Dialog Forum with Prof. Dr. Joseph AGBAKOBA in Uni Campus Bockenheim in Room K4 on Saturday 14th of January 2012 on African Development Failure and Rescue strategies at 3 pm.

NALDO kindly invite you to take part on a one hour discussion and exchange with Prof. Agbakoba on African development strategies.

Many Scholars have tried to give their perspectives on African Development strategies. Several paths have been proposed throughout the time but many people continue to agree that Africa still have so many challenges to overcome. It is in this aspect that the Prof. Agbakoba will try to give us his point of view on Africa´s rescue strategies.

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Flyer here: Africa Heute : Eine politische Wahl?

Invitation

Date: Thursday, 20th October 2011, 6:30 p.m

Place: Café Amélie in Giessen

Aster Weg 1, drei Dönereck Giessen (bus 2, 5, 24, Marktplatz Station)

Discussion with Senfo Tonkam about elections in Africa and in Cameroon in particular.

The organization Afrika Initiative, in cooperation with NALDO (New African Leadership and Development Organisation), invites you to attend a debate session about elections in Africa and in Cameroon in particular.

Since the establishment of an apparent democratic system in the early nineties, Cameroon moved from a single party system to a pluralist one. However, the organization, the progress and the results of elections often lead to a great controversy.

Senfo Tonkam was the emblematic leader of the students protest in Cameroon. He will share his view of the electoral situation of his home.

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Friday 23^rd of September 2011

Education and formation

Dr. Florence Tsague: Education systems in Africa and development of an entrepreneurial spirit among the youths University of Siegen

In the introductive part of her presentation, Dr. Tsague evoked the longstanding relationship of Africa and Europe which started more than 500 years ago. This relationship was characterized by the domination of Europe since the 15^th century, strongly influenced the establishment of education systems on the continent that happen to be extremely extroverted and inadequate.

Then, the speaker pointed out some general goals of education such as emancipation and responsibility. She evoked the existence of educational systems in Africa before the colonization. However, she particularly emphasized on the social dimension of the traditional educational systems in Africa whereby the social cohesion was of utmost great importance. In those systems, there was a symbiosis between the individual and his community on material as well spiritual issues.

Although the traditional systems had a lot of advantages for young Africans, there were some negative aspects such as the fixation of the system on the present, the tendency to explain some events as the result of magical forces and the oral transmission of knowledge which makes the autonomy of pupils difficult to achieve during the learning process. The colonial education system was used to alien and oppress Africans. It is still present in most African countries. That system is actually characterized by a disconnection between knowledge and the socio-cultural dimensions. According to Dr. Tsague, a proper educational system should not only bring the students to think but also to find accurate solutions to problems of their daily life. She therefore advocates the creation of more technical and professional schools on the continent. To foster an entrepreneurial spirit among youths, it is necessary that students face up some successful entrepreneurs they could identify with.

Cultural and social attitudes towards youths’ entrepreneurship

Dr. Uchenna Okeja: Changing values and entrepreneurship;

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