Saturday, November 29, 2025
In Ghana’s growing EdTech landscape, few innovations have captured the public imagination like the Science Set – a portable laboratory bringing practical science lessons to students across the continent. At the forefront of its expansion is Caleb Fugah, Chief Business Development Officer at Dext Technology Limited and one of Ghana’s 2025 Mandela Washington Fellows. A former SRC President at KNUST and a lifelong advocate […]
On a hot afternoon in a village near Kpong, I watched a class of JHS pupils crowd around a single solar-powered tablet. The teacher cued a short video about the water cycle, then paused it to ask questions. The children answered, argued a little, and then practised the same ideas with a simple offline quiz loaded on the device. After the lesson, a young […]
In a digital age increasingly shaped by algorithms and automation, Isaac Kofi Maafo stands out by asking a different question: how can technology reflect who we are as Africans? As the CEO of DigiTransact and Executive Director of BulkSMS Ghana, he has become one of the continent’s leading voices on ethical, African-centred artificial intelligence. From developing over a hundred GPT-based tools tailored to local […]
In high-level meetings across Africa, from policy forums to development conferences, the conversation about our continent’s digital future is alive and buzzing. Specifically, conversations on scaling, innovations, and public-private partnerships necessary to grow the sector. More recently, discussions on AI strategies and their capability in closing the digital divide are being held across the continent. Yet, for all the talk, we consistently miss the […]
Eugenia Boadi is a Ghanaian engineer, coach and mentor whose career path reflects both resilience and vision. With an academic background that combines Biological Science, Petroleum Engineering and an MBA in Global Business, she began her professional journey on an oil rig in the oil and gas sector – an environment still dominated by men. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, Eugenia turned challenge into […]
In a sunlit classroom at Msasani A Primary School, eight-year-old Neema smiles shyly as she watches a cartoon character on a tablet mimic Tanzanian Sign Language. Her fingers flutter as she imitates the signs. For the first time in her schooling experience, the words on the screen are speaking her language. This is the Kalimani App – and for Neema, it is more than […]
Africa’s leading conference on digital education returns to Ghana after 18 years Accra, Ghana 21 July 2025 The Government of Ghana has officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with eLearning Africa to host the 19th edition of the continent’s leading conference on digital education, training, and skills development. The event will take place from 3 – 5 June 2026 in Accra. The signing […]
Dar es Salaam, 9 May 2025 In a historic and deeply symbolic moment, Kiswahili took centre stage for the first time at the global eLearning Africa 2025 conference held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The groundbreaking session titled “Akili Unde kwa Ajili Yako” (Akili Unde for You) took place on Friday, 9 May, and marked a significant stride in the conference’s 18-year legacy of […]
July 14, 2025 By Jim Plamondon, CEO, Spix Foundation On the surface, it sounds preposterous. Africa—the continent so often portrayed in headlines about poverty, infrastructure gaps, and donor dependency—asserting that it can become a global exporter of interactive digital courseware within just five years. It’s the kind of claim many might dismiss as empty sloganeering, or wishful thinking from international conferences. After all, Africa’s […]
A groundbreaking report showcased at the eLearning Africa 2025 Conference sets out the interventions needed to overcome critical barriers to scalability for the EdTech ecosystem. Significant digital infrastructure gaps across the continent are driving an urgent need for innovation, with some countries reporting as few as 2% of primary schools connected to the internet. The report highlights a wave of innovative approaches that are […]
