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A WELCOME MESSAGE

On behalf of our wonderful Team in Academic Affairs Department, Global Institute of Planning and Sustainable Development, I welcome you heartily to this page. In order to achieve Global Institute’s aims and objectives of building collaborations among Global Africans by uniting the Diaspora and Continental Africans for the purpose of breaking generational dependency and all forms of deprivation in order to improve quality of life for individuals and their families, as well as the sustainable development of our communities, Academic Affairs Department uses Demand-driven, culturally sensitive hands-on practical, and customized Education as the main tool to fulfil this mission. Global Institute, through Academic Affairs Department provides:

  • Customized Training and Professional Development
  • Higher Education Development
  • Global Youth and Students Development
  • Study Abroad Technical Assistance

It organizes African academics in the diaspora to help revitalize higher education in Africa in many areas including but not limited to:

  • Global Institute-Higher Education Institutional Collaboration for Students Development - Global Youth and Students Association, GYSA
  • Creation of innovative programs in African universities
  • Grant proposal writing and management
  • Professional Development training the trainers on innovative global standard educational practices and methods.
  • Curriculum Development
  • Global Faculty Exchange by way of Faculty exchange and international exposure; provision of sabbatical opportunities; Provision of Diaspora Academicians to teach in African universities, summer in-person, virtually or online.
  • University-Community partnership for sustainable development of university immediate communities.
  • Public-Private Institutional Endowments and Scholarship programs.
  • University-Corporate Partnership for development and Commercialization of innovative Research, Products and Services.
  • Assist institutions to collaborate to write research and scientific papers
  • Organize Diaspora Faculty to Collaborate with African Higher Institutions in the supervision of graduate students and early career academics.
  • Offer Accreditation Assistance and International Program Evaluation.
  • Training and development of African HEIs to consider the need for counter
  • Assist with the creation and adoption of a practical blueprint for institutional and long-term approaches on how all professionally seasoned Diaspora Africans can and should each adopt one African HEI to mentor as a second academic home
  • Currently, the Department has about eleven (11) academic units and one hundred and fifty-four (154) courses.
  • DR. IDORENYIN A. ETUKUDO
    PROVOST & VICE PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

