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Thursday, June 03, 2004

Fritz Institute: " A lack of reporters assigned to crisis beats, together with little or no funding available for field visits to crisis sites, means that humanitarian relief is low on the news agenda. Compounding the issue is a lack of media skills among relief charities, as the study finds that non-governmental organizations (NGO)s are vastly under-using technology and skills resources available to them."

Tuesday, June 01, 2004

Tuesday, May 25, 2004

Nice work if you can get it...Job: Senior Seaweed Development Advisor

Monday, May 24, 2004

Monday, May 17, 2004

Expert assessments of e-business in Africa: "Report on survey of
expert assessments of e-business in SSA" by Chitu Okoli.

Africa Club: "London Business School Africa Day"

RIIA - Royal Institute of International Affairs - Conferences: "Africa's oil production is expected to double in the next seven years with the USA expected to import 25% of its oil from the oil rich Gulf of Guinea. Africa's oil sector is estimated to attract over $50 billion worth of investment by the end of this decade, the largest single source of investment in the history of the continent. "

SchoolNet Namibia - Games - Africa PuzzleHow good is your African geography? Nice flash game...

Paulus Gerdes The mathematics of basket-weave.

Soul Beat Africa - Events Calendar - Highway Africa Conference 2004 (Sep 16-18 2004) - September 16, 2004

Monday, May 10, 2004

RAP21 - Get the Basics for Journalism at NSJ Training Centre: "Journalists from Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe may apply for a foundation course in journalism taking place from 26 July to 6 August in Botswana. The course, offered by the NSJ Training Centre, is designed prepare journalists to qualify for admission into one of the many course offered through the centre. Participants will be provided with the basic journalism skills including newsgathering, news writing, ethics, how to report critically and analytically, investigative reporting and interviewing skills. Other topics covered in the course: preparing and writing logical reports, media and society and basic issues in media economics."

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