May 22, 2015
Africa: eLearning Africa Report: ICTs Boosting Growth but Teachers Reluctant to Change
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is the key to improving education and thus boosting growth across Africa – but there is still widespread reluctance among… Read more »
April 13, 2015
Africa: African Leaders Need to "Leapfrog the Shackles of Convention" Say Experts
International experts will call for African leaders to “leapfrog the shackles of convention” at a major education conference next month, in order to ensure that African… Read more »
April 22, 2014
Africa: Solar Classrooms Light up African Education
eLearning Africa 2014 programme now available online Read more »
May 30, 2013
Africa: African Voices On the Digital Revolution
A new report shows that laptops and mobile phones are now far and away the most popular new learning devices in Africa – while, despite the hype, tablets are still lagging,… Read more »
May 20, 2013
Africa: Meeting the Challenge of Video
If video is the new language of learning and YouTube the new classroom, then Windhoek will be the place for African educators to find out how to make the most of this exciting… Read more »
Africa: African Libraries Under Threat
The Latin poet Horace famously brags that his book of Odes is “a monument more lasting than bronze”. It is certainly pleasant to believe that an author’s ideas… Read more »
Africa: ICT In the Classroom: Namibian Teachers Share Their Experience
Education has been a top priority in Namibia for some time now. The government has been directing a lot of resources and expertise into establishing effective systems and policies… Read more »
Africa: Social Learning: A Namibian Experiment
In Sub-Saharan Africa, innovative approaches are constantly being developed to address the region’s acute education challenges. Low literacy levels, inadequate school… Read more »
Africa: Education in Refugee Camps
ICT has become an essential tool for humanitarian aid work, and its role in both education and healthcare throughout sub-Saharan Africa is indispensable: particularly its use in… Read more »
Africa: More Than Meets the Eye: In Conversation With Mark Kaigwa
Mark Kaigwa is a digital strategist, consultant, speaker, writer and self-proclaimed "power networker." Nairobi-based Mark makes it his business to keep absolutely up to date with… Read more »
Africa: Innovation vs. Sustainability: A Bare Knuckle Fight?
What should be the key motivator behind education policy and projects in Africa and around the globe? Should it be innovation and the pursuit of the newest, most revolutionary… Read more »
Africa: No Country Can Make Progress On the Basis of A Borrowed Language
Professor Kwesi Kwaa Prah is the founder of the Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society (CASAS), a civil society, Pan-African organisation which focuses on African… Read more »
May 17, 2013
Africa: Innovation or Sustainability: the Choice for African Education
Four controversial experts will take part in "a bare-knuckle fight" about priorities for African education at this year's eLearning Africa Debate. Read more »
May 15, 2013
Africa: The Unsung Local Heroes Who Are Really Changing Africa
eLearning Africa 2013 programme now online! Read more »
Africa: Making African Voices Heard
If you rely on the Western-dominated global media for your picture of Africa, you will receive a very distorted view. We all have our own experiences of stereotypical images,… Read more »
May 13, 2013
Africa: ICT for Education Solutions - in Africa, By Africans, for the Global Economy
Africa is experiencing a technological surge and it is having a dramatic effect on education throughout the Continent. Tech hubs are blossoming, new mobile devices and apps are… Read more »