    DR. ETTA MERCY AKI
    DEAN OF STUDIES

    UNITS OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AND COURSES

      Our Courses
    1. AGRIPRENEURSHIP 1 & 2 (AGPS)
    2. FOOD PROCESSING AND PRESERVATION (FPAP)
    3. AQUACULTURE (AQCT)
    4. AQUAPONICS (AQPN)
    5. HYDROPONICS (HYPN)
    6. URBAN AGRICULTURE (URAG)
    7. VERTICAL FARMING (VEFA)
    8. SACK FARMING (SAFA)
    9. MUSHROOMS FARMING (MUFA)
    10. SNAIL FARMING (SNFA)
    11. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY (ANHU)
    12. RABBIT FARMING (RAFA)
    13. PIGGERY (PIGG)
    14. POULTRY (POUL)
    15. IRRIGATION METHODS (IRMD)
    16. CLIMATE CHANGE CROP ADAPTATION (CCCA)
    17. HORTICULTURE NURSERY (HONU)
    18. FISH FARMING (FIFA)
      Our Courses
    1. ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT & BUSINESS PLANNING ESSENTIALS (EDBE)
    2. ENTREPRENEURIAL BOTTOMLINE SUCCESS (ENBS)
    3. MASTERING EXPORT-IMPORT TRADE (MEIT)
    4. UNDERSTANDING AND UTILING AFRICAN CONTINENETAL FREE TRADE AREA, AfCFTA (UACT)
    5. BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS (BCOM)
    6. BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY FOR TODAY'S ECONOMY (BTTE)
    7. MARKETING IN CHALLENGING TIMES (MACT)
    8. GLOBAL BUSINESS LEGAL COMPLIANCE (GBLC)
    9. FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE (FINT)
    10. ONLINE BUSINESS MASTERY & ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (OBAI)
    11. BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS (BMCA)
    12. PRODUCT INNOVATION IN THE FINTECH SPACE (PIFS)
    13. FINANCIAL LITERACY (FILI)
    14. PROPERTY INVESTMENT IN ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS (PIED)
    15. COST AND FINANCIAL ANALYSES FOR MSMES AND START-UPS (CFAM)
    16. CONSULTING AND SERVICE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (CSBM)
    17. REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT AND TENANT MANAGEMENT (REDM)
    18. MICROFINANCE (MIFI)
    19. PERSONAL BRANDING FOR BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH (PBBG)
    20. WRITING YOUR BUSINESS PLAN (WYBP)
    21. 21ST CENTURY BUSINESS MANAGEMENT STRATEGY (CBMS)
    22. SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP IN DYNAMIC BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS (SLBD)
    23. BUSINESS ANALYTICS AND DIGITAL MEDIA (BADM)
    24. ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE FOR IT AND NON-FINANCE PROFESSIONALS (AFNP)
    25. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL START-UP AND EXPANSION (WRSE)
    26. NON-PROFIT ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT (NEMA)
    27. WORKING WITH COOPERATIVES (COOP)
    28. PLANNING AND MANAGING SECURITY BUSINESS (SEBU)
    29. PROCUREMENT BASICS AND BID PROPOSALS (PBBP)
    30. STRATEGIC PLANNING (STPL)
    31. SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUISITION (SDAC)
    32. WOMEN AND MENTAL HEALTH (WOMH)
    33. SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE FOR WOMEN DEVELOPMENT (SIWD)
      Our Courses
    1. TRAINING THE TRAINERS: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (TTPD)
    2. TRANS-CULTURAL EXCHANGE AND SERVICE LEARNING (TESL)
    3. DEMAND-DRIVEN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT (DDCD)
    4. GLOBAL CAREERS AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES (GCEO)
      Our Courses
    1. COSMETOLOGY I – SKIN CARE PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (CSPM)
    2. COSMETOLOGY II – FACIAL CARE PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (CFPM)
    3. COSMETOLOGY III – HAIR CARE PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (CHPM)
    4. INTERMEDIATE BEAUTY MANUFACTURING: PERFUMES AND DEODORANTS (IBPM)
    5. PERSONAL BODY CARE (PBCR)
    6. NATURAL HAIRCARE BASICS (NHCB)
    7. HOME HEALTH CAREGIVER (HHCG)
    8. PHARMACOGNOSY PHYTOCHEMISTRY (PHAM)
      Our Courses
    1. FASHION DESIGN BASICS (FADB)
    2. DECORATIVE ARTS AND CRAFT I (DACT)
    3. ARTS AND CRAFT II: INTERIOR DECOR (ACID)
    4. SHOE MAKING (SHMA)
    5. DRIVING LESSONS (DRLE)
    6. ARTS AND CRAFT III: FASHION ACCESSORIES (ACFA)
    7. HAIR WIGS PRODUCTION (HWPD)
    8. BEAD ARTS AND FASHION ACCESSORIES (BAFA)
    9. HOME MAINTENANCE (HOMA)
    10. PERFORMING ARTS (PEAT)
    11. FILM MOVIE PRODUCTION (FMPR)
    12. MUSIC RECORDING (MURE)
    13. MUSIC (MUSI)
    14. CULTURAL IDENTITY AND COHERENCE (CICO)
