Africa Educates Her with Sofonie Dala. The best covid-19 show. Episode 23

 Africa Educates Her Campaign is live in Angola. One of the best reality shows!

The pandemic is having a tremendous effect on learning in communities where education is already not a priority, specifically girls’ education. Millions of girls are out of school, most of them adolescent mothers, some divorced or even widowed.

We care about girls development, for this reason, we are running our covid-19 campaign in order to bring girls back to school. Our today's guest is Mariana, this beautiful girl will share her experiences and challenges during lock-downs. 

Mariana is 20 years old and studies nursing. She says that covid-19 affected her  negatively as a student, since the year 2020 was the year she decided to dedicate herself deeply to studies, her dream is to be a doctor. And suddenly they stopped because of the disease, this conditioned many students, people are not used to being stuck at home.

According to her, the government must offer bio-security material to schools to ensure the safety of students and avoid new cases.

As children are also going to start studying, we must take extra care to prevent children from the disease, recommended Mariana.

French Government Eiffel Excellence Scholarship Programme 2021/2022 for Masters & PhD Study in France (Funded)

 

Application Deadline: January 8th 2021

Click here to apply: https://bit.ly/3jueeGS

The Eiffel Excellence Scholarship Program was established by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs to enable French higher education institutions to attract top foreign students to enroll in their masters and PhD programs.

It gives opportunity to the future foreign decision-makers of the private and public sectors, in priority areas of study, and encourages applicants up to 25 years old from developing countries at master’s level, and applicants up to 30 years old from developing and industrialized countries at PhD level.

Requirements
Only foreign nationals are eligible to apply for a scholarship from the French Government.
In the case of dual nationality applicants, those with French nationality are ineligible.
for master’s courses, candidates must be no older than 30 on the date of the selection committee meeting,March 2020; at PhD level, candidates must be no older than 35 on the date of the selection committee meeting, March 2020.
only applications submitted by French educational establishments are accepted. These establishments undertake to enrol scholarship holders on the course for which they have been selected. Applications submitted by any other means shall not be considered. Furthermore, any candidate nominated by more than one establishment shall be disqualified.

Opportunity for Africans: 2021 Hult Prize Challenge on Food For Good (US$1 Million in Seed Capital)

This opportunity is for you! Do not miss it

 The 2021 Hult Prize Challenge will create jobs, stimulate economies, reimagine supply chains and improve outcomes for 10,000,000 people by 2030. Food defines the human experience. Family dinners, religious feasts, quick snacks eaten during breaks at work, and our many other relationships with food combine to shape our bodies, our minds, our communities, and the world we call home. Food is the ultimate equalizer.

Yet increasingly over recent decades, food systems have become machines of extraction that reduce our well-being, weaken communities, and impoverish the world around us. Once celebrated as pillars of society, community and the economy, today’s grocery stores and kiranas alike paint a dismal picture. Store aisles are filled with arsenals of cheap, addictive products that attack the soul through the hollowness of manufactured consumption. Even street vendors peddle what has become a legalized weapon of mass destruction. Parents wage a daily battle to nourish and nurture their children, while supply chains funnel massive profits to corporations and billionaires.

In 2021, the Hult Prize returns to the roots of the human experience - food. We are challenging you to transform food from a necessity for survival into a vehicle of change and prosperity for humanity. In order to do this, you will have to understand how our existing food systems work, and why they are failing humanity on a global scale. The good news is that you will have many examples from which you can draw inspirations—a veritable army of pioneers who are rethinking food for a better world. Your work will be drawn from these inspirations to build viable companies that will fundamentally change how we all think about food and food systems in the next decade and beyond.

Application Deadline: December 2020 

Click here to apply: https://bit.ly/3nltisD

Thomas Partey: Arsenal complete £45m deal for Atletico Madrid midfielder

 Arsenal have signed Thomas Partey from Atletico Madrid on a long-term deal after paying his 50m euros (£45.3m) release clause.

The 27-year-old Ghana midfielder made 35 league appearances and scored three goals for Diego Simeone’s side as they finished third in La Liga last season.

He played 188 times for Atletico after joining the club in 2011.

Uruguay midfielder Lucas Torreira, 24, has moved in the opposite direction and joined the La Liga.

Arsenal have been linked with Partey, who has 29 international caps, throughout the summer transfer window.

