Open University of West Africa

Open University of West Africa (OUWA) anɛ John Roberts nɛ Patrick Steele da bɔɔ li zi’el Ghana, Sapal nwadig la, 2011 yʋʋm la ni. Ka ba yɛlkpan da anɛ li dɔlis pɛpsimin zamisʋgʋ yis West Africa nɔŋ pʋʋgin. John Roberts nɛ o tiraan la da paam kpɛmsʋg nɛ yɛl bama nwa ni: saŋkan la, sakur titada ken zin’igin Africa da pɔɔd nɛ hali, university sʋma banɛ bɛɛ gilig dunia wʋsa la da pin’in ye ba zaŋi ba zamisa namɛ dɔlis pɛbisimin woo Coursera, edX, Udacity, nɛ sieba ya’as.http://blog.udacity.com/2012/08/picture-of-day-udacity-students-in-west.html 

Pʋtɛn’ɛr nwa da kɛ ka nidiba ayi banɛ zi’el sakur la da maal Open Education Resources (OER), kɛ ka mobile technology paamʋg an na’anaa, ka mukʋd hali ye nidib ken sakuri laligid West Africa teŋgbaʋŋ pʋʋgin.

 Li si’iŋir 
Open University of West Africa bɛ Ghana (OUWA) pʋʋgin la, ka zamisʋg la yɔɔb zin’igin anɛ na’anaa hali (US$10/yʋʋma), ka lɛn kpɛmisid sakur bibis la yinne yinne  ye ba lieb banɛ na zi tiakiri kena ba mɔɔr nwa pʋʋgin. West Africa pʋʋginɛɛ, sakur bibis banɛ laligi kpɛn’ sakur titada an 10%, ka nɔŋ daamid nidib bɛdigʋhttps://web.archive.org/web/20170510190801/https://www.msm.nl/resources/uploads/2014/02/MSM-WP2013-19.pdf bɛlim. La’am nɛ West Africa gɔbna namɛ mɔɔ maal suoya ye sakur ken an na’anaa la, tiakir kae pa’an ye zamisʋg zin’igin la ken sʋ’ʋŋa Africa teŋgbaʋŋ pʋʋginɛ. Mɔɔr kanɛ maal suoya ye nidib bɛdigʋ nyaŋi keŋ sakuya la pʋ nyaŋi sʋŋ yɛlaa 4? Sakur bɛda ken paamʋg ya’ tɔi, ti’ir na pɔɔd nɛ sakur bibisi na lieb tʋmtʋmnib woo kpikpin bɛda dim dɔcta nam nɛ gɔbna tʋmtʋmnib. Tʋʋm bama nɛ teŋin kpɛm ya’ kae, maalʋg kʋ bɛ.

Bɛdigʋ banɛ da bɔɔd sakur ken yam da gban’ae Open University of West Africa. Ban da yɔ’ɔg ‘internet café of education’ Accra pʋʋgin, Ghana la nya’aŋ, OUWA da pin’ili nɛ sakur bibis 40 nɛ nya’aŋ, banɛ da ken zamisahttp://www.supernews.co.za/young-us-entrepreneur-opens-the-boundaries-of-education-in-west-africa/. Yʋʋm nɛ pʋsʋk pʋʋgin ban da yɔ’ɔgi li la, OUWA da mɔr woo sakur bibis 200. Nɛŋa pa’al ye Sub-Saharan Africahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_University_of_West_Africa#/map/0 teŋgbaʋŋ da mɔr sakur bibis bɛdigʋ banɛ da kpɛn’ɛd MOOCs sankan la. Yɛlsʋm tita’ar kanɛ na naam sakur bil kan la anɛ ye li kɛ ka sakur bibis banɛ mɔr pʋtɛn’ɛr yimir la la’as nɛ ba taaba, ka pin’ili maan la’asig nam ye ba kpɛn’ kpikpiŋ namin. Yam kaŋa ka sakur bibids la da zaŋ la, da lieb nɛ yɛlkpanɛ tis banɛ la’am da pɛ’ɛsi sʋ’oe sakur la zi’elʋg la da zaŋ “Educate-Incubate-Invest” kpikpiŋ tʋʋma kanɛ da ye la lieb yɔ’ɔgir la yɛlkpan zamisʋg kanɛ na pɛ’ɛsa ayi la “sakur paal” nwa ni.