    15. CROSS-CULTURAL EXCHANGE AND COMPETENCY (CECO)
    16. MANAGING TRANS-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING (MTUN)
      Our Courses
    1. HUMAN RIGHTS (HURI)
    2. CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH FOR PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS (CEPS)
    3. CONVERSATIONAL KISWAHILI (CKIS)
    4. MEDIA MANAGEMENT IN CRISIS COMMUNICATION (MMCC)
      Our Courses
    1. INTRODUCTION TO URBAN PLANNING (INUP)
    2. RURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT (UPAD)
    3. COMMUNITY PLANNING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (CPSD)
    4. URBAN TRANSPORTATION AND PLANNING (UTAP)
    5. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE (EDEP)
    6. HOUSING PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT (HPAD)
    7. LAWN ARCHITECTURE AND MAINTENANCE (LAAM)
    8. ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP AND PLANNING (ECAP)
    9. CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PLANNING (CCAP)
      Our Courses
    1. SOLAR PANEL PRODUCTION AND INSTALLATION (SPPI)
    2. SOLAR RECHARGEABLE LANTERNS MANUFACTURING (SLAM)
    3. SOLAR INVERTER PRODUCTION (SOIN)
    4. RENEWABLE ENERGY (RENE)
    5. SYSTEM MAINTENANCE (SYMT)
    6. SYSTEM FORMATTING (SYFM)
    7. COMPUTER CODING AND APP DEVELOPMENT (COAD)
    8. COMPUTER HARWARE REPAIRS (CHWR)
    9. COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS (COFU)
    10. IT CONSULTING PRACTICALS (ITPR)
    11. CHEMICALS PRODUCTION – HOUSEHOLD DETERGENTS (CHEP)
    12. CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (COMA)
    13. BASIC MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER CODING (BMEC)
    14. WELDING (WELD)
    15. ELECTRICAL TECHNICIAN (ETEC)
    16. AUTO MECHANICS (AUME)
    17. MICROSOFT POWERPOINT (MSPP)
    18. MICROSOFT WORD (MSWD)
    19. MICROSOFT EXCEL (MSEX)
    20. CORELDRAW (CODR)
    21. ADVANCED QUANTITATIVE FINANCE & DATA SCIENCE (AQFS)
      Our Courses
    1. INTRODUCTION TO OPERATIONS RESEARCH (IOPR)
    2. LINEAR PROGRAMMING I (LINP-1)
    3. LINEAR PROGRAMMING II (LINP-2)
    4. DECISION THEORY & GAMES (DETG)
    5. STOCHASTIC PROCESSES (STPR)
    6. STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL (STQC)
    7. NON-LINEAR PROGRAMMING I (NLPR-1)
    8. SYSTEMS OF QUEUING AND INVENTORY CONTROL (SQIC)
    9. DYNAMIC AND GOAL PROGRAMMING (DGPR)
    10. SIMULATION TECHNIQUES (STEC)
    11. NON-LINEAR PROGRAMMING II (NLPR-2)
    12. APPLICATIONS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH (AOPR)
      Our Courses
    1. INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (ICAT)
    2. MACHINE LEARNING FOUNDATION (MALF)
    3. INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTICS (IROB)
    4. INTRODUCTION TO PYTHON PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE (IPPL)
    5. PYTHON PROGRAMMING WITH DATA ANALYSIS (PPDA)
    6. DEEP LEARNING & PYTHON PROGRAMMING (DLPP)
    7. DIGITAL SKILLS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (DSAI)
    8. INTRODUCTION TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR HEALTHCARE (IAIH)
    9. FUNDAMENTALS OF DATA SCIENCE (FDSC)
    10. BLOCKCHAIN FUNDAMENTALS (BLCF)
    11. FINTECH FINANCIAL INNOVATION (FTFI)
    12. DATA VISUALIZATION (DAVI)
    13. DATA ANALYSIS WITH EXCEL FOR BEGINNERS (DAEB)
    14. DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES (DAAT)
    15. IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT
    16. REMOTE SENSING & GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCES (RGIS)
    17. GIS AND COMMUNITY POLICING
      Our Courses
    1. GRANT PACKAGING AND PROPOSAL WRITING (GPPW)
    2. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES (LEDP)
    3. PROGRAM MANAGEMENT DYNAMICS (PRMD)
    4. PROJECT MONITORING AND EVALUATION DESIGN (PMED)
    5. YOUTH DEVELOPMENT (YDEV)
    6. LEADERSHIP AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE (LEEI)
    7. EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP (ELEA)
    8. PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE (PMPP)
    9. HR FOR PEOPLE MANAGERS (HRPM)
    10. DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN MANAGEMENT (DTMG)
    11. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE MANAGEMENT (PSMG)
    12. SHARPENING YOUR RESEARCH SKILLS (SYRS)

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