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May/28/2021 ESSA Job offer: Head of Communications

May/11/2021 ESSA & REAL Centre Conference | Action on funding for African-led education research This virtual conference is organised by the charity Education Sub Saharan Africa (ESSA) and the Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre at the University of Cambridge.

May/07/2021 ESSA Job offer: Research Manager (East Africa)

May/07/2021 ESSA Job offer: Partnerships Manager

May/06/2021 ESSA, DJY, Zizi Afrique and EdTech Hub hold Unlocking Data Workshop

Mar/08/2021 International Women's Day: Improving Female Leadership in Education To mark the IWD 2021, we are sharing a series of interviews with inspiring female leaders in education.

Feb/03/2021 Press: Scholarships Impact Research in the Financial Times

Jan/08/2021 Learning in Crisis Report: COVID-19 impact on education in sub-Saharan Africa

Dec/14/2020 ESSA, AAU and WEG launch Edujobs Africa

Oct/13/2020 Joining the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth

Oct/07/2020 African Scholarships Hub Launch

Jul/27/2020 New analysis based on our African Education Research Database

Jul/14/2020 ESSA Announces Three New Trustees

Jun/24/2020 Press: Research on Scholarships in the Financial Times By Gemma Munday

Jun/23/2020 Official UNESCO Monitoring of Scholarship Impact

Jun/09/2020 ESSA Statement on Black Lives Matter

Jun/01/2020 ESSA Appoints New CEO Lucy Heady

May/14/2020 Learn from leaders over lunch with Warwick University

Apr/08/2020 Join our Board and become an ESSA Trustee

Mar/26/2020 We caught up with our Chair to find out what the current crisis means for Boards in education

Mar/20/2020 Transforming Education Together: ESSA Impact Report

Mar/19/2020 ESSA update on COVID-19

Jan/21/2020 Partnership with university consortium RUFORUM By Gemma Munday

Jan/07/2020 Programme Manager Jennifer Udeh speaks in Nigerian press about female leadership By Gemma Munday

Nov/27/2019 Study Featured in University World News By Gemma Munday

Jul/11/2019 Education Sub Saharan Africa (ESSA) and Dubai Cares forge a new partnership by Olaf Hahn

Jul/09/2019 ESSA to partner with Dubai Cares to focus on nexus between education and work in sub-Saharan Africa PRESS RELEASE: London 9th July 2019

Jul/05/2019 African-led Solutions to Systemic Challenges in Higher Education Olaf Hahn

Jun/21/2019 New report on African Education Research reveals big opportunities by Peter Burdin

Apr/26/2019 A CATALYST SCHOLAR HOPES TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHERS by Ishmael Ofori Aboagye

Apr/25/2019 Medicine? Yes! Engineering? Yes! But chemistry? Better not Interview with Lisa Tichagwa

Jan/19/2019 IVORIANS FORGE AHEAD WITH DIGITAL EDUCATION SHOWCASE By Peter Burdin

Dec/18/2018 MUSICIANS UNITE TO BOOST EDUCATION By Peter Burdin

Nov/05/2018 ETHIOPIA LAUNCHES NATIONAL EDUCATION REVIEW by Peter Burdin

Oct/31/2018 “A more balanced conversation” OECD Africa Forum by Patrick Dunne

Oct/29/2018 TECH TALENT INSPIRES AFRICA By Peter Burdin

Oct/22/2018 Accessibility and clarity of data changes people’s lives for the better By Patrick Dunne

Oct/15/2018 ESSA News Round-up By Peter Burdin

Oct/04/2018 New database puts African education research at the heart of policy and practice By Rafael Mitchell, Pauline Rose and Samuel Asare

Sep/27/2018 Learning by doing By Sepiso Dean Mwamelo