[Air-l] SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS AND GRANTS FOR AFRICAN STUDENTS/SCHOL ARS
jerichob at juno.com
jerichob at juno.com
Mon Sep 4 20:15:56 PDT 2006
I don't know about Nigeria, but I did my dissertation research in
Ethiopia on a student Fulbright - which made me stinking rich by local
standards, incidentally - and many of the government and university
staff I interviewed used Yahoo email addresses because email had not
become part of their workplace communications, or because they could
use it more easily (i.e., they did not have computers or email at work
but could go to Internet cafes). They also frequently asked me about
scholarship opportunities to continue their studies in the US in order
to increase their professional opportunities. The request strikes me
as being legitimate. If people out there know of funding
opportunities for Africans, could you pass them along? I often get
requests for information but have little to offer.
Jericho Burg
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Communication
University of California, San Diego
-- "Dr. W. Reid Cornwell" <wrc at tcfir.org> wrote:
The request for funds comes from a Yahoo account. The last conference I
organized over 100 such requests but their alleged employment could
not be
verified. I don't know that this is a legitimate request or not but is
it
not logical that if she were with the government she would have an
email
address that reflects this.
Also, many requests are made for invitations to events when the intent
is to
get in the U.S. and disappear.
I could be wrong. With a yahoo email address they could actually be in
Iowa.
Back to my goats,
Reid
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Homero Gil de
Zuniga
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 2:19 PM
To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org; ellis.godard at csun.edu
Subject: Re: [Air-l] SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS AND GRANTS FOR AFRICAN
STUDENTS/SCHOLARS
Hi Ellis and all,
They definitely do have problems raising funds. This summer, at the
summer
doctoral program of the OII at Oxford, I met a lady/participant from
Nigeria, Wumni Hasssan. She runs a program that aims to help women in
their
learning process in relation to technology. She mentioned the
fundraising
problem to me several times, to the extent that the website they had
http://www.nigerianhightechwomen.org/ is pending of domain renewal
due to
scarcity of financial support. This is the google cached link
http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:7du1yjE-
YicJ:www.nigerianhightechwomen.o
rg/+http://www.nigerianhightechwomen.org/&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1
It reminds me of the tale in which the shepherd as a joke, desperately
and
repeatedly calls for help to protect his cattle from a wolf till it
really
happens...
Please contact me if anyone is willing to help. I can provide her
email : -
)
Best,
HGZ
Homero Gil de Zuniga
www.homerogdz.com
Mass Comunication Research Center
University of Wiconsin-Madison
www.wisc.edu
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[mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Ellis Godard
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 1:48 PM
To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
Subject: Re: [Air-l] SCHOLARSHIPS,AWARDS AND GRANTS FOR AFRICAN
STUDENTS/SCHOLARS
I'm always glad to see the international flavor of the group
continuing to
diversify, but wonder if Nigerian academics have trouble fundraising
online
given the frequency of Nigerian email scams.
eg
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> [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of
> olalekan olagunju
> Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 6:15 AM
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> Subject: [Air-l] SCHOLARSHIPS,AWARDS AND GRANTS FOR AFRICAN
> STUDENTS/SCHOLARS
>
>
> Dear Sirs,
>
> SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS AND GRANTS FOR AFRICAN STUDENTS / SCHOLARS
>
> I am an Educator and a Resource Person with Lagos State
> Ministry of Education [Nigeria]. I will like to be furnished
> with Scholarships or Grants that I can utilise for my
> Master's Programme.
> My area of interest are as follows: Publishing, Educational
> Technology, Graphic Arts, Educational Researches, Multimedia
> Studies, Educational / Internet Broadcast and Curriculum Development.
>
> Kindly please, send me information in this regard.
>
> Olalekan Olagunju
> Lagos State Ministry of Education
> Science and Technology Department, [Nigeria].
> Email:olasgracom_ng2005 at yahoo.com
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> Do you Yahoo!?
> Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail.
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