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Improving Educational Outcomes Through Satellite Connectivity

To be attributed to Debbie Mavis, Director, Avanti Communications Education is a fundamental human right. It shapes minds and lives, builds communities, and stimulates long-term economic growth. So many young people across the world do not have access to this right – without an education, life can be significantly limited. In our increasingly digital world, a huge barrier to education is a lack of […]

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Introducing our first speakers for the eLearning Africa 2023 Conference in May, Dakar

Stay updated to discover an inspirational, multi-layered programme with over 100 speakers from different sectors that will guarantee to bring the overall 2023 conference theme “New Model Learning: Innovating to Become Sustainable, Self-Reliant, Equitable and Resilient” to life.  Our speakers along with their themes for eLearning Africa, the leading Pan-African Conference & Exhibition on digital supported Education, Training & Skills Development, taking place in […]

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Education Meets the Metaverse: Reimagining the Future of Learning

Sheila Jagannathan, Global Head, Open Learning Campus, World Bank, Washington DC The learning industry has come a long way from the PC internet boom that gave rise to eLearning in the late 1990s. The second wave of mobile computing and social media ushered in microlearning through shorter, video-based learning on demand. Industry watchers are now suggesting that the third era of computing is upon […]

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eLearning Africa Debate Keynote Speaker Donald Clark has published a new book ‘Artificial Intelligence For Learning’

AI is clearly the technology of the age. AI is transforming the way we learn and work, according to entrepreneur, professor, speaker, and blogger Donald Clark. He is the CEO of AI learning company WildFire, investor and Board member of PlanB learning, LearningPool and Cogbooks, and recently finished his book “Artificial Intelligence For Learning – How to use AI to support employee development”, published […]

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Rwanda’s Minister of Education and Minister of ICT and Innovation welcome eLearning Africa to Kigali next week

Both ministers spoke ahead of the conference as political leaders, education experts and investors from all over the world prepare to head to Rwanda for eLearning Africa, one of the continent’s first major global, in-person conferences since the start of the Covid pandemic, scheduled to take place in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, from May 11-13.

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The Lady behind Africas’ technical disruption

There is an unmistakable sense of urgency about Lady Mariéme Jamme, evidenced in both the cadence and content of her speech. She is a Lady on a mission. That is not hyperbole. “I’m on a mission to teach one million women and girls to learn how to code by the year 2030” says the Senegelese-born businesswoman. “I think the urgency comes from being a […]

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Falling in love with story telling

Training and Communications specialist, Momo Bertrand, who works for the International Labour Organisation’s Training Centre in Turin, Italy, will be speaking in the Plenary Session at eLearning Africa on 13 May. Here he tells eLA’s Rob Vember how he fell in love with innovative education and storytelling…

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Mike Feerick takes to the road to hear how Alison.com is changing lives in Africa

Free online learning platform Alison.com is sponsoring this year’s eLearning Africa Conference. Founder Mike Feerick shares his vision for the company which has over 23 million learners, 4 million graduates and more than 4,000 courses and is having a positive impact on millions of lives across Africa. MOOCs are having a moment, thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic. Massive Open Online Course platforms, like Alison.com, […]