Lawrence established this fellowship following her death in 1989.

The first award was made at the IPRA 25th Anniversary meeting, July 1990, in Groningen, Netherlands and has been made biennially since.

The fund provides a biennial fellowship awarded to a woman from the developing world for studies in fields of peace and development.

Third World Women Scholarships: Award Amount

Every other year (beginning in 1990) one woman receives school expenses in the amount of $5,000 per year for two years.

Women Scholarships for Developing Countries: Fellowship Application Eligibility

• The Dorothy Senesh Fellowship is available to women from the Third World who have completed a Bachelor’s degree, who have been accepted into a graduate program and whose graduate work is to be focused on issues related to the goals of IPRA.
• Funds will only be dispersed when the selected candidate is admitted into a graduate program.
• Awards are considered based on need; therefore students with substantial funding sources are less likely to be considered for the award.

Follow the links below for more details and application contacts.

Scholarships for women in developing countries: application deadline January 15.

For more information and application materials,see: Women Scholarships for Developing Countries – Senesh Fellowsips

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Wells Mountain Foundation Scholarships: The purpose of the Foundation is primarily to support programs and individuals in developing nations or other situations of extreme poverty.

Each year the Foundation’s Empowerment Through Education program provides support to a number of students as they pursue various educational objectives.

Support is provided for post-secondary school (college, university, polytechnic, trade school). Support is not provided for graduate degrees or study in the US, UK or other developed countries.

Financial support is primarily to cover the costs of the education itself and directly related expenses including books and supplies.

Scholarships are generally granted for the full period of study, however, recipients must maintain good grades and provide copies of all semester reports and grades as they are received.

The scholarship can be discontinued at any time in the event of unsatisfactory performance.

The scholarship awards are determined by the Scholarship Committee of the Board of Directors of the Wells Mountain Foundation and awarded once a year.

The foundation does not require the applicant to pay an admission or processing fee or to buy a number to have the application reviewed.

Scholarship Eligibility

An ideal candidate is a student, male or female, from a country in the developing world, who:

• Successfully completed a secondary education, with good to excellent grades.
• Will be studying in their country or another country in the developing world.
• Plans to live and work in their own country after they graduate.
• Has volunteered prior to applying for this scholarship and/or is willing to volunteer while receiving the WMF scholarship.
• May have some other funds available for their education, but will not be able to go to school without a scholarship.
• Submits a complete, legible application in English (please proof-read). Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Scholarships Cover

Scholarships range from $300.US to a rare high of $3000.US and cover

• Tuition and fees.
• Books and materials.
• Room rent and meals.

Scholarships do not Cover

• Education at a college, polytechnic or university in the United States, UK, Australia, or Europe (with one exception – Bergen Community College in Paramus, NJ, USA – foreign students in that college can apply).
• Masters or Doctorate degrees. A medical degree, however, is acceptable.
• Laptop computers, conferences or trips.
• Debts or past due tuition bills.

Follow the links below for more details and application contacts.

For more scholarship information and application materials, visit: Wells Mountain Foundation Scholarships

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WARC Travel Grant: The West African Research Center (WARC) in Dakar, Senegal offers travel costs up to $1500 and a stipend of $1500 to West African scholars and graduate students.

Travel grant funds may be used to:

1) Attend and present papers at academic conferences relevant to the applicant’s field of research;

2) Travel costs up to $1500 and a stipend of $1500 visit libraries or archives that contain resources necessary to the applicant’s current academic work;

3) Travel to a research site.

Applications will consist of the following:

• A brief (50-80 word) abstract of the activity to be funded
• A description (6 double-spaced pages maximum) of the applicant’s research and how the proposed travel is relevant to this work
• A curriculum vitae with research and teaching record when relevant
• An abstract of the paper to be read and a letter of acceptance to the conference (for those wishing to attend meetings)
• A description of the collections to be consulted and their significance to the applicant’s research (for those wishing to travel to libraries or archives)
• Proof of citizenship in the form of a photocopy of the applicant’s passport
• For graduate students, a letter of recommendation by the professor overseeing their research
• A WARA grant application cover sheet

Complete applications will consist of one original and one copy of all materials (2 sets total).

Travel Grants Application Deadlines

• March 15 for travel to take place between July 1 and Dec. 31.
• September 15 for travel to take place between Jan. 1 and June 30.

Follow the links below for more information and travel grant application contacts.

Inquiries may be addressed to:
West African Research Center/Centre de Recherche Ouest Africaine
B.P. 5456 (Fann Residence)
Rue E x Léon G. Damas
Dakar , Senegal
Tel: 221-865-22-77; Fax: 221-824-20-58;
Email: warc_croa [at] yahoo.fr.

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WARC Travel Grant: The West African Research Center (WARC) in Dakar, Senegal offers travel costs up to $1500 and a stipend of $1500 to West African scholars and graduate students.

Travel grant funds may be used to:

1) Attend and present papers at academic conferences relevant to the applicant’s field of research;

2) Travel costs up to $1500 and a stipend of $1500 visit libraries or archives that contain resources necessary to the applicant’s current academic work;

3) Travel to a research site.

Applications will consist of the following:

• A brief (50-80 word) abstract of the activity to be funded
• A description (6 double-spaced pages maximum) of the applicant’s research and how the proposed travel is relevant to this work
• A curriculum vitae with research and teaching record when relevant
• An abstract of the paper to be read and a letter of acceptance to the conference (for those wishing to attend meetings)
• A description of the collections to be consulted and their significance to the applicant’s research (for those wishing to travel to libraries or archives)
• Proof of citizenship in the form of a photocopy of the applicant’s passport
• For graduate students, a letter of recommendation by the professor overseeing their research
• A WARA grant application cover sheet

Complete applications will consist of one original and one copy of all materials (2 sets total).

Travel Grants Application Deadlines

• March 15 for travel to take place between July 1 and Dec. 31.
• September 15 for travel to take place between Jan. 1 and June 30.

Follow the links below for more information and travel grant application contacts.

Inquiries may be addressed to:
West African Research Center/Centre de Recherche Ouest Africaine
B.P. 5456 (Fann Residence)
Rue E x Léon G. Damas
Dakar , Senegal
Tel: 221-865-22-77; Fax: 221-824-20-58;
Email: warc_croa [at] yahoo.fr.

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WAN-IFRA Fellowship for African Women Journalists: The World Association of Newspaper and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) is pleased to invite commercial and editorial media women in Botswana, Namibia and Zambia to apply to participate in the Women In News (WIN) programme.

WIN is a leadership development programme aiming to contribute to the advancement and empowerment of women in African media, simultaneously enhancing and promoting the development of financially viable and editorially strong media enterprises in emerging markets on the continent.

WIN equips women media professionals in middle management positions with the strategies, skills and support networks they need to advance their careers toward upper management levels.

The WIN programme is comprised of four nation-wide events held in participating countries’ national capitals and culminates with a programme-wide WIN Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa at the year’s end.

Included in these events are one-on-one coaching sessions with professional and experienced national and international coaches, working with participants to build personal and realistic professional action plans; mentoring with experiences business professionals and peers; and skills development and training modules focusing on topics identified by participants as being instrumental in their professional development.

Fellowship Eligibility

WIN is open to women working for a minimum of two years in middle management positions for newspapers in Botswana, Namibia and Zambia. Successful applicants will already have a certain degree of leadership responsibility in their current positions, have room for growth and aspire to progress within the newspaper industry.

The programme will welcome women from all departments of media houses in each of the three countries (i.e. editorial departments, as well as administration, human resources, accounting, marketing etc.).

Fifteen women will be selected to participate, divided equally among the three participating countries.

Applications from women not employed by a newspaper (e.g. those working freelance) will be considered secondary to applicants meeting the outlined requirements.

Applications are considered on an individual basis and employment in line with the above-listed criteria does not guarantee admission to the WIN programme.

Fellowship Application Instructions

Interested applicants should submit a completed Application form, outlining their motivation for applying to the programme and how they could benefit from WIN to Catharine Fulton, WIN’s Project Manager, at cafulton [at] womeninnews.org.

Fellowship Application Deadline: February 22

Follow the links below for more details and application contacts.

For more information and scholarship applications, see: WAN-IFRA Fellowship for African Women Journalists

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The Wangari Maathai Scholarship Fund is an environmental innovations fund set up in memory of Prof. Wangari Maathai that is aimed at developing action-oriented young people with strong values and commitment to the conservation of the physical and social environment in Kenya.

The fund has been established by The Rockefeller Foundation, The Green Belt Movement and Kenya Community Development Foundation (KCDF).

The scholarship fund will be awarded annually.

In this first year, the tertiary education scholarship will be awarded to a young woman aged 18 to 25 years, who has demonstrated passion and personal commitment to environmental conservation.

This individual must have also demonstrated their ability to successfully mobilize people and provide leadership in environmental advocacy.

Wangari Maathai Scholarship Fund: Selection Criteria

• Young women of between the ages of 18 – 25 years.
• Kenyan citizens currently residing in Kenya
• The scholarship is limited to applicants who have enrolled in a Kenyan tertiary institution
• Ability to demonstrate the environmental conservation project(s) they have started or have been involved in and how those initiatives have impacted people in their community, in ways that have improved environmental health and sustainability, and the fund’s goals of achieving a greener, cleaner and a more sustainable community.

Wangari Maathai Scholarship Fund: How to Apply

Detailed application guidelines and application forms can be downloaded below.

Follow the links below for more details and application contacts.

Completed Wangari Maathai Scholarship Application Forms can be submitted by email to grants [at] kcdf.or.ke. Printed copies may be submitted to KCDF Offices on 4th Floor, Morning Side Officer Park, Adams Arcade, Ngong Road, to be received on or before 5.00pm, 31st August.

For more information and scholarship application, see: Wangari Maathai Scholarship Fund

Wangari Maathai Scholarship Fund Scholarship Application Form

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USIU Undergraduate Scholarships for Kenya Students: Over the last 40 years, USIU has provided financial assistant to numerous students.

New scholarships are now being offered to Kenyan citizens interested in undergraduate studies in international Relations, Journalism and psychology, Business Administration, Accounting, Hotel and Restaurant Management, Information Systems and Technology.

Scholarships are also on offer for International Business Administration, Tourism Management and Criminology Justice and graduate studies in Counseling Psychology and International Relations effective September.

Full USIU Scholarship for the Bachelor’s Degree

No. of scholarships: 2

The scholarships cover the cost of tuition, room and board, books and computer lab fees beginning Fall Semester (September). Recipients must meet other expenses such as Medical and Student Affairs Council (SAC) fees.

Requirements: B+ and above in KCSE and demonstrate academic and leadership achievements and must be financially needy.

Scholarships for the Physically Challenged

No. of scholarships: 2

The Scholarships are academic merit based and cover full tuition costs effective Fall Semester (September)

Requirements: C+ and above in KCSE

Scholarships for the Underrepresented Communities

No. of scholarships: 2

Scholarships are for the underrepresented and underprivileged bright students from Arid and Semi Arid Regions of Kenya (ASAL) and one similar scholarship for applicants from the Informal settlements in the neighborhood of USIU and cover full tuition only.

Requirements: C+ and above in KCSE

Partial Scholarships

The partial scholarships are for female students only. Call for the scholarship applications is made in the spring of every semester. They are processed in the following semester and awarded in fall of every year.

This scholarships covers tuition only.

Applicants must:

• Have sat the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Examinations (KCSE) not more than one year prior to the award.
• Have attained a mean grade of B or better, with at least a C+ in English and Mathematics in KCSE.
• Maintain a cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0 and above to remain eligible.

Follow the links below for more details and application contacts.

Application forms and the lists of accompanying required documents are available at: USIU Undergraduate Scholarships for Kenya Students

USA Scholarships for Africans: The Arizona State University (ASU) Foundation for a New American University and The MasterCard Foundation are pleased to announce the availability of The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program at ASU.

This prestigious scholarship recognizes international students from Sub-Saharan Africa who come from the lowest socioeconomic background and show outstanding academic and leadership abilities.

Those considered for this program demonstrate high academic achievement, exceptional records of service and activity in their schools and communities, and a commitment to return to Africa after their studies to make an impact on social and economic change in their home countries.

Scholarship for Africans in USA – Scholarship Amount

The Scholars program provides financial assistance equivalent to the costs related to the attainment of a bachelor’s degree, which must be obtained within eight semesters, or four academic years.

