by asanteafrica | Jan 22, 2021 | Accelerated Learning Program, Blog
International Day of Education: Our Efforts to Recover and Revitalize Education for the COVID-19 Generation in East Africa Jan 22, 2020 Education is a human right, a public good, and a public responsibility. Though January 24 is a day to remind us of both the power...
by asanteafrica | Sep 8, 2020 | Accelerated Learning Program, Blog
Celebrating International Literacy Day Sept, 8 2020 On September 8, 2020 we will observe International Literacy Day. With much of the world continuing to reel from the crisis brought by the global pandemic, literacy efforts are facing setbacks. This is especially true...
by asanteafrica | May 11, 2020 | Accelerated Learning Program, Blog, Scholarships, Wezesha Vijana Program, Youth Livelihood Program
Asante Africa Youth: A Beacon of Hope in the Wake of a Global Pandemic May 11, 2020 Life as we all knew it has been disrupted in the wake of the global pandemic. Now more than ever, the young generation are at a crossroads on what the future holds for them. Despite...
by asanteafrica | Sep 4, 2019 | Accelerated Learning Program, Blog
Teach to the Students, Not to the Test Sep 4, 2019 I have been teaching biology in a secondary school in rural Tanzania for the past two years. Today, I took a break from teaching one of my freshman classes about first aid to review the alphabet (using first aid...
by asanteafrica | Feb 11, 2019 | Accelerated Learning Program, Blog, Wezesha Vijana Program
Women and girls have made groundbreaking contributions in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). However, traditional gender roles continue to create a gap between males and females in STEM education and career paths. The gender gap...
by asanteafrica | Dec 19, 2018 | Accelerated Learning Program, Blog, Breaking News
It was already past lunchtime. The sense of impatience building amongst the delegates in the conference hall was palpable. But when Abdikadir Ismail, Principal of Mwangaza Muslim Mixed Day School, Samburu county, took to the podium to give a speech at the...
