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The West African Management Development Institutes Network (WAMDEVIN), has called on the Chief Executive Officers of Management Development Institutes (MDIs) in West Africa to adopt quality assurance system in Learning, Training and Development (LTD) in order to public demands and expectations. Speaking during a webinar series with the theme: “Fundamentals of Quality Assurance in Learning, Training and Development”, WAMDEVIN President, Prof. Alexander Yonly from Liberia, who was represented by the Executive Secretary, WAMDEVIN, Dr. Kolawole Olowe, said the theme of the webinar series would provide a platform for ensuring that all training programmes are subjected to robust quality assurance processes ...

 Article by Mamphoke Mohlala The African Management Development Institutes' Network (AMDIN) held its hybrid General Assembly (GA) meeting on September 28-29, 2021. The purpose of the GA was to discuss and evaluate the activities of the previous years, plan for future programmes. The members who attended the GA were Director-Generals/ Heads of Institutes from different Management Development Institutes (MDIs). They represented all the five geographical regions of the African Union. The Southern African region met in Pretoria where the main proceedings took place, the West Africa region met in Accra, Ghana, the Eastern Africa region met in Kigali and Central ...

The NSG hosted a ‘pedagogy and case studies’ workshop in Pretoria on the 25th and 26th of October 2021. The workshop was attended by seventy participants from the NSG, African Management Development Institutes Network (AMDIN), local universities, National Departments and Provincial representatives from Premiers Offices and Training Academies. AMDIN participants were from several African countries from all regions of the Continent, including Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, and Zambia. The workshop arises from a commitment towards broader exchange and dialogue on state capacity building and the different modalities for education, training and learning within ...

Johannesburg – The South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research- CSIR – has found that extracts of two indigenous plant species from Lesotho are active against two Covid19 strains, and has recommended them for animal tests and then human clinical trials. CSIR says the samples were tested against the severe and acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) as well as against the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). In addition they were tested for toxicity to human cells and researchers say in all cases the extracts almost did not show signs of toxicity to the target cells. “In conclusion, ...