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Microsoft launches Policy Innovation Centre in South Africa
Having recently opened data-centres in Johannesburg and Cape Town, Microsoft has now officially launched its second Policy Innovation Centre (PIC) in Africa at the University of Pretoria. The PICs are state-of-the-art physical centre designed to bring together various stakeholders from…
Digital education boost for South Africa’s poorest pupils
In a boost for South Africa’s ailing education system, business heavyweights are backing a plan to place a fully resourced e-learning tablet in the hands of one million of the poorest pupils within the next five years. Already MTN, Oxford…
EdTech to bridge performance gaps among South African learners
With the government committing to increased spending on education in its next fiscal year, and President Cyril Ramaphosa having announced a particular emphasis on bolstering the digital environment in classrooms with appropriate hardware, the Western Cape is now looking towards…
Ericsson, UNESCO scale up skill development in AI for youth
Ericsson and UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) have formed a new partnership to educate and empower the youth, with the development of a new digital skill learning program that has specific emphasis on scaling up Artificial Intelligence…
Rwandan entrepreneurs benefit from Alibaba training programme
Alibaba Business School, Alibaba Group’s university, last week hosted 30 Rwanda-based entrepreneurs at the company’s global headquarter in Hanghzou to learn from Alibaba’s experience and the tools needed to run successful business in the digital era. This was the first…
Vodacom empowers unemployed youth with ICT skills
Vodacom has announced that 367 unemployed young people will be graduating with certified diplomas in Information Technology Technical Support from the Vodacom Youth Academy during March and April this year. The Vodacom Foundation founded the Youth Academy in 2012 with…
Kgalema Motlanthe Foundation opens up technology hub in South Africa
Artificial Intelligence (AI) for example, has become a major contributor to the success of some of the biggest businesses in the world. The technology has been in development since 2013 and it’s revolutionising the way we live, travel and do…
Mshtarii Academy aims to close ICT skills gap
Mshtarii Investments has released five new platforms across a wide range of industries and is bringing a team of graduate interns to participate in their newly launched Mshtarii Software Development Academy (Mshtarii Academy). The Mshtarii Academy is registered with MICT…
African Development bank equips Nigerians with coding and digital skills
The African Development Bank through its “Coding for Employment” initiative, seeks to create 25 million jobs across the continent, developing and launching Africa’s next generation of digitally enabled youthful workforce. In February 2018, the Coding for Employment programme was launched…
Fundanii, Google and SAP bring digital storytelling to life
Fundanii is a digital learning outreach program that was established by Sinovuyo Apleni and Luthando Gubevu in 2016. Based near East London in South Africa’s second-most populous township, Mdantsane. The company aims to educate pupils in surrounding schools in computer…
South African universities leverage Blackboard Learn in the Cloud
Blackboard has announced that the University of the Free State, the University of Johannesburg and the University of Pretoria are now leveraging the Software as a Service (SaaS) deployment of Blackboard Learn, the company’s flagship Learning Management System (LMS). Thanks…
Google Cloud and SAP launch sustainability contest for startups
As digital transformation grows at an astronomical rate, Google Cloud and SAP have partnered to launch global sustainability contest for social entrepreneurs that have revenue-generating ideas that use data analytics and machine learning. According to the Global Footprint Network, the global…
Study reveals that youth benefit from the rise of digital commerce in Africa
A recent study by Master Foundation in partnership with BFA has revealed that 80 million young people will benefit from the rise of digital commerce in Africa by 2030. These findings indicate that the digital commerce sector has the potential…
SPARK students learn to code in Hour of Code
Next month, learners at SPARK Carlswald in Midrand will take part in the Finastra Hour of Code, a one-hour tutorial designed to broaden participation in computer science. Six years ago, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said: “In 15 years we’ll be…
Kenya equips youth to unlock solutions in diverse sectors
In Kenya, the ministry of Education launched in 2016 the creation of STEM model secondary schools in every county. The Centre for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education in Africa (CEMASTEA) is an agency in STEM education and is carrying out…
South African schools ready for digital education
Public schools in South Africa can look forward to joining the digital education revolution as some of their private school counterparts have been experiencing for the past few years, but education experts have cautioned against a rush to provide tablets…
