Togo will host the next School Instructor seminar in Lome, 27-31 January. The seminar, held at the Agla Hotel, will be in the French language, but there will be translations into English. The seminar will be led by Lecturer Bechir Messaoudi, assisted by FIDE's General Secretary CM Enyonam Sewa Fumey. Applications from other countries are welcome and should be sent to:

E-mail: ftdetogo@yahoo.fr.
Tel: 228 9013 0628 
https://www.facebook.com/ftdetogo/

Africa is buzzing at the moment. The last school Instructor seminar, in Bamako, Mali was just six weeks ago. Last week the Gambia Chess Federation launched a Chess in school program in the country.