The Ambassador of Ireland to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union, Her Excellency Ambassador Nicola Brennan, received in her office in Addis Ababa on Tuesday, 11 April 2023, a delegation of the Coalition on Media and Education for Development Africa Forum (CAFOR) led by the Executive Director, Dr. Lawalley Cole accompanied by the
We were delighted to meet this morning – Friday, 24 March 2023, with the new Permanent Representative of the Organization Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) to the African Union and the UN Economic Commission for Africa, Ms. Néfertiti MUSHIYA TSHIBANDA. We briefed each other on various issues regarding the situation with young people in Africa
This past Thursday, March 23, 2023, it was great to receive in our office at AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa representatives from the Ashagari Charitable Organizations (ACO) based at Haya Hulet in Addis Ababa. The triad from Ashagari consisted of Ms. Workaferahu Kidane, Ms. Mekdes Gebre-Wolde, and Ms. Eman Masresha, each with a portfolio focusing
It was with much pleasure that we received in our office at AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa the new Unesco International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa – IICBA Director, Dr. Quentin Wodon to follow up on UNESCO-IICBA’s participation and contribution in CAFOR’s first operational innovative digital Technical and Vocationsl Education and Training (TVET) scholarships
It was gratifying to hold substantive discussions with the recently appointed Director of the International Organization for Migration – IOM UN Migration Special Liaison Office in Addis Ababa, Mrs Mariama Mohamed CISSE. We discussed the limited capacities of African economies over the coming decades to formally absorb educated youth with the current critical situation on
It was with great pleasure that we received in our office at AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa this morning Professor Laila Abubakarr, Chairman of the Association of Technical Universities and Polytechnics in Africa (ATUPA) and Vice—Chancellor of the Technical University of Mombasa in Kenya. She was accompanied by Professor Ben Q.Honyenuga, Vice-Chancellor of the Ho
It was with great pleasure that we welcomed Professor Theodore Menelik, the CEO of Menelik Education in Cambridge, United Kingdom, who visited us in our office at AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa on Thursday, March 30, 2023, to discuss various areas of cooperation with CAFOR, and to establish a Memorandum of Understanding with CAFOR. Professor
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A YEAR IN RETROSPECT, we thank God for everything he did for CAFOR during 2022. This past year came with several challenges amid a war that has set the entire world in uncertainties with global economic hardship, with which our continent is still garbling. However, despite all these, CAFOR is still growing steadily and has
The Focus on the higher education system in African countries and Hungary, cooperation, and best practices online event was held from 15-16 November 2022. CAFOR’s Executive Director, Dr. Lawalley Cole presented an overview of the different higher education systems on the continent with historical and current perspectives on the issues related to higher education on
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