The scholarship includes travel, tuition, housing, food, living expenses, internship experience in Sub-Saharan Africa, and cohort signature programs, such as a freshman retreat in northern Arizona, a Broadway show at Gammage Auditorium and a senior retreat. Students also are eligible to take up to nine credit hours of summer school courses.

Scholarships for Africans in USA – Scholarship Benefits

In addition to financial support, students are provided with a comprehensive support network that includes an array of mentoring and cultural transition services to ensure each student’s academic success, community engagement, and transition to employment opportunities that will further social and economic change in Africa.

Scholarships for Africans in USA – Scholarship Criteria

• First-time freshman seeking a bachelor’s degree
• Citizen of a Sub-Saharan African country
• Currently living in Sub-Saharan Africa

USA Scholarships for Africans – Selection Criteria

• Academic achievement and potential
• Demonstration of service and leadership in school or community
• Motivation and commitment to return to Sub-Saharan Africa after graduation and give back
• Verification of disadvantaged socio-economic status

USA Scholarships for Africans – Application Procedure

1. By Jan. 15, ASU international undergraduate admissions must receive the application for admission to Arizona State University and all supporting materials required – see links below.  A complete application includes:

• Three consecutive years of certified academic records,
• Certified national exam results (if applicable in your country)
• TOEFL scores (depending on country of secondary school)

Please send the required documents to ASU international undergraduate admission using the address line “ATTN: MasterCard Fdn Scholars.” Addresses and additional information are available at the links below. Include a certified English translation of all documents not written in English.

The application fee will be waived for MasterCard Foundation Scholars. When starting your application, select “Pay Later with Check or Money Order.”

If you are required to take the TOEFL, we strongly encourage you to take the exam by Dec. 1, to ensure an on-time submission of materials for admission to ASU.

2. By Jan. 15, The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program at ASU must receive a completed online application, which includes:

• Student information and daily activities
• Five essays
• Financial information related to the household income and expenses
• References’ names and contact information

Only accepted ASU students will be reviewed for this program. Students must submit the online ASU admissions application to access the online application for the program at ASU.

3. The selection committee will determine semi-finalists by Feb. 15. If a student is selected as a semi-finalist, a letter of recommendation will be required. Reference forms will be sent to semi-finalists when they are notified.

4. Recommendation forms must be submitted to The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program at ASU no later than March 7.

5. The selection committee will determine finalists by March 28.

6. All other candidates will be notified by April 7.

links below for more details and application contacts – USA Scholarships for Africans.

Please contact the program at mcfscholarship [at] asu.edu if you have further questions. For more scholarship information and application, see; USA Scholarships for Africans

TWAS Fellowships in Kenya

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TWAS Fellowships in Kenya: The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya, and TWAS offer one fellowship per year to visiting scholars from developing countries (other than Kenya) who wish to pursue advanced research in natural sciences.

TWAS Fellowships in Kenya – Programme Details

• TWAS-icipe Visiting Scholar Fellowships in natural sciences are tenable for a minimum period of one month to a maximum period of three months at the departments of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) in Kenya.
• Eligible icipe departments: Fellowships are tenable at icipe in the Programmes of Animal Health, Human Health, Plant Health, Environmental Health, in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, in the Department of Behavioural and Chemical Ecology, in the Department of Entomology, and at the field station of Mbita, Lake Victoria, Kenya.
• icipe will provide a standard monthly allowance which should be used to cover living costs, such as accommodation, food and health insurance.
• The monthly stipend will not be convertible into foreign currency.
• The language of instruction is English.

TWAS Fellowships in Kenya – Eligibility

Applicants for these Fellowships must meet the following criteria:

• Be a maximum of 55 years on 31 December of the application year;
• Be nationals of a developing country (other than Kenya);
• Must not hold any visa for temporary or permanent residency in Kenya or any developed country;
• Hold a PhD degree and a regular research assignment with at least five years of postdoctoral research experience;
• Be regularly employed in a developing country (other than the host country);
• Be accepted at an icipe department and provide an official acceptance letter from the head of the department (see sample Acceptance Letter) to this effect. Requests for acceptance must be directed to Lillian Igweta (see contact details below);
• Provide evidence of proficiency in English.

TWAS Fellowships in Kenya – Submitting your application

• The deadline for receipt of applications is 15 September of each year.
• Applicants should submit the acceptance letter from the chosen department to TWAS when applying or by the deadline at the latest. Without preliminary acceptance, the application will not be considered for selection.
• Reference letters: Referees must send signed letters as attachments via e-mail directly to TWAS only. The subject line must contain: icipe/VS/candidate’s surname. Alternatively, letters should be sent by post in sealed envelopes.
• Applicants to the TWAS-icipe Visiting Scholar Fellowship Programme should send their application to TWAS only.
• Applicants should be aware that they can apply for only one fellowship per year. With the exception of the fellowships “for research collaboration”, all other fellowship programmes offered by TWAS and TWOWS that are mutually exclusive.

Follow the links below for more details and application contacts.

For more scholarship information and application, see:TWAS Fellowships in Kenya

Toyota Foundation Scholarships: Toyota Kenya Foundation seeks to provide opportunities for Kenyan children from disadvantaged families pursue either basic and/or high school education.

Eligibility is limited to orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs); college education in the fields of medicine, engineering, environmental management & agriculture as well as Kenyan children from disadvantaged families who have passed the basic education and high school but are not able to raise fees for higher education.

This is in line with Toyota’s corporate vision of contributing to the creation of prosperous societies around the world.

In addition, one needs to have attained a minimum grade of C+ in KCSE and be in their second year of study.

If you have the requisite qualifications, send copies of your certificates and a handwritten cover letter to the principal of your respective college by 30th September.

Colleges where students have been awarded scholarships recently include:

• Kenya Medical Training Centre Mombasa
• Kenya Medical Training Centre Nairobi
• Kenya Medical Training Centre Kisumu
• Murang’a College of Technology
• Kiambu Institute of Technology.

Follow the links below for more details and application contacts.

If you have the requisite qualifications, send copies of your certificates and a handwritten cover letter to the principal of your respective college.

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TRECCAfrica Scholarships for Africans: The TRECCAfrica is funding Postgraduate scholarships to students and staff from various African countries to study at one of the consortium partners. There are seven full-degree Master’s positions, 15 Master’s exchanges and seven PhD exchange positions available. The scholarships cover travel costs, tuition fees and a living allowance for a period of up to 10 months and PhD exchanges will be for a period of up to 12 months.

TRECCAfrica programmes range across disciplines such as sustainable development, environmental management, renewable energy, food science and technology, natural resource assessment, climate and society, biotechnology, agro-ecology, soil physics, microbiology and veterinary medicine.

The programme awards scholarships to postgraduate students and staff from various African countries to study at one of the consortium partners.

The academic institutions at which the TRECCAfrica scholarships are tenable are the universities of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Ghana, Mekelle (Ethiopia), Nairobi (Kenya), Nigeria and Stellenbosch (South Africa).

TRECCAfrica Scholarships for Africans Eligibility

To be eligible for the Scholarship, masters and doctoral students must:

• Must be a national and/ or resident of any of the eligible countries
• Target group 1 students must be registered or admitted to one of the Higher Education Institutions (HEI) comprising the consortium at the time of application for the scholarship.  Eligible students must therefore be registered/ admitted at the University of Ghana, Mekelle University, the University of Dar-es-Salaam, the University of Nairobi, Stellenbosch University and the University of Nigeria (Nsukka).
• Target group 2 students must be registered or admitted at a Higher Education Institution in one of the eligible countries identified in the Intra-ACP call.
• Students are also required to have sufficient knowledge of the language in which courses are offered at the host HEI.

For staff to be eligible for TreccAfrica scholarships, they need to comply with the following criteria:

• Be a national or resident of the countries covered by the scholarship
• Work at or be associated with a Higher Education Institution
• The assignment of mobility of a staff member must be based on the agreement between partner institutions.
• There must be an agreement between the home and host HEI regarding the modules to be taught by the visiting lecturer, the type of research to be conducted, the type of training to be followed or the administrative tasks to be undertaken.
• Staff mobility may take the form of a direct post-to-post exchange or a one way flow of mobility to or from an eligible country.

Scholarship Open for Students of Following Countries:

Target Group 1: Nationals and/or residents of Tanzania, Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa.

Target Group 2: Nationals and/or residents of other African countries not represented by the TreccAfrica consortium.

TRECCAfrica Scholarships for Africans – Number of Awards

There are seven full-degree Master’s positions, 15 Master’s exchanges and seven PhD exchange positions available for study at the TRECCAfrica partner universities.

Master’s exchanges will be for a period of up to 10 months and PhD exchanges will be for a period of up to 12 months.

The scholarships include travel costs, tuition fees and a living allowance of €600 per month for Master’s students and €900 per month for PhD students.

Scholarship Application Deadline: The deadline for all applications is 30 September.

Follow the links below for more details and application contacts.

For more scholarship information and application materials, see: TRECCAfrica Scholarships for Africans

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The University of Nairobi-IDRC Scholarships: The School of Computing and Informatics of the University of Nairobi, in partnership with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), is pleased to announce a call for Scholarships on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for Development.

IDRC is a Canadian Crown corporation that works in close collaboration with researchers from the developing world in their search for the means to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies.

The School of Computing and Informatics takes its name from the core competencies that it seeks to nurture: Computing, to cover the theory and science of computation and Informatics to exemplify the practical outworking of this theory in technology and application

These scholarships seek to help build the capacity of graduate students in sub-Saharan Africa to carry out studies and research on different aspects of ICTs and development that correspond to regional needs and the priorities of IDRC’s Acacia program.

Four full-study Master’s scholarships and eight doctoral research awards will be awarded to students registered in universities within Eastern and Southern Africa.

The main objective of the proposed project is to:

• Enable registered students in universities within the Eastern and Southern Africa countries to carry out research on different aspects of ICTs and development.
• Specifically, this project seeks to obtain a grant to enable registered Masters students to carry out research in ICTs and development in universities in the ESARO region.
• The grant will sponsor Masters students and enable registered Ph.D. students who do not have any funding for their field work to carry out their field work.

Deadline: 30th November

For more information and application, visit: The University of Nairobi-IDRC Scholarships Website

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The Rex Collings Memorial Fund was set up in 1997 in honour of the former trustee of AET, the Rex Collins fund provides grants to support writing and publishing in Africa.

Over the past few years it has supported people on publishing courses in South Africa, the training of illustrators in Somaliland and the supply of reference books for text book writers in Southern Sudan.

Follow the links below for more details and application contacts.

Contact Details: Africa Educational Trust, 38 King Street, London WC2E 8JR, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 7836 5075 or +44 (0)20 7836 7940. Fax:+44 (0)20 7379 0090. Email: info[at]africaeducationaltrust.org.

For more information and application, visit; The Rex Collin

The Kenya Youth Education Scholarship Fund is currently offering scholarships for in-service and pre-service training.

Applicants taking KNEC Diploma or Certificate in Early childhood Education (ECDE) will be fully sponsored (Tuition, Meals and Accommodation).

For January 2014 intake, eligible applicants include primary school teachers for in-service training course.

The programme has been designed to compliment Government efforts/initiatives towards improving and sustaining basic quality education in Kenya through development of human resource capacity that can deliver highly skilled and professional early childhood development and educational services.

The programme is being implemented in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and TSC (Teachers Service Commission).

Kenya Youth Education Scholarship Fund Requirements

1. Sponsorship application form dully filled
2. Letter of Recommendation from DEO on behalf of DEB for the teachers currently in service.
3. Attachment of all copies of academic and professional certificates.

Please Note:

• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Sponsorship selection committee decision is final
• Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification
• Available opportunities will be given on first come first served basis
• Selected beneficiaries will have to meet sponsorship requirements.

Follow the links below for more information and application details.

Application deadline – October 28th.

Application forms can be found at all TSC county director offices countrywide or at Foundation Institute of Africa Centre KPCU Building, Haille Sellasie Avenue, 5th Floor R&K Wing Te. 254 20 221 2508/9 or Cell 0713 403 793, 0734 176 940.

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• Kenya Postgraduate Scholarships
• Undergraduate Scholarships for Kenyan Students
• Kenya Scholarships for Kenyan Students Studying in Kenya
• Kenya Undergraduate Scholarships – Kenya – Scholarships
• The Kenya Youth Education Scholarship Fund

The Gen Foundation Grants: The Gen Foundation is a charitable trust which supports the research and study of Natural Science and the Arts.

