‘Micro-Entrepreneurs Need Smartphones’

Edit Modern Ghana 11 Jul 2016
A new report published by Vodafone Group reveals that smartphones are increasing opportunities in Ghana, and that 7 out of 10 micro-entrepreneurs are likely to face difficulties continuing their business without a smartphone ... In Ghana, consistent with other findings in the report, businesses in urban communities are doing more with their smartphone and its resources than their rural-based counterparts....

Educents: the marketplace for affordable learning materials

Edit Atlanta Journal 11 Jul 2016
In only three years, Educents, the first and only website to offer educators affordable learning materials, has helped more than 500,000 educators save money on classroom essentials ... Whiting spent over a decade in educational publishing and her goal was to help educators and parents obtain the best products to help children, while simultaneously helping small businesses flourish ... Educents isn't only beneficial to teachers....

Kim Williams Selected as U of A Business Manager (University of Arkansas)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Jul 2016
Kim Williams, U of A business manager ... - Kim Williams, a graduate of the University of Arkansas School of Law, assumed the Business Manager position at the U of A, effective July 5 ... She will report to Colleen Briney, associate vice chancellor for business affairs ... Prior to that she served as a civil litigation attorney and the business manager at Rich Mountain Community College in Mena....

Increasing Health Care Access Through Telemedicine (Rutgers University)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Jul 2016
- Rutgers School of Nursing and Rutgers Business School have teamed up to pilot the use of telemedicine technology to provide health care for underserved populations in Greater Newark ... Today, Rutgers Business School is educating more than 7,500 undergraduate and graduate students at two main campuses in New Jersey as well as satellite locations in Jersey City, Madison and Singapore....

Meadowbrook Draft Master Plan provides vision for connecting community through health, education and research (Logan City Council)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Jul 2016
The residents of Meadowbrook, the Logan suburb that's home to the Griffith University Campus, Logan Hospital and TAFE Queensland (Loganlea Campus) are being asked to consider how their suburb can be transformed into an integrated centre for health, education and community ... Collectively these centres will complement each other and will become key city destinations both for local residents, businesses and visitors....

Canberra's Australian Geographic stores set to close

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 11 Jul 2016
The company said on Monday it had begun a process which would likely lead to a "controlled exit" from its retail business in the first half of 2017 ... It will be business as usual until we exit and all staff will receive their full entitlements....

CM announces interest-free loan upto 5 lakh for farmers

Edit The Times of India 11 Jul 2016
Under this law, no company can do business without informing Collector, he said and appealed people not to invest their money in any company without verifying its authenticity ... Children should understand that education is the biggest medium of carving out a bright future ... Emphasising the need to pay attention towards quality of education, he said that this will improve system of school and build strong foundation of children....

Kentucky schools connect with homeschool kids via online courses

Edit Lexington Herald-Leader 11 Jul 2016
“If you were a business person you would do that all day long,” he said ... The Kentucky Department of Education is not specifically charged with collecting homeschool data from school districts ... Based on numbers from the 2015-16 school year, Kentucky Department of Education officials estimate there are 20,385 homeschool students in the state, said spokeswoman Nancy Rodriguez....

Today's front pages: Monday, July 11, 2016

Edit Modern Ghana 11 Jul 2016
SHS LEVEL CONSUMES BULK OF EDUCATION BUDGET. The Senior High School level of education consumed the largest proportion of government expenditure on education within the 2014/2015 academic year, the latest report from the Education Ministry has revealed ... of the Ghanaian educational community ... CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ADVOCATES CLEAR CUT BUSINESS GUIDELINES....

Dr Kellie Vincent advises how to detect a psychopath manager (University of Westminster)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Jul 2016
(Source. University of Westminster). Westminster Business School, University of Westminster, is one of London's leading centres for professional business education ... Our central London location provides strong links with the business and government communities enabling us to bring practitioners and experts into the classroom on a regular basis....

Somali refugees in Kenya fear being repatriated

Edit Al Jazeera 11 Jul 2016
Upon finishing primary school in 2008, he started working in the family business ... "I am happy here, security is good and business is good too ... He was educated at the camp and can read and write well, something he says may not have been possible in Somalia due to war and the poor educational system ... He fears they may not have access to an education there....

Roshan’s M-Paisa and Promote-WIE Team Up to Offer Female Interns Stipends

Edit Khaama Press 11 Jul 2016
“M-Paisa provides the most transparent and effective payment options for businesses, organizations and government agencies to disburse compensation to recipients ... Building upon existing and previous programs for women and girls, Promote is a five-year program targeting the education, promotion, and training of a new generation of Afghan women, aged 18-30....

West Milford school board studies proposed supervisor hire

Edit North Jersey 11 Jul 2016
Later this month, West Milford’s Board of Education is due to consider the proposed rehiring of Cynthia Pritchett in a new supervisory role for the district’s industrial arts, business, and testing programs ... Most said they just wanted more information on the role she would occupy ... ....
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