Remember when you were in school and would literally count the days till the next holiday? For some of you that may be a statement filled with nostalgia since you have been out of school for a bit. For current learners across Africa, Covid-19 gave them a sense of permanent holiday that many can't wait to get out of. In Kenya, the Ministry of Education has suggested that kids should repeat their current year to the disappointment of many who just want to be done with this phase of their lives.

Education, MagazinesTAP TeamJuly 15, 2021educationComment

Covid_19 Impact on NGO’S in Africa - An Interview with Noëlla Musunka | Founder at Malaika ORG

As part of TAP Magazine Issue 14, we asked different leaders and expert to discuss how their specific fields, work and industries have been impacted by Covid_19. This is the interview, Noella Coursaris Musunka, founder of Malaika discusses how the work of NGO’s have been impacted and the adjustment being made

EducationTAP TeamOctober 13, 2020education, Congo, women, magazinesComment

What Should We Teach Afrikan Children?

We cannot do the same thing over and over again and expect different results. However, this is exactly what we are doing with the education of our children. African children, on the continent and evermore in the Diaspora, are taught the European way.

PoliticsIlex RibeiroAugust 22, 2017education, DiasporaComment

African Design Centre opens in Kigali

African Design Centre; “Bauhaus of Africa” is a new educational program that seeks to address the current dearth of professional designers across the continent. ADC, which opened its doors in Kigali this past fall, aims to be a fellowship-based hub of creativity, innovation and education that will be integral in building the houses, schools and health care clinics needed to preserve the integrity of African cities as its population grows.

Lifestyle, EducationMoses MutabarukaMarch 12, 2017Christian Benimana, design, Rwanda, urbanization, Kigali, educationComment

Africa is Rising, They say! But is it really?

By every standard Africa’s economy is rising... Or is it? If it is really rising, how do we explain that 75% of the poorest nations in the world are located in Africa? That 620 million sub-Saharan Africans live without electricity? That 84% of the population in the region has no access to drinking water at home? And that half of all youth in the region is not enrolled at school?

Magazines, PoliticsMariam SambeNovember 12, 2016magazines, Mariam Sambe, Politics, educationComment

Out-of-Field Teaching - Consequences of teachers teaching out of their field of study

Teachers assigned to teach lessons in which they are not experts is a universal problem. In the United States, 21% of English teachers and 28% of math teachers did not take English or Math (respectively) as a major nor minor in college (Archer, 1999). They have had no focused educational background in the course they are teaching. In 1996, more than half of public-school students in history classes were taught by a teacher who did not take history in college

Papers, EducationMariam SambeAugust 3, 2015education, Mariam Sambe, African youthComment

New Graduates - Here's your 6 tips for climbing up the Corporate Ladder

Are you a recent graduate looking for your first gig in the corporate world or are you currently in an entry level position and stuck behind a "cubic" at a large organization/corporation? If you answered yes to both questions, I'm going to share with you some tips regarding the corporate industry that I acquired during my first professional job.

Entrepreneurship, Opinion, EducationadminJune 11, 2015entrepreneurship, tapspeaks, educationComment

“University is better than College – Myth or Fact?”

University is better than College.” Most students, especially African students, have heard that phrase being used at one time or another. Maybe it was a piece of advice from parents… or a comment made by peers. We have all heard it before, and many of us believed it. But is it a fact that university is better than college?

Politics, OpinionadminJune 13, 2013education, African youthComment