Monday, March 2, 2026
By Jim Plamondon, CEO, Spix Foundation #6 in a series of 30 on Africa’s EdTech Breakthrough System & Project. Executive Summary Africa’s EdTech Breakthrough was the act of designing a continent-scale system that lowers African EdTech’s Four Barriers – Policy, Technology, Data, and Economics – as a unified whole. The result of Breakthrough is the Breakthrough System: a coherent, continent-scale EdTech system composed of […]
A new generation of Ghanaian studentpreneurs is turning the spirit of independence into a movement for technological and economic self-determination. On the morning of March 6, 1957, Kwame Nkrumah stood before a crowd in Accra and declared that the black man was capable of managing his own affairs. The crowd erupted. A continent took note. Ghana had become the first sub-Saharan African nation to […]
Ghana Welcomes eLearning Africa 2026 In June 2026, eLearning Africa returns to Ghana for the first time in nearly two decades. The decision reflects the country’s growing leadership in digital education and system-wide reform across the continent. Through initiatives such as the Ghana Accountability for Learning Outcomes Project (GALOP) and the Education Strategic Plan to 2030, Ghana is working to improve learning outcomes at […]
Distance Education for Africa has learned, over years of quiet experimentation and steady growth, that access is only the first hurdle. What truly changes lives is relevance: education that speaks to people where they are, equips them for where they are going, and treats them as active participants in a rapidly changing world. In December 2025, that philosophy was on full display as DeAfrica […]
Earth Observation has become one of the most effective ways to understand environmental change, infrastructure development and the pressures shaping life across the African continent. Satellite data now informs decisions about agriculture, water management, urban growth and climate resilience. Yet despite its growing relevance, Earth Observation remains distant from many learners, often obscured by technical language and tools that feel inaccessible. Founded by Muongeni […]
The Finnish education system, widely recognised for its quality and innovation, is built on the principles of equity and inclusivity. For decades, the central aim has been that all people must have equal access to high-quality education and training. A small nation cannot afford to waste any of its human potential, and thus the same educational opportunities should be available to all citizens irrespective […]
Africa is home to the world’s youngest and fastest-growing population. Recent analyses underscore that this potential is expanding rapidly: Africa’s working-age population (15-64 years) is expected to double by 2050, accounting for 86% of the total global increase in this age group (OECD, 2024). By 2040, 240 million African youth are expected to have completed upper-secondary or tertiary education, offering a unique opportunity to […]
Executive Summary AUDA NEPAD‘s African EdTech 2030: Vision & Plan (V&P) is Africa’s first continent-wide blueprint for making high-quality digital learning reliably available to every learner. The V&P targets three of the Four Barriers—Policy, Technology, and Data—by anchoring Africa’s strategy on two instruments: a continental Policy Framework and Africa’s Digital Public Infrastructure for Education (DPI-Ed). These instruments translate broad digital-education aspirations into concrete, interoperable […]
In many African Ministries of Education, the first real EdTech conversation does not start with apps, dashboards, or artificial intelligence. It starts with a question that sounds almost administrative, but is actually strategic: “How will this work with what we already have, and still be working after the pilot team has left?” That question has been repeated in different ways across the continent since […]
Douglas Ayitey is part of a new generation of African educators who believe the continent’s future will be shaped not by consuming technology, but by building it. As the Founder and CEO of The MakersPlace, a Ghana-based robotics, coding and AI education organisation, he has helped thousands of young people move from curiosity to competence. With a background in electrical engineering and energy systems, […]
