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@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-----
From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org
[mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Homero Gil de 
Zuniga
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 2:19 PM
To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org; ellis.godard@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 



-----Original Message-----
From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org
[mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Ellis Godard
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 1:48 PM
To: air-l@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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org 
> [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of 
> olalekan olagunju
> Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 6:15 AM
> To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org
> 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@yahoo.com
> 
>  		
> ---------------------------------
> Do you Yahoo!?
>  Everyone is raving about the  all-new Yahoo! Mail. 
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