[September 19, 2025] ‘Featuring Rebecca Glade, Gussai H. Sheikeldin, and Khalid Medani, and moderated by Muez Ali, this panel explores how education, training, and global exposure have shaped Sudanese understandings of the nation and its politics….’
The panel also ‘examines the history of education in Sudan, the influence of international institutions, and how these experiences continue to inform ideas of national identity, development, and the modern Sudanese state.’… More
Sheikheldin, Gussai and Nyichomba, Bavo. 2019. ‘Engineering education, development and growth in Africa.’ Scientific African, Vol. 6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2019.e00200
Abstract:
Africa is trying to overcome the challenge of having significant shortage of engineering skills. Yet, paradoxically, many engineering graduates find it difficult to land employment in engineering fields. Although it may sound confusing at first, that demand for engineers and unemployment of engineers happen simultaneously, a valid explanation is not only about the number of engineers in the job market, but the number of engineers with matching skills for the jobs awaiting them.… More