The Future is not what it used to be- Africa and Education of Tomorrow by Guest Writer

June 25, 2020     / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Why the US got it right Every three years the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) carries out the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). This assessment measures what more than 600,000, 15-year-old students have learned in math, reading and science. Similar to many years, in 2019 US scored below average in mathematics. The US student’s scores were similar to those of Australia, Germany, New Zealand, Sweden and the United Kingdom in at least two subjects. On receiving this latest report, the US Secretary for Education, Betsy DeVos said, “The bottom line is there has not been a single…

Branding Time: Cultural Construct

January 16, 2020     / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

I hope you made the transition into this New Year exactly as you needed it to be… among family, friends and loved ones…. sufficient food and drinks to keep everyone around the table savoring the exchange…. with love and candor…. in laughter, joy and harmony…. Closing 2019 and entering a new decade 2020… another memorable 525600 minutes of happiness, sadness, successes, failures and many emotions stemming from life experiences that we can now call a thing of the past and we work to envision 31536000 seconds (31622400 on leap year) of what is to come. As an Ethiopian born North…