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Through experimentation, SeeSD creates new scientific vocations among Senegalese girls
By Idrissa Sane, Le Soleil for l'économiste du faso The Science, Education for Sustainable Development (SeeSD) structure brings together a group of educators who work to raise children’s appetite for science, technology and innovation, especially among girls.   On the first floor of a library in Dakar, Senegal, two children are busy searching the...
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Responding to Covid-19: UNICEF and the Embassy of Israel support local manufacture of visors
By Adou Faye for lejecos.comUNICEF and the Israeli Embassy in Senegal are partnering to support the local manufacture of 3D print visors to help equip and protect health workers in the response to Covid-19. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Israeli Embassy in Senegal are supporting the local manufacture of visors for the...
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Digital Roundtable / African Makers Against COVID19
By digital-future.berlin Exploring Open Source Responses to a Global Crisis In collaboration with Africa Open Science & Hardware (Gameli Adzaho) and the Weizenbaum Institute, and in dialogue with the GIZ Togo and Ghana, our professors Michelle Christensen and Florian Conradi co-organized the digital Roundtable African Makers Against COVID19....
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Up for Discussion at the United Nations: The Skills Youth Need
By Kristina Ishmael for NewamericaUp for Discussion at the United Nations: The Skills Youth Need OER and Open Learning Among Topics Getting International Airtime The potential of openly distributing and sharing educational materials via the Internet has always seemed like a no-brainer for champions of improving education internationally. Students...
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