Saturday, October 19, 2024
Growing up in her native Kenya, Juliana Rotich was the lonely, young “geek” with oversized glasses at school. Today she is a highly successful tech entrepreneur who is a co-founder and Executive Director of Ushahidi, a homegrown non-profit tech company that has taken the world by storm. She spoke to Jocelyne Sambira of Africa Renewal Online about how increasing the number of female techs […]
Three lucky eLearning Africa fans are each walking away with a Wi-Fi and 4G-enabled iPad3 after their names were drawn from those of the 876 respondents to the eLearning Africa 2012 Survey conducted earlier this year. Dinah Amankwah of Ghana, Joseph Mevognon of Benin and Abraham Kule of Uganda are on top of the world!
The eLearning Africa 2012 Report is now available for download! The Report was launched by Max Ahouèkè, Benin’s Minister of Communication and Information and Communication Technologies, at the Opening Plenary Session of eLearning Africa 2012 on Wednesday, May 23rd.
Co-pilotée par l’AUF et l’Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), l’Initiative francophone pour la formation à distance des maîtres (IFADEM) participe aux efforts internationaux en faveur d’une éducation primaire de qualité pour tous. Elle soutient les États dans la définition de stratégies de formation continue des enseignants du primaire afin d’améliorer les compétences des instituteurs dans l’enseignement du et en français. En partenariat avec […]
eLearning in formal educational settings sometimes dominates the discussion of how to integrate ICT into sustainable development. For the International Finance Corporation (IFC, a member of the World Bank Group) ICT-enhanced training is the way to get small businesses in emerging markets to run profitably. At least one small-scale farmer from Cameroon has put this advice to the test. By Prue Goredema
With up to 60 sessions and over 300 speakers, eLearning Africa 2012 will be a who’s who of the Continent’s leading ICT and education players. Young software developers who are coming up with home-grown solutions to long-term problems will be showcasing their work and sharing their ideas in Cotonou. We take a sneak peak at a down-to-earth app that aims to fly high.
The exponential increase in mobile subscriptions in Africa is increasingly influencing many spheres of society – from banking to disaster management. The impact of mobile technologies on learning, teaching and education delivery seems less influential, but it has in fact increased. This growing influence is already having disruptive effects on our education systems. What is the nature of this disruption, and will it revolutionise […]
Cooperation is the current buzzword in the corridors of the Africa Forum of Teaching Regulatory Authorities in Africa (AFTRA). A new kid on the education block, AFTRA aims to promote teaching standards Continent-wide and to facilitate better cooperation between members. What’s behind the drive?
“eLearning culture is facing a paradigm shift,” says Ahmed El-Sobky, the Director of the Technical Office of Egypt’s Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA). He spoke to Prue Goredema of the eLearning Africa News Service about how far eLearning has come and how Egypt is well-placed to share its ICT expertise.
eLearning Africa 2012 will play host to an innovative series of children’s digital photography workshops. Terry Morris, one of the UK’s top celebrity photographers, and Adam Salkeld, an international media executive, will be working with groups of children and teenagers from Benin to create a portfolio of digital images of impressions of the conference as well as of Benin and its people.
