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How disruptive technologies are transforming education
How is your spelling? Or rather, how is your spelling when you are lying on your back remote-navigating a virtual paper aeroplane? This integration of the motor senses with learning is one example of technology challenging traditionally accepted teaching methods.…
Sangari, Veative to bring virtual reality solutions to South African schools
Continuing its promise to place innovative teaching and learning technologies into schools, Sangari Education has been appointed a distributor for Veative’s educational virtual reality (VR) solutions. “Veative is a VR-focused education company that creates innovative VR curriculums, at an affordable…
Digital and Audiovisual Content Hub launched in Johannesburg’s Tshimologong Precinct
Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct, founded by Wits University has launched a Digital Content Hub, an incubator of innovative and creative audio-visual content, in partnership with Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS). Established in…
WeThinkCode_ and OYA Venture hosts global She Loves Tech Hackathon
Coding school WeThinkCode_ and female entrepreneur network OYA Venture are bringing the world’s largest startup competition, focusing on women and technology, to South Africa. She Loves Tech, which was started in 2013 by Lean In China in Beijing has quickly…
In South Sudan, up to 2.4 million children are not attending school
Up to 2.4 million children in South Sudan are not receiving an education – the highest proportion of out of school children in the world. Years of conflict, displacement and economic collapse continue to deprive children of education, harming the…
Syafunda diversifies its reach with Syafunda Plus
Syafunda which means ‘we are learning’ in IsiZulu is a learning and data management platform that provides access to digital content for Math, Science, Entrepreneurship, Financial literacy and digital skills through mobile technology in rural and townships schools. The platform…
Oracle prepares young South Africans for employment in the ICT Sector
Twenty-two previously disadvantaged (PDI) South African students today kick-started their career in the country’s fast-growing ICT industry following the completion of the fourth edition of Oracle’s Graduate Leadership Programme that focuses on equipping PDI students with specialised IT and leadership…
‘We need to have the hunger to innovate’ says Vodacom Business Chief Executive
Global Initiatives and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) hosted the second Annual Responsible Business Forum (RBF) on Sustainable Development Africa from 25-27 June 2018 at the Hyatt in Johannesburg, South Africa. ‘Transforming Africa’s development through innovation, youth, and technology’…
‘South Africa needs to rethink its education system’ – Sizwe Nxasana
Sizwe Nxasana, the Founder and CEO of Future Nation Schools and Chairman of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) recently delivered a keynote on “The Future of Education” at the 3rd edition of the Education Innovation Summit. Nxasana highlighted…
Payroll innovation creates new career opportunities for youth
Traditionally payroll has been perceived as the dull domain of those in dull clothing immersed in numbers from dusk to dawn. However, like many industries today, payroll has been disrupted by technology and transformed by innovation, changing career paths and…
I-Innovate opens minds to Artificial Intelligence at Cape Town School
STE(A)M educational specialist, I-Innovate is bringing another 21st Century learning programme to South Africa to open up opportunities in our under-served school communities for learners to develop the talents and skills that are sorely needed in the Digital Age. This…
Generation Alpha: a revolutionary approach to education necessary
The traditional approach to education must be revolutionised in order to ensure the best outcomes for the current generation of school children, who are increasingly being called Generation Alpha, and whose world differs materially from the world in which their…
MTN helps the South African workforce of tomorrow
The corporate sector has an important role to play in giving the young workforce of tomorrow the skills and support to compete in an increasingly complex digital economy. Exposing this future workforce to a multitude of ICT-related opportunities and career…
Special needs schools get a digital helping hand
MiX Telematics, in partnership with iSchool Africa, have donated 50 Apple iPads and other technology equipment to both the Vera School for learners with autism and the Alta du Toit school for learners with intellectual and physical difficulties. “At MiX…
Creating greater accessibility and assisting disability through technology
Afrika Tikkun is a global not-for-profit organisation working to develop, empower and support the youth of South Africa in disadvantaged communities in Cape Town and Johannesburg. Their intention is to shape the youth of today to become the next generation’s…
Creating coding prodigies in previously disadvantaged schools
Learning to code is a critical element in the 21st century school curriculum, giving learners the ability not only to use technology but to create it, as the world ushers in the fourth industrial revolution. Learners equipped with these skills…
