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ISSUE NO 57 JOBS, PEOPLE, EVENTS...

PEOPLE

AFRICA ONE PRESIDENT NAMED TO EX-IM BANK’S SUB-SAHARA COMMITTEE

Africa ONE President, Patricia Bagnell has joined the sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee of the United States Export-Import Bank (The Ex-Im Bank). "I am delighted to be able to serve on this committee to assist the Ex-Im Bank in promoting US exports to Africa and boost the US-Africa economic relationship," said Ms. Bagnell, upon her appointment.The sub-Saharan Advisory Committee provides expert guidance to the Ex-Im board in developing policies that will further strengthen Ex-Im Bank support of US exports to Africa.

Africa ONE is a private company, seeking to build, own and operate a 32,000 kilometer undersea fiber optic telecommunications cable system around the entire continent.With landing points in about two dozen coastal cities in Africa, the Middle East and Europe, this cable will, for the first time, link African nations to each other and to the rest of the world.

EVENTS
SIYAFUNDA: PARTNERS IN LEARNING EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA - 1994 AND BEYOND

A conference organised by the South Africa Education Group to lfuture developments and specifically at forms of partnerships that are emerging in the country to address quality education and social transformation, and the different partnerships being developed between South Africa and the United Kingdom.

Venue: Institute of Education, University of London, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1 on Saturday 19 May 2001 from 9.30am to 5.15pm. Of particular interest to News Update readers because it looks at the digital divide, partnerships and privitisation. Speakers include:

Thami Mseleku, Director General, South African Department of Education, Professor Colin Bundy, Director of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and former Vice Chancellor of the University of Witwatersrand, Professor Shula Marks, SOAS, University of London and many others.

Workshops/themes include: HIV/AIDS and the impact on education. redesigning Schools, curriculum 2005, globalisation, privatisation, teachers and learning, skills development, the digital divide, quality reform in schools/anti-racism, education and social policy, gender Issues and life-long learning.

Conference fee (includes coffee, tea and lunch):

Corporates £50 Individuals £20 Students £10

Please make cheques payable to ŒCCETSA (SAEG)’ and send to
Canon Collins Educational Trust for Southern Africa (CCETSA)
Unit 22 The Ivories, 6 Northampton Street, London N1 2HY

Tel: 020 7354 1462
Fax 020 7359 4875

Email: ccetsa@gn.apc.org
Web: www.canoncollins.org.uk

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