Interesting webinar on philanthropy and higher education. m.youtube.com/watch?v=y7cXhy…
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✨ Author Spotlight: Lola Shoneyin ✨
@lolashoneyin , author of The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives, is a powerful voice in African literature and founder of the Ake Arts and Book Festival.
#AuthorSpotlight #ZODML #ReadAfrican #jhope_in_paris #Oscars #trending
We need the toolkit of utopian thinking, now more than ever – psyche.co/ideas/we-need-the-… via @psyche_the_mag
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Open Society Foundations is looking for the boldest thinkers in Lagos to join the next cohort of Open Society Fellows.
Apply for up to $120,000 in funding by 16 December 2024.
There are no age restrictions. More details: republic.com.ng/dispatch/ope…
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🎥 Missed the Thandika Mkandawire Memorial Lecture 2024? No worries! The full video is now available on YouTube! 🌍
Watch Prof. Tade Akin Aina discuss “Vision, Value, and Values in the Transformation of higher education in Africa.”
📺 Watch now: youtube.com/watch?v=w2qo2uNh…
May his soul rest in peace. Prof was a great leader, a mentor and an early believer in multidisciplinary collaboration. He brought me into urban studies as a young scholar. Rest in power Prof Aradeon.
Audre Lorde is a very special writer. Reading her poetry and essays have left an indelible mark on me…
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Thanks @irunguhoughton ! It is indeed a great honor to give this Memorial Lecture for my one and only MBoss Thandika Mkandawire! His spirit, work and memory continue to inspire and thrive.
Strongly recommended
@aina_akin honors late Prof @tmkandawire
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📢 Join us for the Thandika Mkandawire Memorial Lecture 2024! 🌍
Read more here codesria.org/fr/thandika-mka…
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Great news
The 2024 African Philanthropy Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to Dr. Tade Akin Aina @aina_akin in recognition of his lifelong dedication to using his extensive experience and expertise to advance a more equitable and sustainable world. Throughout his illustrious career, Dr. Aina has made significant contributions to the philanthropic sector, leaving an indelible mark and making him a deserving recipient of this prestigious award.
Currently, Dr. Aina serves as the Chief Impact and Research Officer at the Mastercard Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the world, which aims to build a world where all people can learn and prosper. The Mastercard Foundation is enabling pathways to work and economic opportunity for Indigenous youth in Canada and millions of young people in Africa.
Prior to revealing the winner of the year, we were graced to listen to H.E Graça Machel who gave an inspiring speech on the giving and caring in the African way.
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"Reclaiming the true value of African Philanthropy - it's about the love for each other. Doing good, perpetually." - Tade Aina| @aina_akin @MastercardFdn
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Day 3, Wed 31 July
"I think this conference is a reclamation of the true value of African Philanthropy. In understanding African philanthropy, We have Keep sight of what matters most…the love for each other. Philanthropy is doing good and doing it in perpetuity." Tade Aina @aina_akin Day 3, Wed 31 July
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Below is the link to follow the conversation: africanphilanthropyconferenc…
Integrity helps translate research into trustworthy innovation universityworldnews.com/post…
No better time to put integrity at the center of the role and place research and innovation!
This is worth reading, noting and interrogating by many African countries.
"This historical review bears out 1 key conclusion: Vietnam's leaders have employed a wide range of industrial policies with..the long-term result of the structural transformation of the Vietnamese economy."
americanaffairsjournal.org/2…
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The youth are knocking!🚪Explore the✨opportunities @_AfricanUnion has opened for young leaders across 🌍.
📹 AU youth programs & initiatives, from @AUVolunteer, #AfYWL Fellowship Program to dedicated #youth depts. (@AUYouthProgram, @AU_WGYD).
Full vid: youtu.be/18bomhMUGsA
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This looks like a really interesting and useful upcoming conference for emerging scholars @IAS_Carleton



























