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Education Innovation Summit returns to Johannesburg for 4th year
The 4th annual Education Innovation Summit is set to take place on the 29th of May 2019 at the Hilton, Sandton, Johannesburg. Hosted by IT News Africa, the summit is designed to bring together innovation leaders and the academic community…
South African educator recognised at Microsoft annual Education Exchange
South African educator, Chanille Viviers was recognised at the Microsoft annual Education Exchange (E2) conference which took place in Paris. She competed in the Global Educator Exchange as part of Team 14, who came first place for creating a classroom…
Kabakoo aims to innovate creative learning in Africa
Learning locally relevant skills and knowledge is the major challenge to be addressed for achieving Africa’s promised demographic dividend. To solve the problem, Kabakoo is building a network of inclusive spaces dedicated to creative learning. Kabakoo – The House of…
NetDragon signs digital education MOU with Russia’s Global Rus Trade
NetDragon, a global leader in building internet communities, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on digital education with the leading Russian B2B-platform for cross-border e-commerce, Global Rus Trade, at the BRICS Business Council Midterm Meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa. Held…
LEGO Education launches SPIKE Prime
LEGO Education has announced LEGO Education SPIKE Prime, a product in the LEGO Education hands-on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) learning portfolio. SPIKE Prime brings together LEGO bricks, a programmable, multi-port Hub, sensors and motors all powered by the…
TME Education – problemsolving through synergy
The African continent, in spite of its rapidly growing population, has quite a few students of tertiary education. On average only 6% of the African youth has access to higher education, while in OECD it’s about 80%. The rates look…
Over 2000 students to benefit from library and ICT centre in Ghana
The MTN Ghana Foundation has commissioned a modern library for a High School in the Eastern region. The facility will include a 20 seater ICT Centre and Teachers common area. In addition, the MTN Ghana Foundation partnered with Huawei Ghana…
Frogfoot rolls out free fibre to schools
With education being paramount to the success and growth of South Africa, Frogfoot has committed to providing schools in its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) coverage areas with up to 1 GBPS free fibre. “We have partnered with internet service providers (ISPs) to…
Girls-only AI bootcamp to address the systematic exclusion of youth
Furthering its commitment to driving education in South Africa, Microsoft has partnered with AI in Townships to realise the DigiGirlz initiative which aims to help talented youth reach their full potential and become the leaders of tomorrow by equipping them…
Top 10 strategic technologies impacting higher education in 2019
Gartner, Inc. has identified the top 10 strategic technologies impacting higher education in 2019. Gartner highlighted the technologies that higher education CIOs should have on their radar this year, especially as they look to enhance their competitive advantage and support…
African short stories for everyone
Africans have been telling stories for centuries, passing nuggets of cultural knowledge and heritage from one generation to the next through fables, folktales, and epic narrations. Newly launched storytelling app, BookBeak, is now making it possible for those new and…
GESF2019: Tanzanian start-up announced as winner of Next Billion Ed-Tech Prize
Tanzanian start-up Ubongo, a localised educational media platform that reaches millions of families through accessible technologies, has won the ‘Next Billion’ Edtech Prize launched by The Varkey Foundation to recognise the most innovative technology destined to have a radical impact…
GESF2019 leads the conversation on the global learning crisis
The seventh annual Global Education & Skills Forum (GESF 2019), a Varkey Foundation initiative, opened at The Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai, UAE on Saturday, March 23. Under the theme “Who is changing the world?” GESF 2019 brought together more than…
Digital Intelligence launches global standard for digital literacy
The Coalition for Digital Intelligence (CDI), a platform created in association with the World Economic Forum (Forum) and formed jointly by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), IEEE Standards Association (IEEE), and DQ Institute, has today launched the…
New education ecosystem uses tech to support rural communities
The Vodacom Foundation in partnership with the Department of Basic Education, Nelson Mandela Foundation, UN Women and Global Citizen, showcased a new education ecosystem at the Divhani Community Crèche and Frank Ravele Secondary School in Vhembe District, Limpopo, on Friday,…
Turning talent into skills and skills into success
As the African continent prepares for a period of profound change, with the launch of a drive to create a common free trade area, increasing exposure to global markets and technological innovation affecting every sector, this year’s eLearning Africa will…
