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New app guides school leavers to potential careers
Via Afrika has added a new app to its educational app suite, CareerCompass, which enables young people to gain insight into the careers they are best suited for... read more>>



E-learning
Akon Lighting Africa to launch solar powered tablets for education
Benin is the last stop on a two-week road show during which Akon Lighting Africa co-founders, music artist Akon, Thione Niang and Samba Bathily, unveiled their long-term objective to use solar activities to drive education by introducing connected tablet devices. read more>>

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Higher Education
Do your homework before contracting training suppliers

Jackie Carroll

Underlining the dire state of further education and training in South Africa is a story on the Mail & Guardian website, 'Limpopo youth lose out after R28m skills project grinds to halt'... read more>>
AFDA launches new B.Com and B.SC degrees
The AFDA School of Business Innovation and Computer Technology has been accredited to offer Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Science degrees... read more>>
AABS accreditation for African business schools - a new focus on impact

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business

The Association for African Business Schools has announced that it will be launching an all-African accreditation process that will take African business school education into the future, where impact matters... read more>>



Primary & Secondary Education
Literacy conferences to encourages learning and imagination through reading
The 9th Pan-African Literacy for All and 10th Reading Association of South Africa (RASA) National Literacy Conference, sponsored by Oxford University Press, will be held at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town from 2-5 September 2015... read more>>
Seven tips for tackling homework
The Homework Life Skills Enrichment Programme (HELP), an afterschool programme assisting primary school learners with their homework, shares some easy tips for children to tackle their homework and make education a top priority... read more>>
Skills Training
Coega intern programme enrols 185 new graduates
Coega Development Corporation (CDC) has an ongoing intern programme that develops young people in the Eastern Cape and other provinces to equip young professionals with employable skills... read more>>
Science centres to brew future scientists
Minister Naledi Pandor says science centres are important as they stimulate the imagination of the youth to help them visualise a future they want... read more>>
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New events to diarise
Free Digital Marketing Workshops
Webafrica - 21 Aug 2015, Cape Town

Social franchising workshop
Bertha Centre: Social Innovation/Entrepreneurship - 25 Aug 2015, Durban | 26 Aug 2015, Johannesburg | 27 Aug 2015, Polokwane | 2 Sep 2015, Cape Town

Navigating Business in Africa - Forum and Panel
International Institute of Business Management - 3 Sep 2015, Johannesburg

Rediscover Your Creativity with The Artist's Way Course
The Breach - 5 Sep 2015 to 21 Nov 2015, Cape Town

Advanced Course - Wildlife Chemical Immobilisation
Continuing Education at University Of Pretoria - 9 Nov 2015 to 13 Nov 2015, Skukuza

Arc Flash and Low Voltage Standards Conference
IDC Technologies - 25 Nov 2015 to 26 Nov 2015, Johannesburg

Upcoming events
Graphic and web design workshops
Multidimensions - 12 Aug 2015 to 4 Sep 2015, Johannesburg

Ethics and Professionalism in the Public Sector
INTAH Training and Consulting - 12 Aug 2015 to 13 Aug 2015, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban | 7 Dec 2015 to 8 Dec 2015, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban

Public Sector Strategic Planning & Implementation
INTAH Training and Consulting - 12 Aug 2015 to 14 Aug 2015, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban | 18 Nov 2015 to 20 Nov 2015, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban

Graphic and web design workshops
Multidimensions - 12 Aug 2015 to 4 Sep 2015, Johannesburg

Computer literacy 101
Multidimensions - 12 Aug 2015, Johannesburg

Photoshop basic to intermediate
Multidimensions - 13 Aug 2015, Johannesburg

Digital strategy in building brands
Vega School of Brand Leadership - 13 Aug 2015 to 12 Nov 2015, Johannesburg | 13 Aug 2015 to 12 Nov 2015, Durban | 13 Aug 2015 to 12 Nov 2015, Cape Town | 13 Aug 2015 to 12 Nov 2015, Pretoria

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