The Foundation focuses on biological, chemical, botanical, and food science students/researchers, and exceptional candidates from language, music and art.

However, if an applicant is studying for a course that does not fall under the natural sciences, art, music or languages, but pursuing a module and/or project within the course that focuses on one of these subjects, they would be eligible to apply.

The Gen Foundation considers applicants living in all countries.

Student Grants/Research Grants – Who may apply?

To be eligible for a Gen Foundation grant, an applicant must study and/or research above subjects at Master, PhD level (Post graduate) or higher level.

The Foundation does not support undergraduates, short-term training, conferences, seminars, or thesis writing. Such applications will not be considered.

Applicants should hold a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.

At the end of their studies, all successful applicants will be required to submit a report to the Trustees.

All potential candidates should be aware that the Gen Foundation grants are one-off, non-renewable awards.

The Gen Foundation Grants – Diversity Policy

The Foundation is committed to providing equal opportunities to all candidates. It is the policy of the Foundation not to discriminate against any candidate, whether it be on the grounds of:

• Colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin;
• Religion or belief;
• Sex, marital status or gender reassignment;
• Sexual orientation;
• Disability; or
• Age.

The amount of each grant is based on the merits of each application, and is set at the Trustees’ discretion.

Previous grants have ranged between £500 – £5,000.

Follow the links below for more details and application contacts.

For more information and application materials, contact: The Gen Foundation Grants – Research and Study of Natural Science & Arts Grants

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The African Humanities Program: Through fellowship competitions, regional workshops, and peer networking, the African Humanities Fellowships Program provides support to the humanities in five African countries, including Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda.

The program is supported by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

The centerpiece of the program is the distribution of fellowships to African scholars in these countries for work on dissertations, research projects, and scholarly manuscripts.

The African Humanities Fellowship Program awards approximately 40 such fellowships every year.

In coordination with African scholars, ACLS hosts a series of annual meetings in the five African countries participating in the program.

These meetings provide opportunities for senior African scholars from a variety of disciplines to collaborate with ACLS representatives in the local design of programs, while giving younger scholars a means to learn about the application process and gain feedback on their project proposals.

Through the activities of the African Humanities Fellowship Program, ACLS promotes local and transnational cooperation among humanities scholars at all stages of their careers, working towards the development of a self-sustaining network of African humanities scholars.

The African Humanities Fellowship Program is inspired by a commitment to the humanities as a core component of higher education in Africa, essential to progress and development.

The African Humanities Program – Eligibility:

• Applicants must be citizens of an African country residing in, and having an institutional affiliation in, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, or Uganda.
• Funding is available for doctoral students who are writing their Ph.D. dissertations and postdoctoral scholars (already holding a Ph.D.) who are conducting scholarly research and writing.
• Projects must be in the humanities.
• Projects must be carried out in Africa

Follow the links below for more information and fellowship application materials.

Deadline: 1st December

For more information and application, visit: The African Humanities Program Website

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Tanzania Scholarships: Scholarships for Tanzania students in information and communication technologies (ICT) and related areas.

The Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) is currently inviting highly qualified graduate and undergraduate students to apply for its ICT scholarships.

The scholarship offers Tanzania students the opportunity to obtain degrees in the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and related areas.

The Scholarship will be awarded on the basis of academic merit and interview to be conducted by the Scholarship Panel.

The graduate and undergraduate Scholarships are available in the field of information and communication technologies for applicants of Tanzania enrolled in accredited Institutions of higher learning in Tanzania.

Tanzania Scholarships Eligibility:

Applicants must be Tanzanian citizens.

A. Tanzania Scholarships – Undergraduate Students

1. The applicant must have completed Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education Examination.

2. The applicant must be admitted or intending to be admitted in any ICT related degree programs in an accredited Institution of Higher Learning in Tanzania.

B. Tanzania Scholarships – Master Students

1. Have an honours upper second or higher undergraduate degree from recognized University.

2. The applicant must be admitted or intending to be admitted in any ICT related degree programs in an accredited Institution of Higher Learning in Tanzania..

Tanzania Scholarships – Application Deadline: 3rd August.

For more scholarship information see; Tanzania Scholarships

Undergraduate Laws scholarships: The University of London International Programmes is awarding scholarships to study law at an undergraduate level in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda.

Diploma in Law scholarships: Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria

Ten scholarships to study for a Diploma in Law are available for students in Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria.

The scholarships cover all registration and examination fees charged by the University of London.

However, as it is compulsory to study the Diploma at a recognised teaching centre, you may have to pay fees to the centre.

How to Apply for Undergraduate Laws scholarships

To apply for the scholarships, you will need to contact one of the below teaching institutions and complete an application test.

• Ghana: Zenith University College
• Kenya: Lord Diplock’s Learning Centre
• Nigeria: Centre for Law and Business

Bachelor of Laws (LLB) scholarships: Tanzania and Uganda

Five LLB scholarships are available for students in Tanzania and Uganda. The scholarships cover all registration and examination fees charged by the University of London.

Applications for both the LLB and Diploma in Law scholarships close on 1 July

For more scholarship information, contact details and application materials, see; Undergraduate Law Scholarships – Africa (African Scholarship Application Form)

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Youth Voices Grants – Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards: For the first time ever, Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards has partnered up with UNICEF to give YOU the opportunity to implement active change in YOUR community.

The Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards UNICEF Challenge is looking to provide three youth led projects with grants to support the implementation of innovative initiatives.

First prize receives $40,000. Second prize receives $30,000. Lastly, the audience award-winning project receives $20,000.

All Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards UNICEF Challenge prize funds must be used to support the implementation of the winning projects.

Show us your imagination, creativity, and innovation through the use of digital tools and social media. Produce a short video outlining your proposal for a new or existing initiative that will benefit other youth in your community.

This is your chance to make a difference in the world, report about it, and show the progress made to millions of people through the Adobe Youth Voices network, UNICEF’s global social media feeds, and the Voices of Youth community.

In addition to receiving financial funds for your project, the local experts will also provide support during the initial implementation process.

Youth Voices Grants Submissions Open To

• Youth ages 13-19 are eligible to participate by teaming up with adult educators who are from any school or youth organization worldwide. In order to submit media, all educators are welcome to register with Adobe Youth Voices Essentials at no cost.
• If you are an educator affiliated to Adobe Youth Voices through one our partner organizations please submit your media via the Adobe Youth Voices online community.
• The competition offers eight standard content categories representing various forms of visual storytelling. A ninth category – the Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards UNICEF Challenge – invites entrants to develop a video proposal for a project they would like to launch in their local community.

Youth Voices Grants Format for Submissions

• All media must be submitted online through Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards.
• For Videos: Files must be .MP4 following the Adobe Youth Voices program video encoding requirements
• For Photographs or Still images: Files must be JPEG
• For Graphic Design: Files must be JPEG
• A brief (100 word) artistic statement must be submitted. This statement should be about the work, explaining why it was made, who the intended audience is, how it was exhibited, and any other pertinent information.
• A photograph and biography of the youth media maker(s) must be submitted in order to complete the submission process. (Please Note: Photos and biography will be used on the Adobe
• Youth Voices Aspire Awards website if submission is chosen. If there is more than one youth media maker involved, please submit individual photos.)
• Videos that are not in English must have English subtitles.
  All videos must have a total minimum running time of 1 minute and a total maximum running time of 10 minutes, including title and end credits.
• Categories for submission include:

1. Video

• Animation
• Documentary
• Music Video
• Narrative
• Poetry/Experimental
• Collaboration
• UNICEF Challenge

2. Print

• Photo Collection/Digital Story/Photo Essay
• Poster/Collage/Campaign

For more information and application materials, please visit: Youth Voices Grants

Tanzania Scholarships: Scholarships for Tanzania students in information and communication technologies (ICT) and related areas.

The Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) is currently inviting highly qualified graduate and undergraduate students to apply for its ICT scholarships.

The scholarship offers Tanzania students the opportunity to obtain degrees in the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and related areas.

The Scholarship will be awarded on the basis of academic merit and interview to be conducted by the Scholarship Panel.

The graduate and undergraduate Scholarships are available in the field of information and communication technologies for applicants of Tanzania enrolled in accredited Institutions of higher learning in Tanzania.

Tanzania Scholarships Eligibility:

Applicants must be Tanzanian citizens.

A. Tanzania Scholarships – Undergraduate Students

1. The applicant must have completed Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education Examination.

2. The applicant must be admitted or intending to be admitted in any ICT related degree programs in an accredited Institution of Higher Learning in Tanzania.

B. Tanzania Scholarships – Master Students

1. Have an honours upper second or higher undergraduate degree from recognized University.

2. The applicant must be admitted or intending to be admitted in any ICT related degree programs in an accredited Institution of Higher Learning in Tanzania..

Tanzania Scholarships – Application Deadline: 3rd August.

Follow the links below for more details and application contacts.

WWW.bhms.ch

The African Humanities Program: Through fellowship competitions, regional workshops, and peer networking, the African Humanities Fellowships Program provides support to the humanities in five African countries, including Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda.

The program is supported by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

The centerpiece of the program is the distribution of fellowships to African scholars in these countries for work on dissertations, research projects, and scholarly manuscripts.

The African Humanities Fellowship Program awards approximately 40 such fellowships every year.

In coordination with African scholars, ACLS hosts a series of annual meetings in the five African countries participating in the program.

These meetings provide opportunities for senior African scholars from a variety of disciplines to collaborate with ACLS representatives in the local design of programs, while giving younger scholars a means to learn about the application process and gain feedback on their project proposals.

Through the activities of the African Humanities Fellowship Program, ACLS promotes local and transnational cooperation among humanities scholars at all stages of their careers, working towards the development of a self-sustaining network of African humanities scholars.

The African Humanities Fellowship Program is inspired by a commitment to the humanities as a core component of higher education in Africa, essential to progress and development.

The African Humanities Program – Eligibility:

• Applicants must be citizens of an African country residing in, and having an institutional affiliation in, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, or Uganda.
• Funding is available for doctoral students who are writing their Ph.D. dissertations and postdoctoral scholars (already holding a Ph.D.) who are conducting scholarly research and writing.
• Projects must be in the humanities.
• Projects must be carried out in Africa

Follow the links below for more information and fellowship application materials.

www.windsorbrokers.com

Deadline: 1st December

The Kenya Youth Education Scholarship Fund is currently offering scholarships for in-service and pre-service training.

Applicants taking KNEC Diploma or Certificate in Early childhood Education (ECDE) will be fully sponsored (Tuition, Meals and Accommodation).

For January 2014 intake, eligible applicants include primary school teachers for in-service training course.

The programme has been designed to compliment Government efforts/initiatives towards improving and sustaining basic quality education in Kenya through development of human resource capacity that can deliver highly skilled and professional early childhood development and educational services.

The programme is being implemented in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and TSC (Teachers Service Commission).

Kenya Youth Education Scholarship Fund Requirements

1. Sponsorship application form dully filled
2. Letter of Recommendation from DEO on behalf of DEB for the teachers currently in service.
3. Attachment of all copies of academic and professional certificates.

Please Note:

• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Sponsorship selection committee decision is final
• Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification
• Available opportunities will be given on first come first served basis
• Selected beneficiaries will have to meet sponsorship requirements.

Follow the links below for more information and application details.

Application deadline – October 28th.

Application forms can be found at all TSC county director offices countrywide or at Foundation Institute of Africa Centre KPCU Building, Haille Sellasie Avenue, 5th Floor R&K Wing Te. 254 20 221 2508/9 or Cell 0713 403 793, 0734 176 940.

The Rex Collings Memorial Fund was set up in 1997 in honour of the former trustee of AET, the Rex Collins fund provides grants to support writing and publishing in Africa.

Over the past few years it has supported people on publishing courses in South Africa, the training of illustrators in Somaliland and the supply of reference books for text book writers in Southern Sudan.

Follow the links below for more details and application contacts.

Contact Details: Africa Educational Trust, 38 King Street, London WC2E 8JR, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 7836 5075 or +44 (0)20 7836 7940. Fax:+44 (0)20 7379 0090. Email: info[at]africaeducationaltrust.org.

For more information and application, visit; The Rex Collings Memorial Fund

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The Rex Collings Memorial Fund was set up in 1997 in honour of the former trustee of AET, the Rex Collins fund provides grants to support writing and publishing in Africa.

Over the past few years it has supported people on publishing courses in South Africa, the training of illustrators in Somaliland and the supply of reference books for text book writers in Southern Sudan.

Follow the links below for more details and application contacts.