Partey won the 2017-18 Europa League and 2018 Super Cup with Atletico and signed a new deal at the Wanda Metropolitano in 2018, until the end of June 2023.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said: “We have been watching Thomas for a while, so we’re now delighted to add such a high-quality player to our squad.

“He is a dynamic midfielder with great energy. He brings a lot of experience from a top club that has competed at the highest level in La Liga and the Champions League for several years.

“We’re very impressed with his attitude and his approach to the game. He’s an intelligent footballer and we’re looking forward to him integrating into our system and contributing to the progress we’re building at the moment at the club.”

Arsenal were also interested in Lyon midfielder Houssem Aouar, 22 – however Aouar told French TV earlier on Monday’s deadline day that he would definitely remain at the Ligue 1 club.

Torreira – who joined Arsenal from Sampdoria for £26m in July 2018 and has made 89 appearances for the Gunners – moves to Madrid on a season-long loan.

Arsenal had already added Brazilian defender Gabriel Magalhaes for 26m euros (£23.14m) from Lille, former Chelsea forward Willian on a free transfer and re-signed Dani Ceballos on loan from Real Madrid during the summer window.

The Premier League side’s French midfielder Matteo Guendouzi, 21, has secured a loan move to Bundesliga side Hertha Berlin.

Arteta’s side have won three of their opening four Premier League games as they look to improve on last season’s eighth-place finish.

‘Partey signing is a massive statement’

Analysis by former Premier League defender Micah Richards

Thomas Partey – what a signing. I cannot believe there are not more clubs lining up for him.

He is so good. A lot of people just think about him defensively, but he has actually got quite a bit going forward.

He has scored goals for the national team and a few for Atletico Madrid as well. It is a massive deal for them and a massive statement.

‘He has a lot to offer’

Analysis by La Liga TV presenter Semra Hunter

Thomas Partey has a lot to offer. He has been one of the best players at Atletico Madrid over the last two seasons.

He was key for them in their Champions League campaign.

He is someone who is very good at protecting the defence but is also very good at going forward. He is an excellent passer of the ball. He is great when it comes to ball recovery and pressing up the pitch.

Covid-19: Students back to school in Angola

Luanda - Thousands of students from the university education and transition classes of the I and II cycles of secondary education returned to classes this Monday (05), throughout the country.

The reopening of schools occurs seven months after the suspension of in-person classes, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which has already infected 5530,citizens in Angola, with 199 deaths.

The classes resume under strong biosecurity measures, in a phased way, to avoid, at most, cases of new coronavirus contagion.

In a first phase, the university students and those in the Grades 6th, 9th, 12th and 13th who will have to comply strictly with the measures imposed by the health authorities of the country, will resume.

The use of the mask, the measurement of temperature, the social distancing and the disinfection of the hands become part of the students' school routine.

The school calendar foresees, for October 19th, the return of students of Grades 7th, 8th, 10th and 11th, all of them also from 2nd cycle of high school, while primary and 1st cycle start on October 26th.

With the classes divided into groups, in primary education and 1st cycle, the classes will last 02h30, while in the 2nd cycle of secondary education 03h30 of workload, without a break.

For this purpose, the school institutions must have the minimum conditions of biosecurity and physical distancing, sanitizing and make constant ventilation of the classrooms.

They must also manage waste according to biosafety rules, including daily emptying of waste containers and provision of sanitized containers at the beginning of each day of school activity.

Covid-19: Angola reports 128 new infections, 14 recoveries

 At hundred and twenty-eight infections, four deaths and fourteen recovered is the balance of the last 24 hours, announced by the Secretary of State for Public Health, Franco Mufinda.

This is one case registered in Bengo province, the same number in Bié, 11 in Huíla and 115 in Luanda.

According to Mufinda, who was updating on the country's cases, the patients are aged between 10 and 70, 76 males and 52 females.

In relation to deaths, he said that they were Angolan citizens living in Luanda.

Those recovered were also registered only in the Angolan capital (Luanda).

Angola has 5,530 confirmed cases of Covid-19, with 199 deaths, 2,591 recovered patients and 2,740 active. Of the active 16 are in a critical state with invasive mechanical ventilation, 14 severe, 62 moderate, 250 have mild symptoms and 2,398 asymptomatic.