But African football observers believe poor administration by the Nigerian Football Federation and the resultant instability in the technical direction of the team has undermined the development of Nigerian football and resulted in its dwindling fortunes at the world stage.

CNN: Ghana looks to World Cup after U-20 success

Formerly the head of technical development at European soccer's governing body UEFA, the one-time Scotland national team coach has been hired in part to develop the team's youth academy.

WSJ: Red Bulls Try to Build an MLS Team��Not a European One

Education and mobile learning experts, teachers and local team members explored how to harness mobile technologies for teacher development from pedagogical and technical perspectives.

UNESCO: SERVICIO DE PRENSA

Former Benetton chief designer and Simtek team owner Nick Wirth has been leading the team's technical division and he says the new investment will help advance the development of the car for 2011 and beyond.

BBC: Russian supercar firm Marussia takes over Virgin Racing

Some Skillshare courses provide valuable tools and information to help career development or expand technical skills, like their classes on Startup Design: UI and UX Design Team Structure and Process, Design for 3D Printing, and Sketchnotes, Infographics and Graphic Facilitation, which caught my eye.

FORBES: Skillshare: Non-Traditional Education 2.0

To support their continuing development and cultivate a reading environment at home, the participants are presented with a book written by the Technical Team (containing poems, exercises, vocabulary, recipes and a map of the country) and a collection of five books donated by national companies and produced by a national publisher.

UNESCO: Country Profile: Uruguay