September 18th, 2008 TFT Staff Posted in Education, The Arts, Video No Comments »
To obtain a copy of the documentary, contact:
George Ngwane
Executive Director, AFRICAphonie
Tel: 77 66 84 79 E-mail: gngwane@ yahoo.com
AFRICAphonie (with an OSIWA support) Presents Kuva Likenye, a historical Documentary.
Directed by Kome Epule Mathias. Editor: Njukeng George Njukeng. Script Consultant: Dibussi Tande. Narrator Muema Meombo. Executive Producer: George Ngwane.
September 9th, 2008 TFT Staff Posted in Education, News No Comments »
Story from BBC NEWS
Google is helping develop a system to bring high-speed internet connections to three billion people developing countries in Africa and elsewhere. The 03b Networks system aims to use satellites to provide broadband services at the same speeds as those on offer in rich countries.
The service, which is due to begin in 2010, is also backed by cable operator Liberty Global and the bank HSBC. It aims to tap into booming mobile phone usage in the developing world.
January 29th, 2008 TFT Staff Posted in Education No Comments »
By Enow John Enow
P.O. Box 64, Mamfe- Cameroon
In the study of Cameroun’s history it is well founded that Cameroun is a country divided by language and culture (French and English) which can never blend. French and English exist like oil and water that do not go well together. Furthermore, French and English languages do not belong to the same “genetic relationship and geographic distribution. Moreover the two different nations that comprised Cameroun after the plebiscite of 11 th February 1961, have experienced different colonial administrations, and this type of situation has worked nowhere else in the world; why try it only in Cameroun with very wide difference in language and culture? This absurd situation affects the English speaking people of the former British-administered Trusteeship territory of the Southern Cameroons, because they are the subordinate group of people in this fragmentary society with Language pluralism, in which French is the Lingua-franca, and all business in the state of Cameroun is transacted mostly in the French Language, to the chagrin and disadvantages of the English-speaking people of the Southern Cameroons country and not bilingual as presumed and assumed by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and the international community as a whole.
October 1st, 2007 TFT Staff Posted in Education No Comments »
Dr. Jem Spectar is a Former Student of Sacred Heart College Mankon and CCAST Bambili
Dr. Jem Spectar was on Saturday September, 29th inaugurated as the 5th president of the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown (UPJ). Named on March 20, 2007, Dr. Spectar, who began his presidential duties on July 1, 2007, was described by the University’s Provost as a “visionary leader and celebrated teacher.” The University of Pittsburgh’s Chancellor, Mark A. Nordenberg added that Dr. Spectar “has the skills and experience necessary to build effectively upon the strengths of our Johnstown campus and to enrich the lives of students, faculty, staff and administrators.”
Dr. Spectar received a B.A. degree in international studies in 1989 from the University of La Verne; the M.B.A. degree in 1989 from Frostburg State University in Frostburg, Md.; the M.A. degree in 1992 at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C.; the J.D. degree in 1992 at the University of Maryland Law School; and the M.A. degree in politics in 1997 and the Ph.D. degree in political science from Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, Calif.
Prior to joining UPJ, Dr. Spectar had been assistant dean of students at the University of La Verne, in La Verne California, director of studies at Princeton University, associate provost for academic affairs at the University of Scranton and provost at Western Oregon University.
UPJ is a four-year, degree-granting constituent college of the University of Pittsburgh and was established in 1927 and currently has 2,700 full-time students.