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Bulletin / Education Building a library for South Africa’s young
internationally-renowned industrialist and
integrated education and training
philanthropist Ivor Ichikowitz - by
opportunities.
sponsoring Africa Aerospace & Defence’s (AAD) Youth Development Programme
A new initiative in education
(YDP), supporting the attendance of 3,000
The University of Limerick (UL) in Ireland, in
South African schoolchildren (aged four to
partnership with the United Nations
18) at AAD to learn about career prospects
Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA),
in the defence and aerospace industry; Ivor
has launched a unique programme - a
Ichikowitz, Executive Chairman and
Master of Science in Multilingual
Founder of Paramount Group, said, “The
Computing and Localization - to be
The Isibonelo Nursery School library project was an ideal fit for the M-Net Cares CSI team and the Zest WEG Group, which prioritises education-related projects; Touch Africa carried out the project management
defence and aerospace industry represents
delivered through distance learning and
the pinnacle of technology and South
co-hosted by UNECA in Addis Ababa,
Africa has an outstanding reputation for
Ethiopia; as part of the Action for Global
The Zest WEG Group recently partnered
designing and manufacturing world-
Information Sharing (AGIS) initiative, this
with Touch Africa and M-Net Cares to build
leading products - but it is critical that we
programme, dubbed AGIS Africa, aims to
a library at the Isibonelo Nursery School in
invest in the next generation of African
promote African languages in the
Ogies, Mpumalanga, in South Africa,
engineers to ensure that we continue to
information society, and is supported by
following a strategic decision to extend the
innovate and compete globally.”
the Globalization and Localization
geographic reach of Zest WEG Group’s
Association (GALA) and The Rosetta
corporate social investment (CSI) projects
Foundation.
in order to ensure the group participates in
have an internal focus, concentrating on
Bolloré Africa Logistics commits to education in Senegal
the development of our own people in the
The Bolloré Africa Logistics subsidiary in
form of Adult Basic Education Training
Dakar has signed partnership agreements
projects where it has branches and customer footprints; “Most of our projects
(ABET), in-service training, technical learnerships, registrations of professional engineers, management advancement programmes and MBAs - from an external perspective, many of our group’s external CSI initiatives have been initiated in response to requests from our employees,
The Rector of African Virtual University (AVU), Dr. Bakary Diallo (Centre Left) and the Vice Chancellor of University of Education, Winneba (UOE), Prof Akwasi AsabereAmeyaw (Center Right), the former Vice Chancellor of UOE Prof Jophus Anamuah-Mensah (4th Left), the Director, Centre for Distance Education and Open Schooling, Ministry of Education in Ghana, Mr Joshua Mallet (2nd Left), pose for a photo with staff from AVU and UOE after launching the multinational project at UOE in November 2012
with five of Senegal’s leading schools, to bring added value to courses offered by Senegal’s flagship institutions in higher education by including internships at the Bolloré subsidiary for selected students from UCAO (the Catholic University of West Africa), CESAG (African Center for Higher
who have been empowered to identify
AVU’s multinational project
Management Studies), Sup de Co Dakar
needs within their own communities and
The African Virtual University (AVU)
business school, CFMPL (the training centre
thereby become personally involved with
recently launched a multinational project
for the ports and logistics professions) and
the roll-out and sustainability of these
at the Ghana Institute of Management and
CNQP (National centre for professional
projects,” says Jamie Wilson, Zest WEG
Public Administration, the University of
qualification); “These partnerships with the
Group marketing manager.
Education – Winneba, and the Kwame
country’s top schools are part of our
Nkrumah University of Science and
committed policy of corporate social
Paramount Group invests in African engineers and leaders
Technology in Kumasi; this follows the
responsibility, notably with regard to the
successful completion of the Policy
young, and embody our aim to share our
Defence and aerospace firm Paramount
Harmonisation and Curriculum
knowhow with students who will almost
Group has been helping to educate and
Conceptualisation Workshop, which was
certainly be joining us as colleagues, going
inspire Africa’s next generation of
held in July 2012 in Nairobi, Kenya, to
forward,” said Mohamed Diop, Managing
engineers to consider a career in the
deliver initial steps in delivering and
Director of Bolloré Africa Logistics Senegal.
defence and aerospace industry - with
managing improved quality in technology-
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