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Extending & Accelerating Equitable & Sustainable Access to eLearning by Radically More Efficient Use of Internet Connections

Roger Clark, Head of Education Technology, ApplianSys. The digital divide between the connected and the unconnected remains. It has widened since the global pandemic. But when it comes to eLearning, there are surprising parallels in the connectivity problems faced by schools everywhere – both urban and rural, in both affluent and disadvantaged areas, on all continents. In January I returned to Washington DC to […]

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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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EDTECH – Crossed views between African and French actors

On the occasion of the 18th Summit of the Francophonie, FENI (France Edunum International) signs a collection of expertise on “digital education and training in Francophone Africa”. This document is intended to present a set of crossed views on the various issues around the digitalization of education and training in Francophone Africa. The axes addressed are diverse (inclusion, development, multilingualism, public policies and private […]

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Save The Date: Transform Africa Summit 2023

eLearning Africa Partner Smart Africa’s Transform Africa Summit is Africa’s leading annual forum bringing together global and regional leaders from government, business and international organizations to collaborate on new ways of shaping, accelerating and sustaining Africa’s on-going digital revolution. Following five successful editions, the sixth Summit will take place from April 26-28 at Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. Running under the theme “Connect, Innovate and Transform”, Transform Africa Summit […]

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Welcome to the One Million African Talents by TooShare

The One Million African Talents program is a major project to provide access to quality education that meets the standards of the world’s best universities and training centers. In partnership with Study Access Alliance, TooShare will provide scholarships for online university degrees at IU International University of Applied Sciences to those who would otherwise not be financially able to study. With over 75,000 students, […]

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Tooshare: Launch of Vast Graduate Scholarship Program of One Billion US$

TooShare is the first social learning platform created in Africa. In partnership with the STUDY ACCESS ALLIANCE and IU International University of Applied Sciences, we are launching, during the eLearning Africa Summit 2022 in Kigali, a vast graduate scholarship program of One (1) Billion US$ funded by the IU Group and TooShare partners to all Africancountries to promote access to higher education in tech […]

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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.