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GAMIFICATION IN EDUCATION

President Reshef concludes: “When
implemented correctly, online education is For local student Shannon Duncan, UoPeople presented an opportunity
to get a quality higher education affordably, while being flexible enough
the solution to the crisis in higher education. to allow her to work while studying so she could pay her fees. “I fall
It is not just putting lectures on Zoom; rather, into that in-between space where my income is not low enough to get
there is an entire pedagogy involved. You funding but not high enough to be able to afford university. UoPeople
need to build in meaningful interactions and is affordable and not being tied down to physical classes means I can
create virtual resources for students to make earn money while working towards getting my
a positive change in student behaviour.” n
health science degree.”
About University of the People
University of the People (UoPeople) is the
Education Revolution. It is the first non-profit, Pragashnie Naidoo, a current M.Ed student who also recently completed
tuition-free, American, accredited online her BSc. in Health Science with UoPeople says: “I love having online
university. Currently there are over 106,000 discussions with people from all over the world. I am an introvert and
students from more than 200 countries suffer from anxiety, but I made such valuable connections on a global
and territories. Designed to open access to scale, many of whom I still keep in contact with today.
higher education globally, UoPeople helps
qualified high school graduates overcome
financial, geographic, political, and personal science, as well as an MBA and M.Ed. program. Graduates of UoPeople can be found working
constraints keeping them from collegiate at such companies as Deloitte, Amazon, Apple, Pfizer, Google, Microsoft and IBM. UoPeople
studies. The university offers associate and collaborates with Harvard Business School Online, New York University, McGill University, and
bachelor’s degree programs in business the University of Edinburgh and is supported by foundations such as the Gates Foundation, Ford
administration, computer science, and health Foundation and Hewlett Foundation. Learn more at www.uopeople.edu.

APPOINTMENTS

Lenovo appoints Alaa Bawab as new general manager for Middle East & Africa
Lenovo has appointed of Alaa Bawab as the new general manager for Middle East & Africa (MEA) within the Lenovo
infrastructure solutions group (ISG).
As the head of Lenovo’s ISG for the region, Alaa will be responsible for developing the business vision and strategy
and overseeing execution and delivery on sales plans. He will also focus on building high level relationships with Lenovo’s
customers and partners in the region.
Alaa is well known in the region as a strong business leader, having over 25 years of experience with leading
technology companies. He joins Lenovo from Huawei, where he was VP of the Enterprise business group – Middle East
Enterprise Networking. He has previously also held roles with Cisco, EMC², HPE and others.
Alaa graduated with honours from the electrical engineering department at Marquette University, United States of America.
AURA appoints David Myers as COO
AURA has appointed David Myers as its chief operations officer. Previously a general manager and regional operations
lead at Uber for Europe, Middle East & Africa, Myers brings with him decades of experience that will stand him in perfect
stead for this position.
Myers started his career in the security industry in South Africa, at first with a proactive security start-up, and then
ADT Tyco before moving to the largest tech-enabled market place in the world at Uber.

Dominick Delfino appointed chief revenue officer of Nutanix
Effective 6 December 2021, Dominick Delfino will be responsible for leading the Nutanix worldwide sales organisation
including sales engineering, sales operations, inside sales, OEM sales and channel sales.
Delfino contributes more than 20 years of global sales experience, having led software sales and system engineering
teams at multiple technology and software companies. Most recently, he was chief revenue officer at Pure Storage, where he
was responsible for leading and growing the sales organisation while developing differentiated go-to-market strategies. Prior
to that, he spent six years at VMware, most recently as senior vice president and general manager for all VMware sales in the
Americas. Delfino has a bachelor’s degree in engineering science from the State University of New York Morrisville.

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