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Location:

Denver, USA

Organization:

Innovate Africa Project Network

Occupation:

Building a coalition for innovative reforms in African education, strategic business planning and consulting for social entrepreneurs

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Innovate Africa Project Network

Website:

http://nigerdeltaproject.ning.com

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http://www.strategicmarketingwebsites.com

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CoachGogo

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Gogo Erekosima's Blog

Raised over $15 million dollars, affected over 50,000 high school students

Tonight on the Innovation Project Network, I'll be spending 1 hour with Dr. Jim who turned his unconventional (and not generally accepted) idea into an education reform framework that has been implemented in over 80 schools.

His program has been acclaimed by Bill Gates and The Gates Foundation Education Chairman, as well as funded by the Gates Foundation, Ford Foundation, Dell Foundation, Kaufmann Foundation and US Department of Education among others.

Tonight, Thursday May 7th (… Continue

Posted on May 7, 2009 at 10:04am —

Accelerated Learning 1: Principles Have Been Ignored in Western Education

I recently read a book that made me wish my father were still around to discuss it with.

The book, "The Accelerated Learning Handbook" by Dave Meier, is an enlightening and fascinating read. One of the expressly stated aims of the book is to inspire a revision (even abandonment) of some of the most common assumptions of western culture regarding learning and education.

T… Continue

Posted on April 29, 2009 at 3:30pm —

Educational Reform Seminar - First Things First!!

On May 7th, Gogo Erekosima, founder of the Innovate Africa Project Network will be hosting a virtual seminar featuring Dr. Jim Connell, the President and Co-founder of the Institute for Research and Research in Education.

Dr. Connell's First Things First Education Reform framework has been credited with substantial improvement in the performance of dozens of distre… Continue

Posted on April 22, 2009 at 4:00pm —

Can Social Media Save Africa?

In some of my previous posts on my African innovation blog, I talked about the African cancer cure, and before that, my African Dream.

The question I want to throw out here in this blog full of educators (I assume and hope) is this:
Is social media a powerful enough weapon to drive grassroots development movements offline on a… Continue

Posted on March 10, 2009 at 2:01pm —

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At 9:01am on November 20, 2009, Joaquim Eustaquio de Souza Amado said…: Do you know who founded this network? Iwould like to denounce suspect activity from a couple of individuals probably phising in this network.
http://education.ning.com/profile/TrishaParker
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http://education.ning.com/profile/Isreal?xg_source=activity

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