Dealing with the health and economic challenges of Covid-19 has exposed the need for faster and cheaper mobile internet that can be expanded to the last mile of African populations.
The National Research Fund has put out calls for proposals in the following strategic thematic areas;
1. COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH ON CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19)
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Safaricom telecommunication company has lauched a program dubbed "Maisha ni Digital" which will enable Kenyans to access a 4G enabled smartphones for as low as Ksh 20 per day.Students and staff can take this advantage and acquire a smartphone which can ease their online teaching and learning.
This has come just few weeks after the government in partnership with Telecom Kenya and Google launching a program where it will fly Google balloons with 4G network to make it easy for Kenyans to access high speed network.
The Partnership for skills in Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology (PASET) is an African-led initiative with the goal of strengthening skills in the Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology to further socio-economic transformation in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund (RSIF) is the flagship program of PASET. RSIF focuses on transformative technologies that have a far-reaching positive impact on society. Read more
Telkom Kenya has launched a customised and reliable mobile data solution for the students, members of faculty and staff of the University of Nairobi (UoN), to enable continuity of learning, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Huawei Technologies Company (Kenya) is currently recruiting fresh graduates those graduating in 2020 or those who graduated in 2019.
The focus are excellent students in Engineering field; Network Technology,IT,Software, Core Network and Project Management.
If you are in any of the above areas please send your CV to careers@uonbi.ac.ke by Tuesday 5th May 2020
Here are 7 simple tips to online teaching
1. Structure your course in a sequential and coherent manner:
This means unpacking the course descriptions into course outline,lecture outlines, topics with comprehensive content, reflective questions,and reading resources. State the objectives for each lecture and topic.
2. Prepare power point slides
This includes relevant visuals of educational value . This will help to capture the interest of learners as compared to plain text.
3. Learn the teaching technology
The scheme is currently open and will close at 3.00 pm on Wednesday 20th May 2020
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The first case of the Corona Virus in Subsaharan Africa was diagonised in late January at University of Nigeria, College of Medicine. Since then Universities in Subsaharan Africa have come together to assist in the global response to the pandemic.