Contact Details: Africa Educational Trust, 38 King Street, London WC2E 8JR, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 7836 5075 or +44 (0)20 7836 7940. Fax:+44 (0)20 7379 0090. Email: info[at]africaeducationaltrust.org.

For more information and application, visit; The Rex Collings Memorial Fund

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The University of Nairobi-IDRC Scholarships: The School of Computing and Informatics of the University of Nairobi, in partnership with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), is pleased to announce a call for Scholarships on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for Development.

IDRC is a Canadian Crown corporation that works in close collaboration with researchers from the developing world in their search for the means to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies.

The School of Computing and Informatics takes its name from the core competencies that it seeks to nurture: Computing, to cover the theory and science of computation and Informatics to exemplify the practical outworking of this theory in technology and application

These scholarships seek to help build the capacity of graduate students in sub-Saharan Africa to carry out studies and research on different aspects of ICTs and development that correspond to regional needs and the priorities of IDRC’s Acacia program.

Four full-study Master’s scholarships and eight doctoral research awards will be awarded to students registered in universities within Eastern and Southern Africa.

The main objective of the proposed project is to:

• Enable registered students in universities within the Eastern and Southern Africa countries to carry out research on different aspects of ICTs and development.
• Specifically, this project seeks to obtain a grant to enable registered Masters students to carry out research in ICTs and development in universities in the ESARO region.
• The grant will sponsor Masters students and enable registered Ph.D. students who do not have any funding for their field work to carry out their field work.

Deadline: 30th November

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For more information and application, visit: The University of Nairobi-IDRC Scholarships Website

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TRECCAfrica Scholarships for Africans: The TRECCAfrica is funding Postgraduate scholarships to students and staff from various African countries to study at one of the consortium partners. There are seven full-degree Master’s positions, 15 Master’s exchanges and seven PhD exchange positions available. The scholarships cover travel costs, tuition fees and a living allowance for a period of up to 10 months and PhD exchanges will be for a period of up to 12 months.

TRECCAfrica programmes range across disciplines such as sustainable development, environmental management, renewable energy, food science and technology, natural resource assessment, climate and society, biotechnology, agro-ecology, soil physics, microbiology and veterinary medicine.

The programme awards scholarships to postgraduate students and staff from various African countries to study at one of the consortium partners.

The academic institutions at which the TRECCAfrica scholarships are tenable are the universities of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Ghana, Mekelle (Ethiopia), Nairobi (Kenya), Nigeria and Stellenbosch (South Africa).

TRECCAfrica Scholarships for Africans Eligibility

To be eligible for the Scholarship, masters and doctoral students must:

• Must be a national and/ or resident of any of the eligible countries
• Target group 1 students must be registered or admitted to one of the Higher Education Institutions (HEI) comprising the consortium at the time of application for the scholarship.  Eligible students must therefore be registered/ admitted at the University of Ghana, Mekelle University, the University of Dar-es-Salaam, the University of Nairobi, Stellenbosch University and the University of Nigeria (Nsukka).
• Target group 2 students must be registered or admitted at a Higher Education Institution in one of the eligible countries identified in the Intra-ACP call.
• Students are also required to have sufficient knowledge of the language in which courses are offered at the host HEI.

For staff to be eligible for TreccAfrica scholarships, they need to comply with the following criteria:

• Be a national or resident of the countries covered by the scholarship
• Work at or be associated with a Higher Education Institution
• The assignment of mobility of a staff member must be based on the agreement between partner institutions.
• There must be an agreement between the home and host HEI regarding the modules to be taught by the visiting lecturer, the type of research to be conducted, the type of training to be followed or the administrative tasks to be undertaken.
• Staff mobility may take the form of a direct post-to-post exchange or a one way flow of mobility to or from an eligible country.

Scholarship Open for Students of Following Countries:

Target Group 1: Nationals and/or residents of Tanzania, Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa.

Target Group 2: Nationals and/or residents of other African countries not represented by the TreccAfrica consortium.

TRECCAfrica Scholarships for Africans – Number of Awards

There are seven full-degree Master’s positions, 15 Master’s exchanges and seven PhD exchange positions available for study at the TRECCAfrica partner universities.

Master’s exchanges will be for a period of up to 10 months and PhD exchanges will be for a period of up to 12 months.

The scholarships include travel costs, tuition fees and a living allowance of €600 per month for Master’s students and €900 per month for PhD students.

Scholarship Application Deadline: The deadline for all applications is 30 September.

Follow the links below for more details and application contacts.

For more scholarship information and application materials, see: TRECCAfrica Scholarships for Africans

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Toyota Foundation Scholarships: Toyota Kenya Foundation seeks to provide opportunities for Kenyan children from disadvantaged families pursue either basic and/or high school education.

Eligibility is limited to orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs); college education in the fields of medicine, engineering, environmental management & agriculture as well as Kenyan children from disadvantaged families who have passed the basic education and high school but are not able to raise fees for higher education.

This is in line with Toyota’s corporate vision of contributing to the creation of prosperous societies around the world.

In addition, one needs to have attained a minimum grade of C+ in KCSE and be in their second year of study.

If you have the requisite qualifications, send copies of your certificates and a handwritten cover letter to the principal of your respective college by 30th September.

Colleges where students have been awarded scholarships recently include:

• Kenya Medical Training Centre Mombasa
• Kenya Medical Training Centre Nairobi
• Kenya Medical Training Centre Kisumu
• Murang’a College of Technology
• Kiambu Institute of Technology.

Follow the links below for more details and application contacts.

www.windsorbrokers.com

If you have the requisite qualifications, send copies of your certificates and a handwritten cover letter to the principal of your respective college.

TWAS Fellowships in Kenya: The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya, and TWAS offer one fellowship per year to visiting scholars from developing countries (other than Kenya) who wish to pursue advanced research in natural sciences.

TWAS Fellowships in Kenya – Programme Details

• TWAS-icipe Visiting Scholar Fellowships in natural sciences are tenable for a minimum period of one month to a maximum period of three months at the departments of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) in Kenya.
• Eligible icipe departments: Fellowships are tenable at icipe in the Programmes of Animal Health, Human Health, Plant Health, Environmental Health, in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, in the Department of Behavioural and Chemical Ecology, in the Department of Entomology, and at the field station of Mbita, Lake Victoria, Kenya.
• icipe will provide a standard monthly allowance which should be used to cover living costs, such as accommodation, food and health insurance.
• The monthly stipend will not be convertible into foreign currency.
• The language of instruction is English.

TWAS Fellowships in Kenya – Eligibility

Applicants for these Fellowships must meet the following criteria:

• Be a maximum of 55 years on 31 December of the application year;
• Be nationals of a developing country (other than Kenya);
• Must not hold any visa for temporary or permanent residency in Kenya or any developed country;
• Hold a PhD degree and a regular research assignment with at least five years of postdoctoral research experience;
• Be regularly employed in a developing country (other than the host country);
• Be accepted at an icipe department and provide an official acceptance letter from the head of the department (see sample Acceptance Letter) to this effect. Requests for acceptance must be directed to Lillian Igweta (see contact details below);
• Provide evidence of proficiency in English.

TWAS Fellowships in Kenya – Submitting your application

• The deadline for receipt of applications is 15 September of each year.
• Applicants should submit the acceptance letter from the chosen department to TWAS when applying or by the deadline at the latest. Without preliminary acceptance, the application will not be considered for selection.
• Reference letters: Referees must send signed letters as attachments via e-mail directly to TWAS only. The subject line must contain: icipe/VS/candidate’s surname. Alternatively, letters should be sent by post in sealed envelopes.
• Applicants to the TWAS-icipe Visiting Scholar Fellowship Programme should send their application to TWAS only.
• Applicants should be aware that they can apply for only one fellowship per year. With the exception of the fellowships “for research collaboration”, all other fellowship programmes offered by TWAS and TWOWS that are mutually exclusive.

Follow the links below for more details and application contacts.

For more scholarship information and application, see:TWAS Fellowships in Kenya

Bangkok School of Management(BSM) Business Degree program is the main reason people decide to study at BSM.

2+1 means exactly what it says: You will begin your degree at BSM’s training facilities in Bangkok, and spend two years with us.

Then, for the final year of your degree, you will study with the university of your choice, from a list of leading universities across the USA, United Kingdom, Europe and Asia.

Even if you want to stay in Thailand for the final year of your degree, you still have the option to complete your degree with a western university via distance learning, if that is what you prefer.

Successful business leaders and entrepreneurs often speak of their time as a student as being the most memorable time of their life.

At the same time, many also express regret that they did not make more use of their carefree days, prior to accepting the larger responsibilities of life in the business world.

A gap year abroad is a great way to ensure a memorable experience before graduating, but this would hardly be a productive use of your time.

The 2+1 Business Degree program offers you the opportunity to do both at the same time; improving yourself academically and socially while taking in the wonder and intrigue of Asian lifestyle, without sacrificing the end result: A Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, International Business or SME Management from a globally recognized university of your choice!

Where to begin?

Visit the website for more information.

Further information can also be found in the detailed Prospectus.

www.projects-abroad.org.za

Uganda Scholarship – Masters Scholarships for Ugandans: The University of Westminster, UK, invites Ugandan students to apply for the master’s scholarship for Ugandan citizens.

The scholarship is offered in collaboration with Bright Futures Charity and is aimed at students who have experienced great hardship in the troubled areas of Uganda, with special emphasis on the Northern areas of the country.

Uganda Scholarship: Worth of Award

• Full tuition fee waiver
• Accommodation and living expenses
• Flight fees to and from London

Scholarships for Ugandans Eligibility

• This is a closed scholarship in conjunction with the Bright Futures Charity.
• Applicants must be from Uganda.
• Applicants with financial needs are also considered.

Scholarships for Ugandans – How to Apply

You must first apply for admission before applying for the scholarship.

Admission can easily be submitted through the links on the university website – see links below.

www.scis.org.uk

For more information and scholarship applications, see: Uganda Scholarship – Masters Scholarships for Ugandans

Undergraduate Laws scholarships: The University of London International Programmes is awarding scholarships to study law at an undergraduate level in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda.

Diploma in Law scholarships: Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria

Ten scholarships to study for a Diploma in Law are available for students in Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria.

The scholarships cover all registration and examination fees charged by the University of London.

However, as it is compulsory to study the Diploma at a recognised teaching centre, you may have to pay fees to the centre.

How to Apply for Undergraduate Laws scholarships

To apply for the scholarships, you will need to contact one of the below teaching institutions and complete an application test.

• Ghana: Zenith University College
• Kenya: Lord Diplock’s Learning Centre
• Nigeria: Centre for Law and Business

Bachelor of Laws (LLB) scholarships: Tanzania and Uganda

Five LLB scholarships are available for students in Tanzania and Uganda. The scholarships cover all registration and examination fees charged by the University of London.

Applications for both the LLB and Diploma in Law scholarships close on 1 July

Follow the links below for more details and application contacts.

www.medicalmssions.org

For more scholarship information, contact details and application materials, see; Undergraduate Law Scholarships – Africa (African Scholarship Application Form)

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The University of East Anglia Africa PhD Scholarship is open to African-born graduate students who wish to pursue doctoral studies at UEA and will pay up to £30,000 towards the cost of their tuition fees.

PhD Africa Scholarships – Eligibility

• There shall be a Scholarship awarded every three years, commencing in the academic session 2013-14, the University’s 50th anniversary year, to be known as the University of East Anglia Africa PhD Scholarship. The final Scholarship will be awarded in the academic session 2022-23.
• The purpose of the Scholarship is to provide African-born graduate students with the opportunity to pursue doctoral studies at the University.
• African-born students who have already been offered a place to study at the University of East Anglia will be eligible to apply for the Scholarship.
• The deadline for applicants will be 1 June each year in respect of those proposing to commence the first year of a PhD degree starting in the next academic year at the University of East Anglia.
• The Scholarship will be awarded on a competitive basis and will take effect on the registration of the successful applicant with the University.
• One new Scholarship will be awarded every three years and will continue for a maximum of three years, subject to confirmation of the satisfactory progress of the recipient on an annual basis by the student’s main supervisor.
• The value of the first Scholarship shall be £30,000, which shall be payable in instalments of £10,000 per year as a tuition fee reduction. The funds available for the Scholarships shall be reviewed every three years.
• Details of the Scholarship will be publicised to all eligible students with appropriate information on selection criteria, application timescales and value of award. Awards will be made on the basis of academic excellence.
• The Scholarship will be awarded by the Vice-Chancellor on the recommendation of a Selection Committee comprising the Academic Director of Postgraduate Research Programmes, an Associate Dean of Postgraduate Research Programmes and a Senior International Officer.
• If, in any year, two candidates are judged to be of sufficient and equal merit, the Scholarship may be divided. There shall be a maximum of two winners in any one year.
• If, in any year, no candidate is judged to be of sufficient merit, the Scholarship shall not be awarded and the payment will roll forward to the following year.
• Recipients will be known as University of East Anglia Africa Scholars and the winning candidate(s) shall be required to attend at least one event for publicity purposes.

