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  • Producing broadcast programmes about the importance of teacher training in Africa

    Teacher education update

    We have been working with the TESSA consortium of fourteen African educational institutions and the Open University UK, to create audio materials for training primary school teachers as part of the open educational resources (OERs) on the TESSA website.  Read more
  • BBC World Service Trust Director Stephen King receives an award for Business Excellence from the Global Business Coalition in New York

    Major award for HIV and AIDS work

    BBC World Service Trust, the international charity of the BBC, has received an award for Business Excellence from GBC (the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria), for its work in increasing awareness about HIV and AIDS.  Read more
  • Sympathisers of Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga celebrate on the streets of Kisumu - Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images

    World Press Freedom Day: Focus on Kenya

    Free media critical to Kenya's future, claims research report from BBC World Service Trust.  Read more

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