Linacre Africa Network
This network was created in summer 2016; members are either African nationals, living in Africa or elsewhere, or other Linacre members with a strong link or interest in the continent. Current members number over 300, and include links with 35 African countries. Thus far, our physical meetings have been held exclusively at the college and have been organized by our enthusiastic representatives, Annette Riziki and Deng Chol. With ten current scholarships for African students, and 44 students from across the continent, there is a strong African presence in college. Convenors for LAN are:
Annette Riziki, Linacre DPhil student (Education)
Deng Chol, Linacre DPhil student (Oxford Programme for Sustainable Infrastructure Systems)
Also key to Linacre’s African Network is TEST for Africa, the educational charity set up in 2008 by Old Member and Honorary Fellow Dr Keith Lloyd (1967) along with Linacre Old Members in Africa who forms its trustees. The TEST chair is Dr Nick Brown, Principal. To date this charity has funded hundreds of scholarships for students in Ghana, Malawi and Uganda. Its aim is to aid the social and economic development of Africa by enabling students to receive undergraduate education at local public Universities and Polytechnics against their personal pledge to work for the benefit of their communities and their nation upon graduation.
For more information about Linacre’s African Network, and with your ideas and offers of help, contact Liz Welsh