Follow the links below for more details and application contacts.

For more information and scholarship application, visit: University of East Anglia Africa PhD Scholarship

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USA Scholarships for Africans: The Arizona State University (ASU) Foundation for a New American University and The MasterCard Foundation are pleased to announce the availability of The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program at ASU.

This prestigious scholarship recognizes international students from Sub-Saharan Africa who come from the lowest socioeconomic background and show outstanding academic and leadership abilities.

Those considered for this program demonstrate high academic achievement, exceptional records of service and activity in their schools and communities, and a commitment to return to Africa after their studies to make an impact on social and economic change in their home countries.

Scholarship for Africans in USA – Scholarship Amount

The Scholars program provides financial assistance equivalent to the costs related to the attainment of a bachelor’s degree, which must be obtained within eight semesters, or four academic years.

The scholarship includes travel, tuition, housing, food, living expenses, internship experience in Sub-Saharan Africa, and cohort signature programs, such as a freshman retreat in northern Arizona, a Broadway show at Gammage Auditorium and a senior retreat. Students also are eligible to take up to nine credit hours of summer school courses.

Scholarships for Africans in USA – Scholarship Benefits

In addition to financial support, students are provided with a comprehensive support network that includes an array of mentoring and cultural transition services to ensure each student’s academic success, community engagement, and transition to employment opportunities that will further social and economic change in Africa.

Scholarships for Africans in USA – Scholarship Criteria

• First-time freshman seeking a bachelor’s degree
• Citizen of a Sub-Saharan African country
• Currently living in Sub-Saharan Africa

USA Scholarships for Africans – Selection Criteria

• Academic achievement and potential
• Demonstration of service and leadership in school or community
• Motivation and commitment to return to Sub-Saharan Africa after graduation and give back
• Verification of disadvantaged socio-economic status

USA Scholarships for Africans – Application Procedure

1. By Jan. 15, ASU international undergraduate admissions must receive the application for admission to Arizona State University and all supporting materials required – see links below.  A complete application includes:

• Three consecutive years of certified academic records,
• Certified national exam results (if applicable in your country)
• TOEFL scores (depending on country of secondary school)

Please send the required documents to ASU international undergraduate admission using the address line “ATTN: MasterCard Fdn Scholars.” Addresses and additional information are available at the links below. Include a certified English translation of all documents not written in English.

The application fee will be waived for MasterCard Foundation Scholars. When starting your application, select “Pay Later with Check or Money Order.”

If you are required to take the TOEFL, we strongly encourage you to take the exam by Dec. 1, to ensure an on-time submission of materials for admission to ASU.

2. By Jan. 15, The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program at ASU must receive a completed online application, which includes:

• Student information and daily activities
• Five essays
• Financial information related to the household income and expenses
• References’ names and contact information

Only accepted ASU students will be reviewed for this program. Students must submit the online ASU admissions application to access the online application for the program at ASU.

3. The selection committee will determine semi-finalists by Feb. 15. If a student is selected as a semi-finalist, a letter of recommendation will be required. Reference forms will be sent to semi-finalists when they are notified.

4. Recommendation forms must be submitted to The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program at ASU no later than March 7.

5. The selection committee will determine finalists by March 28.

6. All other candidates will be notified by April 7.

Follow the links below for more details and application contacts – USA Scholarships for Africans.

Please contact the program at mcfscholarship [at] asu.edu if you have further questions. For more scholarship information and application, see; USA Scholarships for Africans

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USIU Undergraduate Scholarships for Kenya Students: Over the last 40 years, USIU has provided financial assistant to numerous students.

New scholarships are now being offered to Kenyan citizens interested in undergraduate studies in international Relations, Journalism and psychology, Business Administration, Accounting, Hotel and Restaurant Management, Information Systems and Technology.

Scholarships are also on offer for International Business Administration, Tourism Management and Criminology Justice and graduate studies in Counseling Psychology and International Relations effective September.

Full USIU Scholarship for the Bachelor’s Degree

No. of scholarships: 2

The scholarships cover the cost of tuition, room and board, books and computer lab fees beginning Fall Semester (September). Recipients must meet other expenses such as Medical and Student Affairs Council (SAC) fees.

Requirements: B+ and above in KCSE and demonstrate academic and leadership achievements and must be financially needy.

Scholarships for the Physically Challenged

No. of scholarships: 2

The Scholarships are academic merit based and cover full tuition costs effective Fall Semester (September)

Requirements: C+ and above in KCSE

Scholarships for the Underrepresented Communities

No. of scholarships: 2

Scholarships are for the underrepresented and underprivileged bright students from Arid and Semi Arid Regions of Kenya (ASAL) and one similar scholarship for applicants from the Informal settlements in the neighborhood of USIU and cover full tuition only.

Requirements: C+ and above in KCSE

Partial Scholarships

The partial scholarships are for female students only. Call for the scholarship applications is made in the spring of every semester. They are processed in the following semester and awarded in fall of every year.

This scholarships covers tuition only.

Applicants must:

• Have sat the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Examinations (KCSE) not more than one year prior to the award.
• Have attained a mean grade of B or better, with at least a C+ in English and Mathematics in KCSE.
• Maintain a cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0 and above to remain eligible.

Follow the links below for more details and application contacts.

www.windsorbrokers.com

Application forms and the lists of accompanying required documents are available at: USIU Undergraduate Scholarships for Kenya Students

WAN-IFRA Fellowship for African Women Journalists: The World Association of Newspaper and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) is pleased to invite commercial and editorial media women in Botswana, Namibia and Zambia to apply to participate in the Women In News (WIN) programme.

WIN is a leadership development programme aiming to contribute to the advancement and empowerment of women in African media, simultaneously enhancing and promoting the development of financially viable and editorially strong media enterprises in emerging markets on the continent.

WIN equips women media professionals in middle management positions with the strategies, skills and support networks they need to advance their careers toward upper management levels.

The WIN programme is comprised of four nation-wide events held in participating countries’ national capitals and culminates with a programme-wide WIN Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa at the year’s end.

Included in these events are one-on-one coaching sessions with professional and experienced national and international coaches, working with participants to build personal and realistic professional action plans; mentoring with experiences business professionals and peers; and skills development and training modules focusing on topics identified by participants as being instrumental in their professional development.

Fellowship Eligibility

WIN is open to women working for a minimum of two years in middle management positions for newspapers in Botswana, Namibia and Zambia. Successful applicants will already have a certain degree of leadership responsibility in their current positions, have room for growth and aspire to progress within the newspaper industry.

The programme will welcome women from all departments of media houses in each of the three countries (i.e. editorial departments, as well as administration, human resources, accounting, marketing etc.).

Fifteen women will be selected to participate, divided equally among the three participating countries.

Applications from women not employed by a newspaper (e.g. those working freelance) will be considered secondary to applicants meeting the outlined requirements.

Applications are considered on an individual basis and employment in line with the above-listed criteria does not guarantee admission to the WIN programme.

Fellowship Application Instructions

Interested applicants should submit a completed Application form, outlining their motivation for applying to the programme and how they could benefit from WIN to Catharine Fulton, WIN’s Project Manager, at cafulton [at] womeninnews.org.

Fellowship Application Deadline: February 22

Follow the links below for more details and application contacts.

For more information and scholarship applications, see: WAN-IFRA Fellowship for African Women Journalists

WARC Travel Grant: The West African Research Center (WARC) in Dakar, Senegal offers travel costs up to $1500 and a stipend of $1500 to West African scholars and graduate students.

Travel grant funds may be used to:

1) Attend and present papers at academic conferences relevant to the applicant’s field of research;

2) Travel costs up to $1500 and a stipend of $1500 visit libraries or archives that contain resources necessary to the applicant’s current academic work;

3) Travel to a research site.

Applications will consist of the following:

• A brief (50-80 word) abstract of the activity to be funded
• A description (6 double-spaced pages maximum) of the applicant’s research and how the proposed travel is relevant to this work
• A curriculum vitae with research and teaching record when relevant
• An abstract of the paper to be read and a letter of acceptance to the conference (for those wishing to attend meetings)
• A description of the collections to be consulted and their significance to the applicant’s research (for those wishing to travel to libraries or archives)
• Proof of citizenship in the form of a photocopy of the applicant’s passport
• For graduate students, a letter of recommendation by the professor overseeing their research
• A WARA grant application cover sheet

Complete applications will consist of one original and one copy of all materials (2 sets total).

Travel Grants Application Deadlines

• March 15 for travel to take place between July 1 and Dec. 31.
• September 15 for travel to take place between Jan. 1 and June 30.

Follow the links below for more information and travel grant application contacts.

Inquiries may be addressed to:
West African Research Center/Centre de Recherche Ouest Africaine
B.P. 5456 (Fann Residence)
Rue E x Léon G. Damas
Dakar , Senegal
Tel: 221-865-22-77; Fax: 221-824-20-58;
Email: warc_croa [at] yahoo.fr.

Wells Mountain Foundation Scholarships: The purpose of the Foundation is primarily to support programs and individuals in developing nations or other situations of extreme poverty.

Each year the Foundation’s Empowerment Through Education program provides support to a number of students as they pursue various educational objectives.

Support is provided for post-secondary school (college, university, polytechnic, trade school). Support is not provided for graduate degrees or study in the US, UK or other developed countries.

Financial support is primarily to cover the costs of the education itself and directly related expenses including books and supplies.

Scholarships are generally granted for the full period of study, however, recipients must maintain good grades and provide copies of all semester reports and grades as they are received.

The scholarship can be discontinued at any time in the event of unsatisfactory performance.

The scholarship awards are determined by the Scholarship Committee of the Board of Directors of the Wells Mountain Foundation and awarded once a year.

The foundation does not require the applicant to pay an admission or processing fee or to buy a number to have the application reviewed.

Scholarship Eligibility

An ideal candidate is a student, male or female, from a country in the developing world, who:

• Successfully completed a secondary education, with good to excellent grades.
• Will be studying in their country or another country in the developing world.
• Plans to live and work in their own country after they graduate.
• Has volunteered prior to applying for this scholarship and/or is willing to volunteer while receiving the WMF scholarship.
• May have some other funds available for their education, but will not be able to go to school without a scholarship.
• Submits a complete, legible application in English (please proof-read). Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Scholarships Cover

Scholarships range from $300.US to a rare high of $3000.US and cover

• Tuition and fees.
• Books and materials.
• Room rent and meals.

Scholarships do not Cover

• Education at a college, polytechnic or university in the United States, UK, Australia, or Europe (with one exception – Bergen Community College in Paramus, NJ, USA – foreign students in that college can apply).
• Masters or Doctorate degrees. A medical degree, however, is acceptable.
• Laptop computers, conferences or trips.
• Debts or past due tuition bills.

Follow the links below for more details and application contacts.

www.windsorbrokers.com

For more scholarship information and application materials, visit: Wells Mountain Foundation Scholarships

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Women Scholarships for Developing Countries: The International Peace Research Association Foundation invites applications for the Dorothy Marchus Senesh Fellowship in Peace and Development Studies for Third World Women.

Dorothy Senesh was a long-time activist for international peace and justice. Her husband Lawrence established this fellowship following her death in 1989.

The first award was made at the IPRA 25th Anniversary meeting, July 1990, in Groningen, Netherlands and has been made biennially since.

The fund provides a biennial fellowship awarded to a woman from the developing world for studies in fields of peace and development.

Third World Women Scholarships: Award Amount

Every other year (beginning in 1990) one woman receives school expenses in the amount of $5,000 per year for two years.

Women Scholarships for Developing Countries: Fellowship Application Eligibility

• The Dorothy Senesh Fellowship is available to women from the Third World who have completed a Bachelor’s degree, who have been accepted into a graduate program and whose graduate work is to be focused on issues related to the goals of IPRA.
• Funds will only be dispersed when the selected candidate is admitted into a graduate program.
• Awards are considered based on need; therefore students with substantial funding sources are less likely to be considered for the award.

