It's crucial to know your 'roar' - what you love, brings you joy and gives value to others. It’s the basis for your career sustenance and sustainability.
The last weeks have been great as I have received several requests to 'ROAR' and make a positive impact to different institutions' goal to increase employability, resource mobilisation for its staff & students.
Last week I delivered a talk on Career Success in the midst of crises' to the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Programme of the University of Edingburgh UK to over 100 of its students.
Then I received confirmation to be a key note speaker at the Global Minds Summit, a Belgian -funded Programme of 13 Universities of Applied Sciences and Arts - https://globalmindsvlhora.be/what/ - (watch this space)
I am faculty at the Prof Ndubuisi Ekekwe’s
Tekedia Institute Career Week and will delivering other trainings on employability, international research funding and resource mobilisation to the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Kenya School Directors and a host of others - see flyers.
You might teach a parrot to roar but it will struggle especially if it must do it many times over to remain relevant. I am delighted to have found mine. Have you found your ROAR?
We are rolling out a range of brand new courses shortly - watch out!
What did you have for breakfast today? Do you know how the food got to you? Is there a business in agriculture? Why do Agriculture graduates from most African universities never or hardly do anything agricultural? With the African extractives industry performing poorly and agriculture taking a centre stage in Africa, what are the challenges and opportunities?
Can Africa feed itself? Africa sits on 65% of the uncultivated arable land left in the world and so Africa can feed the 9 billion people on Planet Earth by 2050.
Tomorrow, Thursday October 8th at 11am UK time is the UK Government funded Lancaster University free International Sustainable Agriculture webinar.
Participate using the zoom link - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/95523854139?pwd=dXR6R2dJVEJEZ2VrZ3J6T2FIMG56QT09 . The passcode is 416984 if prompted to enter one.
All participants will receive a certificate of participation from Lancaster University Recirculate Project.
When next you buy food to eat, imagine you were involved in some sense in making it happen.
It's going to be a pretty busy week and I look forward to delivering a series of free training and webinars to launch some amazing new UK CPD Certified Courses. You can join and be impacted incredibly!
1. Tomorrow, Tuesday Sept. 29th at 9am UK time, I will address over 100 Kenyan School Leaders about how to increase their income beyond tuition fees and increase their career impact through partnerships - https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vXYGpyYwRAuWljSzu3qTdg
2. Wednesday, Sept 30th at 5pm UK time, in partnership with the African Women in Science and Engineering (AWSE) I will be addressing over 200 women scientists, business owners and professionals from over 15 African countries about the unique gap and career opportunities for them to take advantage of especially in this era -
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ tZMrfuGppjMpGtYSvQTwLxI9NxADzY5ixfFE
3. Saturday October 3rd at 4pm UK time, I will address over 200 students of the African University College of Communications (AUCC) Ghana on how to plan and execute precise steps for a successful career.
4. Monday October 5th at 10am UK Time, I will be addressing over 100 academics and researchers of AUCC on how to Internationalize their education offer and mobilise resources and international funding for sustainable expansion.
See flyers for registration and participation details and contact me if you wish to organise something similar for your organisation or institutions.
Have an amazing week and see you at the sessions. 😊😊
#university #students
I woke up this morning to get some grapes from my little green-house home garden. I do feel like becoming a farmer though!! Well maybe not a hands-on farmer but investing in agriculture in Africa is a great career move. Do you know of anyone who has made that move?
Can Africa feed itself? The truth is that Africa is too small for Africa to feed when Africa can feed the world!!! Did you know that Africa sits on 65% of the uncultivated arable land left in the world and so Africa can feed the 9 billion people on Planet Earth by 2050.
However, smallholder rural farmers contribute up to 80% of sub-Saharan Africa’s food supply and yet make up 80% of the continents poor. This is so wrong!!!There is a huge disconnect as rural farmers do just enough to produce food to feed family and make a living but to expand operations is a different ball game. This is where understanding the agricultural supply chain and how to enhance it is fundamental.
Next month is the UK Government funded Lancaster University Food and Agriculture Month in the Participate with Recirculate Programme. You can register now for a free International Sustainable Agriculture webinar on - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/116990223909 see flyer for details.
All participants will receive a certificate of participation from Lancaster University Recirculate GCRF Project.
When next you buy food, imagine you were involved in some form in making food available. Once I was blind, but now I see!!!
@recirculaters #agriculture #food
