Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Just as technology is defining the pace of life and work, it is also defining education. If we want youth in Africa to compete on the world stage, we need to give them the tools to empower themselves to do so. By Samba Guissé, Education Lead, Microsoft West and Central Africa Region At Microsoft, we see tremendous potential for technology in Africa to transform […]
Guy Apan Johnson is acting Secretary General of Literacy, Traditional Craftsmanship and Tourism at the Ministry of Culture in Benin. He spoke to Prue Goredema of the eLearning Africa News Service about the country’s bid to boost its tourism sector – with eLearning leading the way. The government of Benin has launched a strategic drive to grow its tourism sector, and plans are in […]
In implementing eLearning initiatives, even the best laid plans can go awry. Fiona Wallace is the Manager of CoZa Cares, the corporate social investment (CSI) arm of UniForum SA (the not-for-profit organisation which administrates the .co.za domain space). She spoke to Prue Goredema of the eLearning Africa News Service about the need for a sustainable game plan in the promotion of IT use in […]
Fancy a flat screen TV for a mere 4000 Kenyan Shillings? (about €36) This is the going rate for a ‘green’ TV produced at East Africa’s first eWaste recycling plant in Nairobi. According to the International Telecommunication Union, only 13% of eWaste is recycled worldwide. Developing countries which are often used as dumping grounds for old equipment need to implement more stringent eWaste management […]
In this special report, independent writer Stephen Haggard stimulates debate by taking a critical look at China’s actions in African schools and mobile telecoms. Haggard argues that, up to now, China’s presence in Africa has had disappointing impacts on learning. However, there are signs that China’s government and companies are planning to branch out from the “hard” technology of infrastructure to “soft” businesses such […]
‘eLearning for Peace,’ a new online community, which has been established to examine how eLearning can support peace building and reconciliation, will hold a ‘virtual workshop’ at eLearning Africa this year. The workshop, which will be run from the Centre d’Education à Distance in Cotonou, Benin, is being organised by representatives of organisations including the Georgian Technical University, GIZ (Armenia), The New Security Foundation, […]
The shock of being forced to drink human blood and watch his teenage sister be raped and butchered to death during Sierra Leone’s brutal civil war caused a young Sahr Yillia to lose his eyesight. Such was the extent of the trauma. Yet now, despite his blindness, he heads the Child Rescue Mission, a Sierra Leonean not-for-profit organisation that rescues street children (many of […]
“Africa’s children have the right to digital access, and we need to ensure that their rights are protected through initiatives such as Shape the Future so that we can prepare them better for the knowledge economy for the 21st century,” says Fasil Bekele referring to the digital inclusion programme that Microsoft has undertaken with several African governments. Bekele is the Public Private Alliances Lead […]
Interactive radio instruction is a popular way to reach those with no access to formal schooling, and thus in the Petauke District of Eastern Zambia, the recent introduction of two new radio models has boosted the popularity of the educational radio programme Learning At Taonga Market (LATM). Launched in 2000, the project was originally aimed at orphans in the AIDS-ravaged countryside; however, over the […]
Every year, eLearning Africa scholarships assist a selection of underprivileged students and practitioners to attend the Continent’s leading conference on ICT, education and training. This investment in African education is dwindling due to the present economic environment, but each donation makes a difference! The eLearning Africa News Service spoke to four scholarship winners and learnt about how they have used their eLearning Africa experiences […]