Follow the links below for more details and application contacts.

Scholarships for women in developing countries: application deadline January 15.

For more information and application materials,see: Women Scholarships for Developing Countries – Senesh Fellowsips

World Bank Africa Fellowships:  The Africa Region of the World Bank Group is launching the World Bank Group Fellowship Program for Ph.D. students of African descent.

The program will increase the diverse workforce that is a priority for the Bank and its clients.

The Fellowship Program aims to build a pipeline of researchers and professionals from the African Diaspora, particularly women, who are interested in working in the development field at home or abroad, and in starting careers with the World Bank Group.

“The Fellowship Program represents an incredible opportunity not only for young African scholars to conduct research and develop their careers in development, but also for the World Bank Group to learn from their experiences and fresh insight, as well as absorb the tremendous energy young people can contribute to our work and mission,” said Sean McGrath, Vice President for Human Resources at the World Bank Group.

World Bank Africa Fellowships – About the Africa Fellowship

Fellows will spend a minimum of six months at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. getting hands-on experience in development work.

This includes knowledge generation and dissemination, design of global and country policies and the building of institutions to achieve inclusive growth in developing countries.

While benefitting from research and innovation in multiple sectors, Fellows will also work on economic policy, technical assistance, and lending for eliminating poverty and increasing shared prosperity.

Special attention will be given to work with Fragile and Conflict-Affected States.

Fellows will be expected to complete a research project and prepare a research paper to present to staff. High-standard papers may be published internally.

Specifically, selected participants will:

• Gain a better understanding of the World Bank Group’s mission and operations
• Access quality data for their research work
• Interact with seasoned experts in their field of development
• Contribute to the World Bank Group’s mission

Africa Fellowship – Who Should Apply?

Doctoral students of African descent within one or two years of completing a Ph.D. program in the following fields: Economics, Demography, Applied Statistics and Econometrics, Impact Evaluation, Education, Health, Energy, Agriculture, and Infrastructure.

World Bank Africa Fellowships – Candidates Must:

• Be enrolled in an academic institution and returning to university after the fellowship
• Be 32 years of age or below
• Have an excellent command of English, both written and verbal
• Possess strong quantitative and analytical skills

Africa Fellowships – Selection Process

After submitting an application online, the most promising candidates will be identified and their application packages forwarded to World Bank Africa Region managers and participating departments for consideration. Departments and managers will then indicate their preferences, as well as the project to be undertaken.

Selected candidates will then be notified and, upon acceptance, will be hired as short-term consultants for a minimum of six months. Fellows will receive consultant fees, round-trip economy class air travel to Washington, D.C. from their university, and worker’s compensation insurance.

Follow the links below for more details and application contacts.

For more information and application materials, see: World Bank Africa Fellowships

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Lying can generate feelings of stress which are damaging to your health, and a study by researchers at the University of Notre Dame found that when people reduced the amount of lies they told they suffered from less headaches, sore throats and anxiety.

Eating at your desk: If you’re having a busy day in work, it can be tempting to skip your lunch break and eat at your desk. However, missing out on breaks is not only bad for your stress levels, eating while distracted may also mean you are more likely to overeat.

Spending your lunch hour at your desk can lengthen the time you are physically inactive and also expose you to harmful bacteria. According to a study by the University of Arizona, your work station contains nearly 400 times more germs than the average toilet seat, making it a less than ideal place for dining.

Ends

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Ghana is on the Threshold  of Oil Devastation

“Into Africa and out of OPEC” – new thinking on oil as Said by:  AOPIG (African Oil Policy Initiative Group) July 2002.

“Along with Latin America, West Africa is expected to be one of the fastest growing sources of oil and gas for the American market. African oil tends to be of high quality and low in sulfur, making it suitable for stringent refined product requirements, and giving it a growing market share for the refining Centers on the East Coast of the U.S.” “National Energy Policy Report” Office of the Vice President Richard Cheney May 16, 2001

African Oil: A priority for U.S National Security and African Development, said  by IASPS (Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies)  Research Papers in Strategy No. 14, May 2002
“Concentration of World Oil Production in any one region is a potential contributor to market instability, benefiting neither oil producers nor consumers…This remains a policy challenge, which we will meet over the longer term through a comprehensive energy policy that addresses both supply and demand…Greater diversity of world oil production remains important
“Along with Latin America, West Africa is expected to be one of the fastest growing sources of oil and gas for the American market. African oil tends to be of high quality and low in sulfur, making it suitable for stringent refined product requirements, and giving it a growing market share for the refining Centers on the East Coast of the U.S.”
“National Energy Policy Report”
Office of the Vice President Richard Cheney; May 16, 2001

The Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies (IASPS) is an Israel-based think tank with an affiliated office in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1984 by its president, Professor Robert Loewenberg.  According to the institute its mission is “to call attention to the Redirection of Western peoples by Science & the Open Society-History: Policy in the Era of the Convergence of Western Elites and Islam.”

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=African_Oil_Policy_Initiative_Group

http://www.israeleconomy.org/strategic/africawhitepaper.pdf

African Oil Policy Initiative Group (AOPIG) is a Washington, DC lobby group in close ties with IASPS.

African Oil Policy Initiative Group (AOPIG) members:

Courtney Alexander, Alexander Strategy Group

Malik Chaka, House Africa Subcommittee

Emmanuel Egbogoh, Emeraid Energy

Alyssa Jorgenson, House Africa Subcommittee

Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski, USAF, Department of Defense Africa Policy

Don Norland, former Ambassador to Chad

Melvin Spense, Office of Congressman William Jefferson

Janice Van Dyke Walden, Vanco Energy

Ponzi Watson, Renaissance Management Group

Warren Weinstein, Africa Global

Mark Winter, Stewart Tide Guaranty Corporation

(The nationalities and qualifications of these members are really funny if not absurd)

Barry Schutz; AOPIG Cochairman; former analyst with CIA, DIA, Rand, State Dept. ; Bureau of Intelligence and Research.

Paul Michael Wihbey; AOPIG Cochairman; is the President of the Global Water & Energy Strategy Team (GWEST). He is also a “Strategic Fellow” at the Institute for Advanced Strategic & Political Studies (IASPS), a Jerusalem-based think tank. A profile described IASPS as “a think tank based in Israel that aims to shift America’s dependency on oil from the Gulf nations — hostile towards Israel — to other parts of the world.” Wihbey “specializes in US energy and security in the Persian Gulf and adjacent areas”.

According to a biographical note on the IASPS website, Wihbey is “former vice president of the Federal Liberal Party of Canada during the Trudeau Administration, he was a member of the Canadian parliamentary and diplomatic fact-finding missions to Lebanon in the early 1980s. … In Washington, Wihbey has served as a consultant on Middle East security, economics and political issues to US-based multinationals, Congress and the Department of Defense”.

A 1998 article written by Wihbey for the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs states: “From 1985-1989, he served as consultant to the U.S. Department of Defense and several Congressional offices. From 1989-1995, he was a contributing editor of Security Intelligence Review.”

In a July 2002 article on Africa’s potential as an oil producer, National Review editor Richard Lowry described Wihbey as a “friend”. He also said that Wihbey “is a leading evangelist of West Africa’s potential, and has created an African Oil Policy Initiative Group to try to wake up policymakers to the region’s emerging importance.”

A January 2003 article in Le Monde Diplomatique says that Wihbey visited Lagos, Nigeria in July 2002. According to the article, “Officially the aim was to set up a Gulf of Guinea commission representing oil producing countries in the area. Unofficially there was talk of Nigeria leaving Opec, a rumour finally denied by the government.”

Robert E. Heiler ; AOPIG General Secretary; currently serves as Vice President for Communications and Board Member of GWEST, LLC (Global Water & Energy Strategy Team). Mr. Heiler is a co-founder of GWEST, whose principal business is providing energy security policy analysis and business development consulting services to energy companies, financial institutions, and foreign governments.

Mr. Heiler serves GWEST as the Executive Editor of FirstInsight, a quarterly publication produced in conjunction with FirstEnergy Capital Corp. of Calgary focused on the geopolitics of the world energy market. Prior to founding GWEST in 2002, Mr. Heiler was Executive Director of a Washington-based public policy institute focusing on U.S. energy security, geopolitics and missile defense. He organized the January, 2002 Washington symposium, African Oil: A Priority for U.S. National Security and African Development. Mr. Heiler also was Secretary General of the African Oil Policy Initiative Group (AOPIG), which produced a White Paper of the same title enthusiastically accepted by five Members of Congress and U.S. Assistant Secretary of Energy Vickie Bailey. He also headed the institute’s Strategic Fellows Program, placing research assistants in Congressional offices and overseeing their activities there. Before receiving that position, Mr. Heiler had been a fellow in that same program, working in the offices of Congressman Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and Senator Robert Smith (R-NH), focused on issues relating to Africa and to the U.S. Air Force.

Mr. Heiler has also worked on speeches and policy documents for Maryland Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele, a candidate for U.S. Senate, and Lynn Swann, a candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania. He graduated in 1994 from Arizona State University with a B.A. in English.

Courtney Alexander, Alexander Strategy Group was an American lobbying firm. In January 2006 the firm was shut down. It was fatally damaged by publicity about the ongoing federal investigation into the actions of convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

Malik Chaka, a staff member with the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Africa. Chaka previously lived in Tanzania for five years on the early 1970s as an aid worker, and is a fluent speaker of Swahili. “Tanzania holds a special place in my heart,” he says. He is Director of Threshold Programs of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Policy and International Relations.

Emmanuel Egbogoh, Emeraid Energy; mmanuel O. Egbogah a director in the project and planning department of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)and Special Adviser to the President on Petroleum Matters.

“Dr Egbogah is founder and Executive Chairman of Emerald Energy Resources Limited, the operator of continental shelf block OPL 229, Niger Delta, Nigeria.

“He is currently serving as Special Adviser on Petroleum Matters to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“He is also the Executive Vice President & Director, Training and Technology Transfer, VRMT International Inc, Houston, Chairman, Pipeline Integrity Nigeria Limited and O & G Technologies Limited, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

“Previously, he was Vice President, International Production for Niko Resources Limited, an international E&P company in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

“Previously, Dr Egbogah served for eight years as Technical Advisor and Techology custodian for PETRONAS, the national oil company of Malaysia where he was responsible for strategic planning and expansion program leading to the company’s E&P establishment in over 25 countries around the world.

“He served for five years as Enhanced Oil Recovery Advisor for the Libyan National Oil Corporation, Tripoli, where he was responsible for the Reservoir Management of 159 reservoirs containing about 40 billion barrels of oil reserves.

“He was responsible for the planning and supervision of EOR programs in 34 Libyan reservoirs.

Alyssa Jorgenson; He is from American University, and staffer for the House Africa Subcommittee.

Member, African Oil Policy Initiative Group

Associate Consultant (2003), Zimbabwe Democracy Trust

Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski, USAF, Department of Defense Africa Policy. Karen Kwiatkowski, a specialist on the Middle East and retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel who “spent her final four and a half years in uniform working at the Pentagon,” worked “from May 2002 through February 2003 in the office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Near East/South Asia and Special Plans” at the Department of Defense. Since retiring, she has become a noted critic of the U.S. government’s involvement in Iraq.

Colonel Kwiatkowski has an MA in Government from Harvard University and a MS in Science Management from the University of Alaska. She is currently candidate for a PhD in World Politics at Catholic University; her thesis is on overt and covert war in Angola, titled A Case Study of the Implementation of the Reagan Doctrine.

She began her military career in 1978. As a second lieutenant, she served at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, providing logistical support to missions along the Chinese and Russian coasts. She served in Spain and Italy, and was then assigned to the National Security Agency, eventually becoming a speechwriter for the agency’s director. After leaving the NSA, she became an analyst on sub-Saharan Africa policy for the Pentagon. From May, 2002 to February 2003, she served in the Pentagon’s Near East and South Asia directorate (NESA). While at NESA, she wrote a series of anonymous articles, “Insider Notes from the Pentagon”, that appeared on the website of David Hackworth.

Kwiatkowski left NESA in February, 2003 and retired from the Air Force the following month. In April 2003, she began writing a series of articles for the libertarian website LewRockwell.com. In June of that year, she published an article in the Ohio Beacon Journal, “Career Officer Does Eye-Opening Stint inside Pentagon” which attracted additional notice. Since February, 2004, she has written a biweekly column, “Without Reservations”, for the website Military Week.