 Zamisʋg paal la         

   Pa’alim: pin’iligin la, OUWA pʋtɛn’ɛr da anɛ li sʋŋ ka banɛ kʋ nyaŋi dɔlis suokʋdʋg la paam suori kpɛn’ zamisʋgin la nyaŋi paam zamisʋg. sakur-bi bama nwa da pʋ paad zamisʋg la, yʋʋn da tu’oe paamid zamisʋg la’ad banɛ da nar, nɛ pɛbsimin zamisʋg zaalim zin’i banɛ ka OUWA internet café da bɛ. Entrepreneurship zamisa da bɛ, Computer Science zamisa, General Education, ka li wʋsa yit nɛ Coursera nɛ Udacity ni.
 Unib: Kpikpinnib la nɛ sakur bibis la yam da gban’ae ye ba kpɛn kpikpiʋŋʋn la da nɔbigid la, OUWA da gban’ae ya ye ba pin’il tʋʋma la. Na niŋ si’em ka tʋʋma la paam paŋ, ba da maal yɛl-sieba ka paam zin’is ye banɛ sʋŋ sakur la zi’elig la’am tʋm. zʋmaaŋ kaŋa nwa da muku sʋŋ sakur bibis banɛ da pɛ’ɛsi ba mɛŋ la, hali ka li la’am ti an woo sakur la ken yʋʋn da pʋ lɛn mɔrɛ yɔɔdɛ, ka li na bɛ, ka paamʋg an na’anaa. OUWA unib zin’igin la pʋtɛn’ɛr da gban’ae ya zi’el West African setup ecosystem. Ban da tʋmmɛ dɔlisid ban na niŋ si’em ka li zi’en la, banɛ da sʋŋi zi’el sakur la da niŋid nɛ ba pʋtɛn’ɛri si’em la: Ba na kɛ ka W. Africa paam nɔbigir. 
 Kpimsig: Ba dɔlis nɛ malima nam wʋʋ Startup West Africa (SWA), ka gaŋ kpikpiʋŋ banɛ an sʋm ka na nyaŋi zi’en. Ka na zaŋ ligidi sʋŋi li yɔ’ɔgir ka li ya’a zi’eni naae, pʋdigir 10% na keŋ tis OUWA. Kpikpiʋŋ bama nam, ka an banɛ na zi’en sʋŋa nɛ sakur bi banɛ mɔr baŋir sʋŋa, an banɛ da maan suori tisid pʋtɛn’ɛr sʋŋ si’a ya’as: li zi’enig.

 Ban nyaŋi tʋm si’el   
 Banɛ da sʋŋi zi’el OUWA la da gɔsi nyɛ ka SliceBiz n da an kpikpiʋŋ paala la yinne, kanɛ ka ba na yɔ’ɔg. Li na an teŋgbauŋ la kpikpiʋŋ paala la yigilʋŋ titada la yinne, Apps for Africa, ba da gaŋi ba ka tisi ba ligiid $10,000 ka ba keŋ New York ye ba yɔ’ɔg NYSE. Si’ir kanɛ ka ya’am paala dim da mɔri tʋm la, Open University of West Africa la’am nɛ SliceBis, da pin’il ya maal HUB Accra, banɛ na tʋm nɛ ba ka li na sʋŋi kɛ ka kpikpiuŋ kanɛ ka Africa nidib sʋ’oe la bɔbig. “innovation hub” kanɛ bɛ zin’ig wʋsa la, Impact HUB da di’e li tɔ’ɔtɔ “Impact Hub Accra” ka li an suor kanɛ ba na la’as ka dɔlisi sʋŋ ka kpikpiuŋ paala la bɛ Accrahttp://www.hubaccra.com/ La keŋ tuon. Ba mɔr zin’i na tis kpikpiuŋ paala, freelancer nam, maker nam, creative nam bɛɛ kpikpiuŋ kʋda dim banɛ bɔɔd zin’i sʋŋ Ye ba tʋm. ban an banɛ ye ba sʋŋ kpikpiuŋ paala kpikpiuŋ zin’igin la, Impact Hub Accra  Impact Hub Accra mɛ da gɔsid malim bɛda tisid kpikpinnib buudi buudi. Hub nwa anɛ yiiga tʋʋm kanɛ ka Open University of West Africa da dɛŋi tʋm la.

Ba da mɔr pʋtɛn’ɛr sʋŋ kanɛ na siei ka ka sa’am nɔŋ baŋ kanɛ lɔbi gɛɛl, cycle of poverty, OUWA da tʋm ya ka li sʋŋ ka sakur nɛ da an yɔn ka an sʋ’ʋm la nyɛ paŋ, ka li ka’ae nɛ Accra an Ghana tempʋ tita’ar la ma’aa nii. Zamisa zin’is da bɛ Kumasi, ka ba da maan suoya nɛ nimmua ye li widigi kpɛn Gambia, nɛ mali, nɛ Burkina. Gambia pʋʋginɛɛ, OUWA da mɔr zamisʋg kanɛ ka ba zanl primary sakur pa’annibhttp://www.entrepreneursship.org/blog/social-entrepreneurs-work-john-roberts-open-university-of-west-africa banɛ da gaad 20. Burkina nɛ Mali, sakur la da la’am tʋmmɛ zaŋ nasaal (EFL) paas zamisa la ni, ba da maal zamisʋg la nɛ ka li na nyaŋi kɛ ka na sʋŋ banɛ zamisid nasaal ye li sʋŋi ba zamisʋg zin’igin la nyɛ sʋŋir. Linɛ pɛ’ɛs EFL zamisʋg la ni, ba da maan suoya ye ba pin’il Physician Assistant Programhttp://tedxbarcelonaed.com/portfolio/john-roberts/ zamisʋg.    

