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Ethiopian PhD Candidate Timnit Gebru award Alicorn in Artificial Intelligence

21st September 2017 bilen

Timnit Gebru honored as an Alicorn of Artificial Intelligence by People in AI Meet Timnit Gebru, a person who The Selfpreneur has awarded the rare title of “Alicorn in Artificial Intelligence.” As a teenager, she left her native country to move to the United Read More …

Students invent sanitation app

18th September 201718th September 2017 bilen

Two students from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have challenged Government and other policymakers to use science and technology to address Ghana’s sanitation problems. The two; Miss Agyirakwa Monney Bernice and Doreenda Nikoi Kotei-Sika, Electrical Engineering Read More …

Chevening Scholarships 2018/2019

18th September 201718th September 2017 bilen

Applications for 2018/2019 Chevening Scholarships are open between Monday, 7 August and Tuesday, 7 November 2017. Chevening is the UK government’s international awards scheme aimed at developing global leaders since 1983. Funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and Read More …

6th GKEN Call for Paper

1st July 201614th February 2017 GKEN Group

Following the success of our 5th Conference held in Ethiopia for the first time, we now announce details of our 6th International Multidisciplinary Conference and Workshops taking place this December 2016 in Ethiopia for the 2nd year. We now cordially invite research paper submissions. This years, Read More …

GKEN block teaching at 7th Annual Research Conference

19th May 201614th February 2017 GKEN Group

GKEN Block teaching at Jimma University GKEN members Dr. Amare, Elfneh, Hailu, Alademerin and Odunaike delivered intensive block teaching at Jimma University in their own specific training and expertise. While at Jimma, they also attended the conference and actively participated by Read More …

GKEN First Published Book – Putting Knowledge To Work

29th March 201615th June 2016 GKEN Group

GKEN First Book – Putting Knowledge To Work Since our conference in December 2015, we have been somewhat quiet working behind the scenes to get our first GKEN book edited and published. We are now happy to announce that our Read More …

9th International Conference African Development Call for Paper

21st February 201614th February 2017 GKEN Group

International Call for Papers: 9th International Conference on African Development 2016 GKEN will be taking part in the upcoming 9th International Conference African Development Conference (ICAD) in Ethiopia. The Center of African Development Policy Research (CADPR) at Western Michigan University Read More …

5th GKEN Video highlights

20th February 201615th June 2016 GKEN Group

5th GKEN Conference & Workshop video highlights A short documentary highlighting activities from the 5th GKEN international multi-disciplinary conference and workshop that was held in Ethiopia in December 2015. The video was kindly filmed and edited by Mike H G from Read More …

Thank you simply isn’t enough!

20th February 201615th June 2016 GKEN Group

Thank you simply isn’t enough! Without the support of our members, partners and supporters we would not be able to continue the work that we do. We would like to take this moment to thank all our participants for participating Read More …

5th GKEN Conference and Workshop in Pictures

18th January 201615th June 2016 GKEN Group

5th GKEN Conference & Workshops in Pictures Images from the 2 day Conference held at the UN-ECA (United Nations Economic Commission for Africa) in Addis Ababa from Monday 14 to Tuesday 15th December 2015. Images from the 2 days Read More …