Colonel Kwiatkowski is primarily noted for openly and publicly denouncing what she sees as a corrupting political influence on the course of military intelligence leading up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Her most comprehensive writings on this subject appeared in a series of articles in The American Conservative magazine in December 2003 and in a March 2004 article on Salon.com. In the latter piece, titled “The New Pentagon Papers”,    I witnessed neoconservative agenda bearers within OSP usurp measured and carefully considered assessments, and through suppression and distortion of intelligence analysis promulgate what were in fact falsehoods to both Congress and the executive office of the president.

Kwiatkowski exposed how a clique of officers led by retired Navy Captain Bill Luti, assistant secretary of defense for NESA, and former aid of Dick Cheney when the latter was Secretary of Defense, took control of the military intelligence, and how the Office of Special Plans (OSP) grew and eventually turned into a censorship and disinformation organism controlling the NESA.

Don Norland, former Ambassador to Chad Donald R. Norland (deceased) was “a career Foreign Service officer who served as ambassador to four African countries, died Dec. 30 [2007] at Sibley Memorial Hospital after a heart attack. He lived in Washington.

“From 1976 to 1979, Mr. Norland served simultaneously as the ambassador to the three southern African countries of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. Mr. Norland was accredited to all three nations but was based in Botswana.

“In 1979, he was appointed ambassador to Chad, which for generations had endured political turmoil because of civil wars and military coups.

“In the summer of 1980, a Libyan-backed coup in Chad led French military forces to evacuate Mr. Norland and other diplomats to Cameroon.

“Mr. Norland retired from the Foreign Service in 1981 but remained active in African affairs as a private consultant.

“He lent his expertise on energy and telecommunications projects in Sudan, Nigeria and Chad. He also worked with the Harvard Institute for International Development and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to help devise private-sector-led economic development.

“From 1987 to 1989, Mr. Norland headed the training program on African area studies at the State Department’s Foreign Service Institute.

“He served on the advisory board of a fellowship program at Georgetown University Law Center to bring African lawyers to study in the United States…

“Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Patricia Bamman Norland of Washington; two sons, Richard Norland, deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, and David Norland of Falls Church; a daughter, Patricia Norland of Arlington; two brothers; a sister; and five grandchildren.”

Melvin Spense, Office of Congressman William Jefferson.  Melvin Spence was former aide to William J. Jefferson. “With the support of lawmakers like Jefferson, Africa has emerged as a major American oil supplier in the last decade. Jefferson and his staff strongly supported the African Oil Policy Initiative Group (AOPIG), an ad hoc panel of U.S. government and energy industry officials that described African energy as a “vital interest” of the United States. In an article in 2003, Alexander’s Gas & Oil wrote that Jefferson was calling for a “full-fledged makeover of the U.S. strategic relationship with Africa” to take advantage of its “petroleum potential.”..

“Another Louisiana firm with ties to Jefferson is Schaffer Global Group. Back in 2002, according to interviews and documents I have received, Schaffer Global was unsuccessfully chasing potential business deals in Equatorial Guinea in conjunction with several other firms, including a lobbying and business-development company called AfricaGlobal that worked for the Obiang regime (and which is now owned by Schaffer). In addition to trying to drum up American investment in Equatorial Guinea, AfricaGlobal also sought to improve ties between Obiang and the United States. At least three people from Schaffer or AfricaGlobal made modest campaign contributions to Jefferson; one of them, Warren Weinstein, served on the AOPIG with Melvin Spence, an aide to the congressman.”

Janice Van Dyke Walden, Vanco Energy, Janice Van Dyke Walden “is the founder and president of Van Dyke Walden & Associates, a public relations firm handling marketing, advertising and public relations for non-profits and corporations, especially in the areas of energy, health care, education and trade.

“From the time she was a teenager, Janice has been interested in shaping perceptions and influencing change. With a background in film and television, she became an award-winning documentary filmmaker at Houston Public Television before becoming a public relations professional.

“Having been involved in international business most of her career, Janice is deeply committed to contributing toward progress and understanding in developing countries, especially Africa, and sees public relations as a powerful tool in changing the way the world thinks and operates.

“In 1996 she started the office of public relations for the leading privately-held E&P company active offshore deepwater Africa, Vanco Energy Company, being named Vice President of Public Relations in 2001. In 2003 she formed Van Dyke Walden & Associates to focus on broader corporate public relations, collaborating with professionals in complimentary disciplines to achieve the multi-faceted project goals facing clients.

“As a commitment to her values, Janice founded and served as President of the U.S. Foundation for the United World College of the Atlantic from 2001-2005, and served as a Governor of the UK-based college for two years. From 2001 to 2002 she served on the Sub-Sahara Advisory Committee of the Export-Import Bank. She is an active supporter and volunteer with Living Water International.”

Ponzi Watson, Renaissance Management Group, Ponzi Watson, Chairman, RMG. “Mr. Watson has more than 40 years’ experience in various management positions including over 20 years in international projects in Africa. He sits on the board of several NGOs and development institutions and is affiliated with a number of international financial organizations.”

Warren Weinstein, Africa Global, Warren Weinstein, Legislative Director, Bipartisan Policy Center Advocacy Network. “Warren joined the BPC in September, 2008 after more than 5 years at Edison International covering energy, environmental and transportation issues. Prior to his time at Edison, from 1999-2003 Warren was a Legislative Assistant for Senator Feinstein where he advised the Senator on all energy, environmental and water issues. Before his time on the Hill, he served for 5 years as the Deputy Director of the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable where he worked on international environmental issues. Warren received his B.A. from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.”

Mark Winter, Stewart Tide Guaranty Corporation, Stewart Title Guaranty Company (STG), a wholly owned subsidiary of Stewart Information Services Corp. (NYSE-STC), announces the election of Mark Winter, executive vice president of public policy for Stewart Title, as president-elect of the American Land Title Association (ALTA). Winter was unanimously elected to the position by the association’s board of governors at its Feb. 28 meeting…

“Winter brings 25 years of industry and policy experience to the position. In addition, to being a long-time member of the board of governors of the ALTA, Winter is chairman of the association’s International Development Committee, immediate past Chairman of the Underwriters Section, a member of the Government Relations Committee and the Title Industry Political Action Committee Board of Trustees.

“Since 2005, Winter has served as executive vice president of public policy for Stewart’s Washington, D.C. office, and is responsible for the development and coordination of both commercial and residential real estate business and for the procurement of international land titling projects funded by independent federal agencies. Winter represents Stewart before Congress, various regulatory agencies, and government-sponsored enterprises such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In addition, Winter served on the boards of Stewart Information International, Stewart Title Guaranty Company Political Action Committee, the International Land Registration Association and the International Real Estate Roundtable. Prior to joining Stewart, Winter, a graduate of Georgetown University, was a special assistant to the U.S. ambassador to Jamaica and a member of the professional staff of U.S. Reps. Bill Bray (R-Ind.) and Frances Bolton (R-Ohio).”

“In 1995-96, Winter served on the advisory board of World Mae, a corporation organized to facilitate the development of a secondary market for home-mortgage loans originated in countries throughout the world. He is a charter member of the International Land Registration Association and the Fannie Mae International Real Estate Roundtable.

“Winter is a member of the board of Living Water International – a non-profit, interdenominational Christian ministry providing clean drinking water to people in developing countries, in particular Africa. He also is a member of the Millennium Water Alliance, a group of non-governmental organizations with experience and expertise in providing clean, safe water and sanitation services in developing countries.”

The violent illegitimate removal of Mr. Laurent Gbagbo in order to open the Ivorian oil fields – which are much more lucrative than the Ghanaian-, can be easily understood.

Huge cocoa loots will only pave the way to much more heinous targets.