 Ban gilig zin’ seiba  pa’al nɛ baŋir kanɛ yii li ni 
Ban da dɔlisidi maan OpenIDEO Challege  ̶̶  ka banɛ da maali li bɛnɛ Califonia  ̶  OUWA da paam tiakir kanɛ da bɛɛ li kɔn’ ka da yinɛ ba da kɛ ka  zamisʋg la paae refugees nam, ka kɛ ka ba paamid zamisa la ban bɛ zin’isieba la.https://challenges.openideo.com/goto/challenge/refugee-education/connecting-refugees-to-their-host-country-and-capital-via-online-entrepreneurship-training 

Refugees nam zin’is la da an zin’I banɛ ka ba da giligi pa’al yiiga. Li da naamɛ refugees nam zin’is la ayi’ ni, Western sʋ’ʋlim Ghana pʋʋgin: Ampain nɛ Krisan. Pa’alʋg nwa ni, OUWA da la’am tʋmmɛ nɛ École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Swiss teŋgbauŋ dakur kanɛ nyɛ na’asi kpikpiuŋ yɛla tʋʋma zin’iginhttp://unreasonable.is/how-mobile-phones-make-education-affordable-and-accessible-in-west-africa/. Regugees nam wʋʋ 100 nɛ, biis nɛ kpɛm, da pɛ’ɛs zamisʋg la ni. Open University of West Africa da pʋdig smartphone nam banɛ da mɔr kpikpiuŋ yɛla zamisʋg la’adi tis nidib banɛ da bɛ zin’i bama ni.

Nɛ’ɛga nwa da kɛ ka ban da giligidi pa’an sʋ’ʋlim banɛ ka nɔŋ da bɛ hali la, da bɔ nyɛdigir tis Open University of West Africa.    

Ba da paam zamisʋg zin’i kpana, ka ban pin’il zin’I sieba la yɔ’ɔg suopaal  ka ba tʋgʋs. pin’ilin la da pa’al ye ba na nyɛ sʋŋir kanɛ na gaada amaal zamisʋg gbana kɛ ka sakur bil keŋ paae institutional trajectory. OUWA da nyɛ yʋma anaasi gaad la, John Roberts da kena baŋ ye “linɛ na kɛ ka zʋmauŋ la paam paŋ anɛ fʋ ya’a na nyaŋi sʋŋ banɛ kuosid gabʋ suor kpʋkɛŋ ka ba paas kuosim sieba ya’as, bɛɛ ba nyaŋi baŋ linɛ na paasi ba kuosim la paŋ, ba tun’e paam ka ba ligiid na pɛ’ɛsa abʋ naasa nɛ abʋ nu yɛla. Ba ya’a dɔlisid suor kanɛ na zi nɔbigiri tisi ba, sʋ’ʋm kanɛ ka ba na nyɛ la sid na zu’oe hali galis. Tɛn’ɛsim gɔs onɛ kuosidi paamid dollar dabsir yinne pʋʋgin, ka yʋʋn nyaŋidi kuosidi paamid dollar anaasi dabsir yinne pʋʋginc, ala la ba tun’e keŋ sibiti ie laafi.” Ba ya’a dɔlisid suor kanɛ na kɛ ka kpikpiuŋ yɛla keŋ tuon, ba na nyɛɛ li sʋ’ʋm anii ni nɔɔ. 

 OUWA Naar La, InvestED, PBC Pin’ilʋg 
 Ban da paam yam paal, ye ban maan si’em la an na’anaa ka an sʋm laa, ban da na niŋ si’em dɔlisi ba giligirin la ka li paae zin’i banɛ ka li nam pʋ paae la, IvestEDhttp://www.investedapp.com/ da lɛdig OUWA . ka OUWA tʋʋm kpan da anɛ ba kɛ ka zamisʋg an yɔn, InvestED na gɔs pa’alʋg kanɛ pʋ paam suorɛ, ka kɛ ka ba na zamisid ba vʋm saŋa wʋsa. OUWA bɛlim da anɛ li kɛ ka zamisʋg paae zin’i kana ka ba pʋ paamid la , ka sʋŋi kɛ ka baŋir kanɛ kpi’ilim la na yinɛ open educational resources . La’amnɛ OUWA pʋ lɛn tʋm laa, ya’am kanɛ ka ba nyɛɛ yi yʋʋm anaasi kanɛ ka ba da tʋm la kɛ ya ka InvestED paam paŋ: app kanɛ mɔr android “na mɔri pa’an banɛ zamisid kpikpiuŋ yɛla ka pʋ tun’e la, ka ba na nyaŋi kɛ ka ba ligiid yɛla zi’en sʋŋa, la ya’a dɔlis cutting-edge mobile technology”.

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