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Acceptance Speech for UPCEA 2021 South Region Awards
We are deeply honored and grateful to have been chosen as the recipient of the 2021 UPCEA South Region Programs for Special Populations Award.
Student Highlight (April 2021)
AINEBYOONA ROBERT Uganda "I hope this message finds you well. I hereby writing to thank the entire DEAfrica committee in conjunction with the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia administration having completed a course of Entrepreneurship: Growing...
Entrepreneurship: Growing Your Business Specialization
Growing a business needs a dynamic set of skills, ranging from leadership, employee management, strategy, planning, finance, accounting, ethics, accountability, and profitability. This specialization covers challenges faced by private businesses, when they attempt to grow substantially.
The future of global development: New interest in distance education
Around the world, more than 1.2 billion children are out of the classroom due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Living rooms have transformed into classrooms. Lesson plans have gone virtual. What are the challenges that parents, students and teachers are facing as they...
Using a Proven Distance Education Model to Create Lasting Economic Impact
Background: Why is DeAfrica offering these services? Many African countries face a wide variety of economic challenges, including high unemployment. There is significant interest in business and entrepreneurship, but due to a lack of educational opportunities, this...
Education: A Bridge between Africa and the United States
In this edition of Straight Talk Africa host Shaka Ssali explores initiatives in education that create a bridge between Africa and the United States. He is joined by Walla Elsheikh, Co-founder and CEO of Birthright Africa, Sidiki Traore, President and Founder of...
UNESCO Digital Library Initiative
DeAfrica is proud to be a partner in UNESCO’s Multi-Country initiative to improve the quality of education and inclusion among refugee settings, host communities, internally displaced persons and higher education institutions, by promoting a culture of reading and autonomous learning through research using digital libraries.
DEAfrica donates solar panel to Hands of Love Educational Centre
Distance Education for Africa has donated a solar panel to Hands of Love Educational Centre - a school in Kariobangi, Nairobi that provides education to underprivileged children. The solar panel is being used to pump clean water and provide lighting to some parts of...
Africa Scholarship Cohort 2019 Graduation
Distance Education for Africa held multiple graduation ceremonies between September 12, 2019 and November 2, 2019 where students from Kenya, Botswana, Mali, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Burundi and Rwanda were awarded certificates for various course from the University of Virginia Africa Scholarship cohort.
Revolutionizing Teaching and Learning in Africa
At Distance Education for Africa (DeAfrica) we are constantly looking for ways to revolutionize teaching and learning in Africa through low cost technological solutions.
Our Impact Over 5 Years
DeAfrica has successfully collaborated with UVA for the last 4 years to introduce and deliver UVA programs in Africa reaching 4500 people in 37 countries.
A Scholarship, An Online Course and A ‘Dream Come True’
Selam Kairu lives in Nairobi, Kenya, but she credits a lot of her business’s growth to lessons learned from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.