'I hadn't read a book before prison – now I’m starting my PhD'

Edit The Guardian 16 Sep 2016
Homelessness. War. Poverty. Meet the students who overcame towering obstacles to get their master’s degrees. Supported by. About this content. @abbyyoungpowell. email. ‘I was a refugee and now I’m studying a masters’. Laith Rastanawi, 27, is from Syria. He fled to Turkey before winning a scholarship to study a master’s in maths at Freie Universitat Berlin. Twitter ... It was a dream come true ... Ndakuna Fonso Amidou is from a village in Cameroon ... ....

ECA Chief Mourns Burkina Faso Ambassador’s Sudden Death (UNECA - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Sep 2016
(Source. UNECA - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa). Addis Ababa, 8 September 2016 (ECA) - The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Carlos Lopes, on Thursday mourned the sudden death of Ambassador Amidou Toure, Burkina Faso's Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). Mr ... Mr ... Tel....

AU’s condolence message following death of Burkina Faso's Permanent Representative to the AU (African Union)

Edit Public Technologies 02 Sep 2016
(Source ... Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, learned with profound sadness the death of Ambassador Amidou Toure, Burkina Faso's Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union ... Amidou Toure occurred on Thursday 1 September 2016, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ... Amidou Toure ... Amidou Toure presented his Credentials to the AU Commission Chairperson, Dr ... Ethiopia....

NCBA CLUSA and USAID diversify funding and program approach (NCBA - National Cooperative Business Association)

Edit Public Technologies 31 Aug 2016
(Source. NCBA - National Cooperative Business Association). [Lead farmer Amidou Ouedraogo's conservation farming training group in front of Amidou's field in Djora, Burkina Faso.]The Movement for Community-Led Development, a group of individuals and organizations dedicated to enhancing the power and capacity of communities to take charge of their own development-among them NCBA CLUSA-highlighted our project this month ... (noodl....

Willoughby shows form in Rio. Strombergs, Phillips and Daudet crash out (International Cycling Union)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Aug 2016
(Source. International Cycling Union). The contrast was huge between yesterday's single rider seeding runs on the BMX track in Rio and today's quarterfinal racing with 8 athletes on the gate in each heat. A strong tailwind on the first straight caused for some overshooting on the doubles and even the triple going into the first turn ... Jelle van Gorkom (NED) looked good in heat one ... Amidou Mir (FRA) and Alfredo Campo (ECU) were injured....

Olympic Cycling (BMX) Results

Edit Rocky Mount Telegram 17 Aug 2016
Wednesday. Men. Seeding Run. 1. Joris Daudet, France, 34.617. 2. David Graf, Switzerland, 34.678. 3. Sam Willoughby, Australia, 34.714. 4. Connor Fields, United States, 34.768. 5. Corben Sharrah, United States, 34.893. 6. Twan van Gendt, Netherlands, 34.933. 7. Maris Strombergs, Latvia, 34.953. 8. Niek Kimmann, Netherlands, 35.070. 9. Nicholas Long, United States, 35.088. 10 ... Amidou Mir, France, 35.248 ... ....

Recognising and supporting talent (GCHQ - Government Communications Headquarters)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Aug 2016
(Source. GCHQ - Government Communications Headquarters). News article. 18 July 2016 ... A diverse workforce is also absolutely crucial to our work at GCHQ ... Each Rare Rising Stars finalist's story was both inspiring and humbling but in the end, Ndakuna Fonso Amidou beat off stiff competition from the other nine finalists to be named overall winner, impressing the panel of judges with his personal story, which started in a village in Cameroon....

Oxford postgraduate named 'Britain's top black student' (University of Oxford)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Jul 2016
(Source. University of Oxford) ... Amidou grew up in a village outside of Bameda, in the North West region of Cameroon, where he didn't start formal schooling until age ten ... Amidou has worked in the UK for Motorola and Vodafone, and is now studying a 1+1 MSc and MBA programme at Oxford with a Pershing Square Graduate Scholarship ... Every year, I am inspired ... (noodl. 34581086) ....

N.C. private school all-star basketball game at Providence Day March 5

Edit The Charlotte Observer 17 Feb 2016
Some of the state’s top senior private school boys and girls high school basketball players will play at Providence Day School Saturday March 5. BSN Sports and Badger Sport are title sponsors for the annual N.C. Private School All-Star Basketball game. Head private school coaches and athletics directors nominated more than 120 players for the game ... 1 Thank God Avar Freedom Christian ... 1 Amidou Bamba High Point Christian Coastal Carolina....

Northside Christian’s boys, Providence Day girls, boys shooting for history at state tournament

Edit The Charlotte Observer 17 Feb 2016
Three Mecklenburg County private school teams are hoping to make historic runs through this week’s N.C. Independent Schools state basketball tournament in Raleigh. ▪ In 2A, Northside Christian and coach Byron Dinkins are vying for a sixth straight championship game appearance. Northside has won three of the past four state titles and is the No. 1 seed in the 2A boys’ field ... No ... 29 ... 1 Amidou Bamba High Point Christian Coastal Carolina....

The Rider Corner: The best of social media in the last 7 days (International Cycling ...

Edit Public Technologies 06 Oct 2015
(Source. International Cycling Union). Here is our selection of the most entertaining posts on social media from the last 7 days. Team mates, but friends first. Jolanda playing tourist. Kristina going wild. Kevin packs with precision! ... Amidou makes friends in Brazil....

International BMX Challenge puts Rio 2016 organising committee to the test (Comitê Organizador dos Jogos ...

Edit Public Technologies 05 Oct 2015
(Source. Comitê Organizador dos Jogos Olímpicos e Paraolímpicos Rio 2016). 'It was a complete test,' said Agberto Guimarães, Rio 2016's executive director of sport, summing up an intense day of work for organisers and athletes at the BMX test event at Deodoro Olympic Park ... Rio 2016) ... Rio 2016) ... Rio 2016) ... In the men's event, Latvia's Edzus Treimanis topped the podium ahead of France's Amidou Mir and Brazil's Renato Rezende ... Rio 2016)....

Pajon and Phillips claim World Cup Titles in rainy Rock Hill, USA. (International Cycling Union) ...

Edit Public Technologies 27 Sep 2015
(Source. International Cycling Union). The 2015 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup season is over ... Maris Strombergs (LAT), arrived at the first turn in first place with American Connor Fields, who started from lane 8, on the outside and Frenchman Amidou Mir ready to dive in on his inside ... Dutchman Niek Kimmann was in a safe second place and Amidou Mir grabbed the final podium spot which was wide open before the race happened ... Women ... Men ... WOMEN....
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