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Engage readers in new ways – with a mobile application that enables residents to geo-tag ideas for improving their neighborhood, and via local wikis, based on a successful California site where residents exchange local knowledge and news.
A full list is attached.
Nearly half of this year’s winners are private enterprises, up from 15 percent in 2009. Businesses are finding more ways to build on open source software, a requirement of the Challenge.
Knight Foundation announced the winners at the Future of News and Civic Media conference at MIT, where Challenge winners past and present gather to exchange ideas and collaborate.
Over the Challenge’s four years, Knight Foundation has reviewed 10,000 applications and funded 50 projects for $23 million.
Already, past projects have been adopted by other media organizations and are having an impact:
Hnews, which allows readers to see the source of information in online articles, is being tested by the Associated Press and 250 newspapers.
DocumentCloud, which allows reporters to share source documents, is being used by ProPublica, the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune.
Spot.us, the community-funded reporting site, has had stories published in the Oakland Tribune and the New York Times and has expanded to Los Angeles.
“The future of news is being advanced every day by Knight News Challenge winners, who are bringing critical information to communities in new ways,” said Jose Zamora, Knight Foundation journalism program associate.
For more information about the contest and the winning projects visit www.newschallenge.org.
About the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation advances journalism in the digital age and invests in the vitality of communities where the Knight brothers owned newspapers. Knight Foundation focuses on projects that promote informed and engaged communities and lead to transformational change. For more, visit www.knightfoundation.org.
Contact: Marc Fest, Vice President of Communications, Knight Foundation, 305-908-2677; fest@knightfoundation.org
2010 Knight News Challenge Winners
Project descriptions, and bios
CityTracking
Award: $400,000
Winner: Eric Rodenbeck, Stamen Design
Web URL: http://stamen.com;  http://crimespotting.org
Twitter: @stamen
Location: San Francisco, Calif.
Summary: To make municipal data easy to understand, CityTracking will allow users to create embeddable data visualizations that are appealing enough to spread virally and that are as easy to share as photos and videos. The dynamic interfaces will be appropriate to each data type, starting with crime and working through 311 calls for service, among others. The creators will use high design standards, making the visuals beautiful as well as useful.
Bio: Eric Rodenbeck is the founder and creative director of Stamen, a leading mapping and data visualization design studio based in San Francisco. Recent Stamen projects for the London 2012 Olympics, MSNBC and the City of San Francisco push the boundaries of online cartography and design. In addition, the studio’s contribution to open-source mapping projects are helping to make possible a bottom-up revolution in how maps and data visualization are made and consumed. Rodenbeck led the interactive storytelling and data-driven narrative effort at Quokka Sports, illustrated and designed at Wired magazine and Wired Books, and was a co-founder of the design collective Umwow. His work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. Rodenbeck received a bachelor’s in the history and philosophy of technology from The New School for Social Research in 1994. In 2008, he was named one of Esquire magazine’s “Best and Brightest” new designers and thinkers, and one of ID Magazine’s top 40 designers to watch. He is on the board of directors of the Kenneth Rainin Foundation.
The Cartoonist
Award: $378,000
Winner: Ian Bogost and Michael Mateas
Web URL: http://www.gatech.edu
Twitter: @ibogost
Location: Atlanta, Ga.
Summary: To engage readers in the news, this project will create a free tool that produces cartoon-like current event games – the game equivalent of editorial cartoons. The simplified tools will be created with busy journalists and editors in mind, people who have the pulse of their community but don’t have a background in game development. By answering a series of questions about the major actors in a news event and making value judgments about their actions, The Cartoonist will automatically propose game rules and images. The games aim to help the sites draw readers and inspire them to explore the news.
Bio:  Ian Bogost, a videogame designer, critic and researcher, is associate professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology and founding partner at Persuasive Games. His research and writing considers videogames as an expressive medium, and his creative practice focuses on political and art games. Bogost is the author of Unit Operations: An Approach to Videogame Criticism, of Persuasive Games: The Expressive Power of Videogames, co-author of Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System and co-author of the forthcoming Newsgames: Journalism at Play. Bogost’s videogames cover topics as varied as airport security, disaffected workers, the petroleum industry, suburban errands and tort reform. His games have been played by millions of people and exhibited internationally.
Michael Mateas is an authority on artificial intelligence for games and interactive entertainment. His research group at the University of California, Santa Cruz, The Expressive Intelligence Studio, is one of the largest technical game research groups in the world. He holds the MacArthur Endowed Chair and helped create the first game design program in the University of California system. With Andrew Stern, he created the award-winning Façade, the first artificial intelligence-based interactive drama.
Local Wiki
Award: $350,000
Winner: Philip Neustrom and Mike Ivanov
Web URL: http://daviswiki.org
Twitter: @philipn; @mivanov
Location: San Francisco, Calif.
Summary: Based on the successful DavisWiki.org in Davis, Calif., this project will create enhanced tools for local wikis, a new form of media that makes it easy for people to learn – and share – their own unique community knowledge. Members will be able to post articles about anything they like, edit others and upload photos and files. This grant will help create the specialized open-source software that makes the wiki possible and help communities develop, launch and sustain local wiki projects.
Bio: Philip Neustrom is a software engineer in the San Francisco Bay area. He co-founded DavisWiki.org in 2004. For the past several years he has worked on a variety of nonprofit efforts to engage everyday citizens. He oversaw the development of the popular VideoTheVote.org, the world’s largest coordinated video documentation project, and was the lead developer at Citizen Engagement Laboratory, a nonprofit focused on empowering traditionally underrepresented constituencies. He is a graduate of the University of California, Davis, with a bachelor’s in mathematics.
Mike Ivanov is a software engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area. He co-founded DavisWiki.org in 2004. He, along with Philip Neustrom, was awarded the Excellence in Community Involvement Award by the City of Davis for his work on the DavisWiki, an honor usually reserved for traditional local media formats such as radio and television. He is a graduate of the University of California, Davis, with a bachelor’s in mathematics.
WindyCitizen’s Real Time Ads
Award: $250,000
Winner: Brad Flora, WindyCitizen.com
Web URL: http://windycitizen.com
Twitter: @bradflora
Location: Chicago, Ill.
Summary: As a way to help online startups become sustainable, this project will develop an improved software interface to help sites create and sell what are known as “real-time ads.” These ads are designed to be engaging as they constantly change – showing the latest message or post from the advertiser’s Twitter account, Facebook page or blog. Challenge winner Brad Flora helped pioneer the idea on his Chicago news site, WindyCitizen.com.
Bio: Brad Flora is a journalist and entrepreneur in Chicago. He is the founder and president of WindyCitizen.com, which gives Chicagoans a place to share, rate and discuss their favorite local stories, events and deals. His work has appeared in Slate magazine and Chicago-area newspapers. He was a 2008 Carnegie-Knight News 21 Fellow and is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
GoMap Riga
Award: $250,000
Winner: Marcis Rubenis and Kristofs Blaus, GoMap Riga
Web URL: www.gomap.org; www.KristofsBlaus.com
Twitter: @kristofsblaus; @MarcisRubenis
Location: Riga, Latvia
Summary: To inspire people to get involved in their community, this project will create a live, online map with local news and activities. GoMap Riga will pull some content from the Web and place it automatically on the map. Residents will be able to add their own news, pictures and videos while discussing what is happening around them. GoMap Riga will be integrated with the major existing social networks and allow civic participation through mobile technology. The project will be tested in Riga, Latvia, and ultimately be applicable in other cities.
Bio: Marcis Rubenis is a social entrepreneur in Riga, Latvia. In 2006, he initiated the first non-governmental organization (NGO) network in Riga, to foster greater transparency, sustainability and public participation in large-scale development plans in the capital. Rubenis is a multiple business competition award winner, including garnering second place in the biggest international student team business competition in Europe in 2006. Rubenis is also the founder of the crowdsourcing organization, “House of Ideas,” and the co-founder of the event format, idejuTalka (ideaCamp), which uses crowdsourcing to fuel grassroots solutions for business and society. Rubenis studies economics at the University of Latvia and is researching how crowdsourcing, open source and similar models of social organization can benefit real-world communities and businesses.
Kristofs Blaus is a European entrepreneur managing various innovative businesses in the Baltics. Since 2007, he has successfully worked with teaching-aid software for mobile phones, advanced marketing solutions, payment systems and delivering advanced IT services. Blaus, the winner of various business competitions in Latvia, is founder and CEO of Education Mobile Ltd., Technology Mobile Ltd. and Politics Mobile Ltd., and founder of the Society Technologies Foundation. He has lectured and presented to young entrepreneurs, teachers, young leaders and business students across the Baltic region.
Order in the Court 2.0
Award: $250,000
Winner: John Davidow, WBUR
Web URL: www.wbur.org
Twitter: @johndavidow
Location: Boston, Mass.
Summary:  To foster greater access to the judicial process, this project will create a laboratory in a Boston courtroom to help establish best practices for digital coverage that can be replicated and adopted throughout the nation. While the legislative and executive branches have incorporated new technologies and social media, the courts still operate under the video and audio recording standards established in the 1970s and ’80s. The courtroom will have a designated area for live blogging via a Wi-Fi network and the ability to live-stream court proceedings to the public. Working in conjunction with the Massachusetts court system, the project will publish the daily docket on the Web and build a knowledge wiki for the public with common legal terms.
Bio: John Davidow was named WBUR’s executive editor of new media in July of 2009, where he has overseen the growth of the award-winning wbur.org. Davidow joined WBUR as news director/managing editor in 2003 after spending more than two decades as a journalist in Boston. Davidow’s work has been recognized with regional awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association, the Associated Press and UPI. He has also received a number of regional Emmy Awards. Davidow graduated cum laude from Tufts University with a bachelor’s in economics.
Front Porch Forum
Award: $220,000
Winner: Michael Wood-Lewis, Front Porch Forum
Web URL: http://frontporchforum.com
Twitter: @MichaelFPF
Location: Burlington, Vt.
Summary:  To help residents connect with others and their community, this grant will help rebuild and enhance a successful community news site, expand it to more towns and release the software so other organizations, anywhere can use it. The Front Porch Forum, a virtual town hall space, helps residents share and discuss local news, build community and increase engagement. The site, currently serving 25 Vermont towns, will expand to 250.
Bio: Michael Wood-Lewis has been pulling neighbors together into community since his Indiana childhood spent organizing ball games and visiting neighbors on his evening paper route. Decades later, he founded Front Porch Forum, which hosts a pilot network of 140 online neighborhood forums that blankets 25 northwest Vermont towns. More than 18,000 households subscribe to Front Porch Forum. The resulting news sharing and community building is attracting recognition from PBS MediaShift, the Vermont legislature, the Rural Telecom Congress and the Case and Orton Family Foundations. Previously, he led an innovative trade association of New England utilities. Earlier, he guided a Washington, D.C.-based consortium of U.S. municipal leaders in developing environmental technologies, building on his experience as an inventor of high-tech recycling equipment. He earned a master’s in engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as well as an MBA.
One-Eight
Award: $202,000
Winner: Teru Kuwayama
Web URL: www.novembereleven.org; www.lightstalkers.org/teru
Twitter: @terukuwayama
Location: Chicago, Ill.
Summary: Broadening the perspectives that surround U.S . military operations in Afghanistan, this project will chronicle a battalion by combining reporting from embedded journalists with user-generated content from the Marines themselves . The troops and their families will be key audiences for the online journal steering, challenging and augmenting the coverage with their feedback . The approach will directly serve the stakeholders and inform the wider public by bringing in on-the-ground views on military issues and the execution of U .S . foreign policy. The troops were recently authorized to use social media while deployed, and this project will also study the impact of that decision on the military.
Bio: Teru Kuwayama is a photographer who has spent most of the past decade reporting on conflict and humanitarian crisis. He has reported in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir and Iraq – traveling both independently and as an embedded reporter with military forces. His photographs have appeared in publications including Time, Newsweek, Outside and National Geographic. Kuwayama is the co-founder of Lightstalkers.org, a Web-based network of media, military, aid and development personnel serving more than 40,000 members. He is currently a John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University. Kuwayama received a bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York at Albany.
Stroome
Award: $200,000
Winner: Nonny de la Peña and Tom Grasty, Stroome
Web URL: http://stroome.com
Twitter: @nonnydlp; @stroome
Location: Los Angeles, Calif.
Summary: To simplify the production of news video, Stroome will create a virtual video-editing studio. There, correspondents, editors and producers will be able to upload and share content, edit and remix with friends and colleagues – all without using expensive satellite truck technology. The site will launch as eyewitness video – often captured by mobile phones or webcams – is becoming a key component of news coverage, generating demand for supporting tools.
Bio: Recently named an “Innovator to Watch” by the University of Southern California’s (USC) Stevens Institute for Innovation, Tom Grasty is an entrepreneurial digital and media strategist with a diverse, 15-year background across the entertainment, advertising, public relations and Internet industries. Most recently, Grasty was head of creative development at Blaze Television, where he was responsible for the company’s digital media operations. Grasty has a degree in journalism from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and a master’s from USC’s pioneering program in online communities.
Nonny de la Peña is a senior research fellow in immersive journalism at the University of Southern California (USC) Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. At USC, she is pushing boundaries for entrepreneurial and technologically innovative journalistic endeavors. A graduate of Harvard University, she is an award-winning documentary filmmaker with 20 years of journalism experience, including as a correspondent for Newsweek magazine and as a writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times Magazine, Premiere magazine and others. Her films have screened on national television and at theaters in more than 50 cities around the globe, garnering praise from critics like The New York Times’ A.O. Scott, who called her work “a brave and necessary act of truth-telling.”
CitySeed
Award: $90,000
Winner: Retha Hill and Cody Shotwell, Arizona State University
Web URL: www.painteddesertmedia.com; http://codyshotwell.com
Twitter: @codyshotwell; @rethahill
Location: Phoenix, Ariz.
Summary: To inform and engage communities, CitySeed will be a mobile application that allows users to plant the “seed” of an idea and share it with others. For example, a person might come across a great spot for a community garden. At that moment, the person can use the CitySeed app to “geotag” the idea, which links it to an exact location. Others can look at the place-based ideas, debate and hopefully act on them. The project aims to increase the number of people informed about and engaged with their communities by breaking down community issues into bite-size settings.
Bio: Retha Hill is the director of the New Media Innovation Lab and professor of practice at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. The innovative laboratory conducts research and development for the media industry. She joined the Cronkite School in fall 2007. Previously, Hill was vice president for content development for BET Interactive, where she was the executive in charge of content strategy, convergence and integration with the BET Network. She worked for The Washington Post Company in a variety of capacities, including as a reporter and a founding editor of Washingtonpost.com. Hill also is the owner of Painted Desert Media, LLC, a Phoenix-based media consulting company.
Cody Shotwell has lived in downtown Phoenix since 2008. A fresh graduate of the Masters of Mass Communication program at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, the Seattle-area native keeps his fingers on the pulse of the journalism community through his day job as Web coordinator at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.
PRX StoryMarket
Award: $75,000
Winner: Jake Shapiro, PRX
Web URL: www.prx.org
Twitter: @jakeshapiro
Location: Boston, Mass.
Summary: Building on the software created by 2008 challenge winner Spot.us, this project will allow anyone to pitch and help pay to produce a story for a local public radio station. When the amount is raised (in small contributions), the station will hire a professional journalist to do the report. The project provides a new way for public radio stations to raise money, produce more local content and engage listeners.
Bio: Jake Shapiro is CEO of  PRX, The Public Radio Exchange, an online marketplace connecting stations, producers and the public. Since its launch in 2003, PRX has been a leading innovator in public media, pioneering new digital distribution models and social media applications. In 2008, PRX received the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. Prior to joining PRX, Shapiro was associate director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, where he remains on the Fellows Advisory Board. Shapiro is also an independent musician and has recorded and performed on guitar and cello with numerous groups, most frequently with original rock band Two Ton Shoe.
Tilemapping
Award: $74,000
Winner:  Eric Gundersen, Development Seed
Web URL: www.developmentseed.org
Twitter: @ericg
Location: Washington, D.C.
Summary: To inspire residents to learn about local issues, Tilemapping will help local media create hyper-local, data-filled maps for their websites and blogs. Journalists will be able to tell more textured stories, while residents will be able to draw connections to their physical communities in new ways. The tools will be tested in Washington, D.C. Ushahidi, a 2009 Knight News Challenge winner, used a prototype after the earthquake in Haiti to create maps used to crowdsource reports on places needing aid.
Bio: Eric Gundersen is the president and co-founder of Development Seed. Over the past seven years, Gundersen has developed communications strategies and tools for some of the largest international development organizations in the world, in addition to working with U.S.-based public health and education organizations. He is especially interested in improving information flows within large organizations and visualizing information in actionable ways.
Gundersen, a 2009 winner of the Federal 100 award for his contributions to government technology, earned his master’s in international development from American University in Washington, D.C., and has dual bachelor’s degrees in economics and international relations. He co-founded Development Seed while researching technology access and microfinance in Peru. Before starting Development Seed, Gundersen was a journalist in Washington, D.C. writing on the environment and national security.
 
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