An Overview of Project Management Life Cycle

By Anthony M. Wanjohi: Project life cycle is a project management framework meant to assist project managers to direct project activities from the beginning to the end. The basic phases of project cycle include project identification, planning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation and termination. Project Life Cycle There exist other models of project life cycle. […]

Overview of Project Planning

Introduction Planning is one of the most important project management and time management techniques. It is a rational determination of how to initiate, sustain, and terminate a project. In essence, failure to plan, is planning to fail. Project planning involves defining clear project goal and objectives, outlining project output, generating project activities and allocating resources […]

Employment Situation, Tendencies and Future Training Needs in Africa

Abstract Employment remains one of the critical challenges for Africa. It is estimated that by 2030, there will be an influx of about 300 million new working-age population. By 2034, labour market in Africa might surpass China’s and India’s. Thus, there is need for comprehensive measures by all stakeholders to enable the upcoming labour force […]

Embassies in Kenya Main Contacts Details

Compiled by Anthony M. Wanjohi: The following is a list of Embassies in Kenya which provides key contacts details including physical address, emails and websites for those who may be seeking for funding opportunities among other reasons. While the list provides key contacts information, there is a need to verify from the respective embassies’ websites. […]

Funding Agencies with Open Deadlines

Compiled by Anthony M. Wanjohi: The following is a list of funding agencies with open deadlines. For more information, kindly visit the individual agency website. Cargill Type of projects: environmental stewardship; education; food security and nutrition Countries: worldwide Grant range: unspecified Charles Hayward Foundation Type of projects: clean water and sanitation; basic health programmes; self-sustainability […]

Education Technology: What Africa Needs

By Jamie Martin, Founder of Injini: “I believe the true opportunity, both for technology to transform lives and societies through better education, and to build EdTech companies of great value, may lie in Africa.” For a sizeable population, if someone asked the importance of technology in education, they would say – ‘Yes, to a certain […]

The Impact of COVID-19 on Education in Africa

By Grand View Research: With Africa reeling from the coronavirus pandemic amid the absence of a strong healthcare setup, there is another area that the governments can ill-afford to turn away from – education! The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been there for all to see. Deaths have become commonplace every day, and the […]