Archive for May 2017

Much of this Newsletter has focused on the many challenges Africa faces in its education sector so it was a joy to discover this facility during my visit to Multimedia University. For all Africa’s perceived shortcomings I doubt there are many campuses in the world that can offer this: Hakuna Matata: Nor many universities either…

I was amazed at the reaction I received to an article I wrote on my work with young people in South Africa – it was picked up by several South African websites in a country which seems desperate for some good news about itself. My remarks were made following my nomination by the South African…

The Goethe Institute in Nairobi was a perfect venue for the launch of Education Sub-Saharan Africa’s Talent In Africa evening. After all as the great German writer said “whatever you can do or dream you can begin it” and the charity  has taken his advice to begin it’s great enterprise to transform education in Africa.…

Education Sub Saharan Africa (ESSA) is a new charity we’ve set up to help transform the education of young people across the continent. Last week we had our launch event in Nairobi with a discussion evening on “Talent in Africa.” ESSA aims to join up everyone investing in education in Africa by providing better data,…