Kanga schools now have Internet access

At a meeting on April 14 in Sydney, Australia, Kanga Schools announced the distribution of further resources to benefit schools in Sierra Leone.  Internet subscriptions and modems were made available in March to six schools to enable the teachers and students to access information on the Internet.  It is hoped this is just a beginning [...]

President Koroma takes ICT seriously – Tarawalie tells Kigali Conference

The Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, Sheka Tarawalie, has told the International Telecommunications Union’s Annual Regional Development Forum for Africa held in Kigali, Rwanda, that “later this year, Sierra Leone will join and enjoy the benefits of the fibre optic experience as most modern nations are doing today.”  (L to R) Minister of State [...]

Orange to offer customers free online access to Wikipedia

In what is being promoted as the first partnership of its kind, millions of mobile phone owners in Africa and the Middle East will soon have free access to Wikipedia, an online encyclopaedia. Wikipedia is available for free on the internet, but to access it, mobile phone users have to be enrolled in a data [...]

Femi Mansaray boosts education in Fadugu

In response to the felt needs of students in the Kasonkoh section, Fadugu Chiefdom, in the Koinadugu District, Akmed Femi Mansaray donated two desk top computers and KVA Generators to the Fadugu Agricultural Secondary School and the Kasonkoh Islamic Secondary School respectively at the Kasonkoh Court Barray, Fadugu on March 15, this year. According to [...]

Kailahun District now has a computer school – ICT is the future

Kailahun District is proudly joining the ICT caravan with its new computer school by the name of the Kailahun School of Technology & Computer Studies.  This school provides FREE internet and computer classes for all students in the Kailahun District.  Our aim is to ensure students quickly master their learning problems through ICT. We are [...]

Dep. Information Minister outlines Sierra Leone’s ICT progress

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, Hon. Sheka Tarawalie, (in photo) has told an extraordinary meeting of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization (CTO) in Gaborone, Botswana that Sierra Leone “is now just a stone throw away from joining the international fiber experience of modern nations” and that “the county’s development is not [...]

Computer jackpot for Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone’s Deputy High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Tamba Mansa Ngegba, has expressed interest on behalf of his country for a computer charity organisation to work in Sierra Leone.  He visited Computers 4 Africa, a charity social enterprise that has provided over 40,000 computers to sixteen different countries in Sub-Saharan Africa with the aim of [...]

As Rwanda is considered as ‘The Singapore of Africa’, Sierra Leone should take advantage

Education is the heartbeat and power-engine of development. To have a cutting edge and sustainable development, African countries should allocate more funds on science, technology and telecommunication. In the business world time is of essence and these areas mentioned are vital to use time effectively and efficiently.  (Photo: Alfred Sorie Kargbo, author) The president of [...]

Are Robots the School Teachers of the Future?

Have you seen the 1990-film “Class of 1999?” In it, a Seattle school system is so ridden with gang violence and drug abuse that not even the police will dare to intervene. The Department of Defense is brought on to implement a program where robot teachers, referred to as Cyborgs, are employed to educate students [...]

$15 Laptop and Projector: The best, most effective, and cheapest computer system for schools

With much hoopla, India has announced that it has a $65 Android tablet it is willing to subsidize to $35 for students and teachers. This has reignited the debate around hardware price points for educational devices – be they $100 laptops or $35 tablets. Let us be very clear that hardware costs are a red [...]

Right to Know Day

Information is the way to development: African citizens have a Right to Know – On International Right to Know Day – 28 September – the Institute for Democracy in Africa (Idasa) emphasises the importance of making information accessible to the wider public. Citizens’ access to information ensures that they take ownership of democratic processes and [...]

Airtel celebrates end of year with REC School Tombo

Airtel on Saturday 23rd July 2011 threw an end of year party for the pupils and teachers of the Tombo REC primary school. This school was adopted and rehabilitated by Airtel Sierra Leone as part of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility initiative. The manager of Corporate Affairs and Communication June-Rose Johnson said, “Celebrating the end [...]

Airtel’s support to education

The Royal Becklyn Academy, Wilkinson Road was on Monday 12th July 2011, given the opportunity to tour the working environment of Airtel Sierra Leone. This event gave an interesting and informative career exploration experience to the young minds that visited the company. The Company’s Corporate Affairs and Communications Manager, June-Rose Johnson, in her introduction explained [...]

From Encyclopedia to iPhone: Knowledge and Change

Sierra Leone is renowned for the value its people have always accorded to education as evidenced by the loyalty of former pupils for their alma maters. Having a long tradition and being among the oldest schools is an honour proudly emphasized by schools but could it be that upholding tradition is at the cost of [...]

Nabserrah College introduces executive courses

In a bid to transform the educational sector in the country and to also cater for the middle man power, a newly born tertiary institution, Nabserrah College of Management, Science and Technology located at Kissy Road in the eastern part of the Freetown, has been upgraded from that of a computer training centre to an [...]

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