Because of the many educational barriers faced by a typical girl child in Africa, it seems that promoting girl child education using technology in Africa is currently more of a fantasy than a day-to-day reality. Over the past few years, it has become evident to many governments that while it is important to educate boys, it is equally vital to invest in the education […]

By Dr Harold Elletson Some months before he was elected President of the Republic of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta addressed the Africa Forum on Business and Security, an annual conference of business leaders and security experts. “We are here,” he said, “because the unique conditions of our time make the discussion on security ever more important and ever more personal for each one of us.” His […]

  By Guy Pfeffermann During the last decade a team of researchers interviewed executives in thousands of firms in twenty countries, including hospitals and schools, about the quality of management in these organisations – the most comprehensive such research ever undertaken. The researchers found that, when they sorted the twenty countries by levels of affluence (gross domestic product per person), the two rankings – quality […]

A number of African pioneers and entrepreneurs have ventured towards establishing technology start-up companies and innovation hubs.  The eLearning Africa Report interviews Markos Lemma co-founder of iceaddis, an innovation hub based in Ethiopia Please tell us about your personal journey: what was your most influential formative educational experience as you were growing up? I never went to any particularly exceptional schools in my childhood. […]