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Transforming global education with dynamic, future-focused digital solutions
From South Africa to South America, education is in a critical state of flux. Young learners are failing to emerge from their traditional schooling with the skills needed for a digitally driven world of work, and tertiary institutions are battling…
Sagarmatha Technologies to invest $100 million into African programmers
Sagarmatha Technologies has revealed that it will invest $100 million to help grow the programming skills base for Africa’s rapidly expanding digital economy by partnering with certified African and global learning institutions. The investment will aim to see five thousand…
New field of data science captivates South Africa’s youth
Explore Data Science Academy, South Africa’s first such training institution, futured by BCX, has received over 7 500 online applications for its 2018 Cape Town based one-year Accredited Skills Data Science Programme. The academy launched just two months ago with…
Westcon-Comstor launches online learning programme
On Friday 1 December 2017, Westcon-Comstor announced the launch of Velocity, an on-demand, online education programme designed to empower partner sales teams with the right mix of industry-trusted sales coaching, accelerated vendor-solution training and targeted Westcon-Comstor programme and systems guidance.…
South Africa: New science learning app targets teenage girls in Johannesburg
The I Am Science initiative launched by Goethe-Institut is in line with movements such as #BlackGirlMagic, the initiative aims to work against race and gender biases that young girls and women face daily. The initiative is aimed at early high…
Cisco launches 7 free online courses in South Africa
Cisco has announced the release of seven free, self-enrol online courses to help South Africans to develop their digital skills. The company believes that in doing so, it is following through on its pledge to train an additional 100 000…
South Africa: BCX launches a free digital learning platform
On Monday 6 November 2017 BCX, a member of the Telkom group, announced that the company has launched a digital learning platform which according to the company is designed to propel South African education into the digital future through free…
Siemens creates opportunities for digitalisation skills development across Africa
Global technology company, Siemens has announced a handover of equipment related to industrial automation that aims to enable integrated engineering to 13 engineering faculties at universities and colleges in South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania and Kenya. The value of the…
Microsoft education apps to aid learning in Kenya
Microsoft has launched a new product that is aimed at learning institutions. Microsoft 365 Education consists of applications and products integrated to aid learning at all levels. The product will empower teachers by making it possible for them to use…
Africa Code Week 2017 launched in Tanzania
Africa Code Week (ACW) kicked-off in Tanzania in the presence of Government officials and hundreds of pupils from surrounding areas kicking off the first series of live coding workshops. Hon. Prof. Joyce Ndalichako Tanzanian Minister of Education, Science, Technology and…
Tanzanian government introduces secondary school ICT initiative
The government in Tanzania has introduced a TZS 4 billion project on the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in secondary schools. The African Digital Schools Initiative (ADSI) programme will be implemented in 40 secondary schools across Tanzania and…
10 South African students to participate in global Seed programme
ICT Company Huawei South Africa has partnered with the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) to afford 10 South African students from universities across the country an opportunity to participate in its global Seeds for the Future programme that…
Collaboration to fast track digital skills development among learners
The South African youth are facing a difficult future. According to the latest Statistics SA figures, 56% of South Africa’s unemployed are aged between 15 and 34, while Department of Basic Education statistics showed that as much as 44.6% of…
Data analysis initiative enables educators to make data-driven decisions
The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation (MSDF) launched a partnership with the National Department of Education in 2012 to enable South African schools to translate data into actionable insights. The Data Driven Districts (DDD) initiative aims to enable data to…
UNESCO to launch Global Education Report at Innovation Africa 2017
The Government of Mozambique is gearing up for the Innovation Africa Summit that will take place at the Gloria Hotel, Maputo 23 to 25 October 2017. In an important development, it has now been confirmed that UNESCO has officially partnered…
Youth to power SME digital transformation success in East Africa
52 skilled youths graduated from an expanded East African SAP Skills for Africa program this week in Kenya. The graduation ceremony took place at the Kenya School of Government in Nairobi. All 52 graduates have already been placed at partner…
