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Issue #3, November 2012 Highlights from the Africa window Recommended paper of the month The Importance of Agricultural Finance in Producing Field Crops in Sudan What are the challenges of the irrigation water management performance? Authors/year: IJSR, 2012 Funding opportunity 2013-2014 Scholarships - African Studies Centre (University of Oxford) The African Studies Centre is offering two full scholarships for the MSc in African Studies and two

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full DPhil scholarships for the 2013-2014 academic year. Prospective MSc in African Studies students and eligible DPhil candidates can apply for the WaverleyORISHA Scholarship and the Ioma-Evans Pritchard/Commonwealth Scholarship. Application deadline: January 18, 2013 News & Events The 8th International Conference on e-Learning ICEL2013 - The Cape Peninsula University of Technology The International Conference on e-Learning (ICEL2013) invites researchers, practitioners and academics to present their research findings, works in progress, case studies and conceptual advances in areas of work where education and technology intersect. The conference brings together varied groups of people with different perspectives, experiences and knowledge in one location. Abstract deadline: December 6, 2012 Conference dates: 27-28 June 2013 Venue: Cape Town, South Africa Spotlight from the GDNet blog Good research hidden behind walls of subscriptions In this video blog, Saifedean Ammous explains that data availability is one of the most crucial issues facing all academic researchers especially the ones from the south. He also discusses the main reasons behind it and how researchers can benefit when overcoming such problem. Feedback on your bulletin Have your say! Send us your feedback or suggest any funding opportunities, jobs or events in the region; and

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