The “School2School Connectivity Project: Final Report” summarizes the results of a three-year, public-private partnership between MCI, Columbia Teachers College, the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), the Kumasi Metropolitan Education Directorate (KMED), global communications giants Ericsson and Airtel-Ghana and selected New York City public and private schools. The School2School Connectivity Project was designed to assist junior high school teachers in Kumasi, Ghana, in the uses of the computer and Internet in teaching both the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) subjects and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and to connect those teachers with their peers in New York City schools.
In April 2014, Dr. Patricia Gordon and Dr. Joel Cornfield, together with other members of the Cure Cervical Cancer team, returned to Kenya, this time to establish four new clinics in Kisumu and one in Nairobi, with the help of MCI and the International Medical Corps (IMC). The CCC team trained 14 local healthcare professionals in a procedure known as “visual inspection with acetic acid” (“the vinegar test”) and cryotherapy, to treat any pre-malignant surgical lesions. In addition to practical training, the team equipped clinics with hundreds of much-needed supplies used in their routine cervical cancer screenings and treatments.
by MCI|January 21st, 2014
In mid-December, MCI helped facilitate the first forum for girls and young ladies in Nima-Maamobi East, at the heart of Ghana’s capital city, Accra. Coordinated and moderated by the Nima-based youth NGO Volunteers in Community Empowerment (VOiCE), the forum featured as presenters two young women role models from the community: Miss Khadija Abdul Samed, a… read more
by MCI|September 9th, 2013
MCI is pleased to announce the upcoming Kumasi Investment Roadshow, an event to promote investment opportunities in Kumasi, Ghana, in areas such as real estate development, agriculture and agri-business. The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) is organizing the event, with the support of the Regional Partnership to Promote Trade and Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa, an initiative… read more
by MCI|September 4th, 2013
Mekelle, Ethiopia (September 4, 2013) On October 3, Mekelle, the capital city of the Tigray Region of Ethiopia, will hold a forum in Addis Ababa to promote awareness of investment opportunities in and around Mekelle. Detailed profiles will be presented of opportunities in sectors as diverse as beekeeping and honey processing, production of animal feedstuff,… read more
The following steps will lead you through the process of producing a website with the help of a developer and maintaining it after it is built. All prices included are accurate as of 2013. WordPress.org was used by all three cities, and in fact is used for this site. It is easy both for developers… read more
The Tabora Investment Forum, held at the Serena Hotel in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on July 19, 2013, represented a major milestone in the Regional Partnership’s activities. It provided potential domestic and foreign investors and others with information on Tabora as an investment location and highlighted specific investment opportunities in Tabora. In the process, it demonstrated… read more
On Friday, July 19th, under the auspices of the Regional Partnership to Promote Trade and Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa (funded by the Government of Finland and implemented by the Millennium Cities Initiative), the Region and Municipality of Tabora held an investment forum in Dar es Salaam to promote awareness of investment opportunities in and around… read more
by Bruno Rigonatti Mendes The Millennium Cities Initiative (MCI) is pleased to launch today, April 8th, our fourth investment guide, this time focused on the city of Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray Region. Since its founding in 2006, the MCI has researched high-growth sectors in 11 sub-Saharan cities, with the goal of assisting these… read more
The Millennium Cities Initiative (MCI) at the Earth Institute, Columbia University, is delighted to announce the release of “Where There’s a Will, there’s a Way: Four Years Later: Up-scaling Early Childhood Education in Ghana,” a paper written by our partners at The Mount Carmel Training Center (MCTC) in Haifa, Israel. The paper chronicles the origins,… read more
