Toussaint Yaovi TCHITCHI Research professor in the Department of Language and Communication Sciences, retired; Former Minister of Information and Communications; Former Director of the National Institute for Training and Research in Education (INFRE); Former Director of the National Center for Applied Linguistics (CENALA, now INALA); Commander of the National Order of Benin on an exceptional
It was eight years ago on this day, December 2, 2011, that Prof Alfred Opubor passed away in Cotonou, Benin. Prof. Opubor was a great visionary who spearheaded the campaign to use Communication for Education and Development in Africa. This campaign is what has given rise to the formation of CAFOR. According to Mrs Bukola
The Secretariat of the Coalition on Media and Education Development Africa Forum (CAFOR) led by the Executive Director of CAFOR, Dr Lawalley Cole was received in audience by the Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission H.E Ambassador Thomas Kwesi Quartey in his office on November 6, 2019. The Senior Advisor of CAFOR, Mr Tshimanga
With reference to our earlier announcement, the 3rdAfrican Youth SDGs Summit which was scheduled to be held during 10-12 June 2020 is now rescheduled to be held during 1-3 July,2020 at the Accra International Conference Centre, Ghana. The 3rd African Youth SDGs Summit will coincide with the 5-year journey milestone of the SDGs adoption– and
Addis Ababa October 22 /2019 The African Union awarded today its first AU Continental Teacher Prize 2019 for three teachers from Ghana, Uganda, and Kenya. Ghanian Augusta Lartey-Young, Kenyan Erick Ademba, and Ugandan Sister Gladys Kachope won the 2019 AU Continental Teacher Prize for their commitment to quality teaching that resulted in high standard of
I attended the Second Edition of the Innovating Education in Africa Expo 2019 in Gaborone, Botswana, from 20th– 22nd August 2019, together with my Senior Advisor responsible for Partnerships and Resources Mobilization, Mr Tshimanga Mukade-Mutoke and my Special Assistant, Ms Biruktayet Bihon. This event was quite a spectacular affair organized by the African Union Commission
Kigali (Rwanda) 25-31 August 2019 With the particpation of Mr Lawalley Aba Cole (Executive Director of CAFOR)
We, the members of the Coalition on Media and Education for Development Africa Forum (CAFOR), wish to lend our voice to the ongoing conversations about recent developments in the Republic of South Africa, in the form of the xenophobic violence against foreign nationals, including nationals of African Union member states. This sad development had, regrettably,
Innovating Education in Africa Expo 2019 is to be held in Gaborone, Botswana this year, from August 20-22, 2019. The event is organized by the African Union Human Resource Science and Technology Commission (HRST), in collaboration with UNSECO, GIZ and other regional and International stakeholders as flagship event of the Union. The expo aims to
Fellow Africans, dear sisters and brothers, Today, 31st July, all of us as Africans come together in the spirit of solidarity to celebrate and acknowledge the Foremothers of Africa who gallantly fought for the liberation and development of this continent. I take this opportunity to honor these pioneers and women of fortitude, who mobilized to
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