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Ghana: Samsung empowers young girls with future-focused ICT skills
On the 2nd of October 2017, 40 employees from Samsung’s headquarters in South Korea gathered in Accra to take part in the company’s annual Employee Volunteer Programme (EVP). The week-long initiative, which is aimed at empowering young girls with future-focused…
Hundreds of Nigerian teachers trained for SAP Code Week
Over 450 public and private school teachers from across North Central Nigeria gathered at Baze University last week, 25-30 September 2017, for a Train-the-Trainer (TTT) workshop session organised as part of Africa Code Week (ACW) 2017. Forming part two of…
Mauritius: Learners to receive PC tablets in 2018
Primary School learners in Mauritius will receive PC tablets as part of a major initiative co-sponsored by the Government of India. The Minister of Education of Mauritius, Leela Devi Dookun-Luchoomun announced that personal computer (PC) tablets will be made available…
New Pai tech educational games launched in South Africa
Gammatek, a distributor of technology accessories, has announced the introduction of Pai Technology educational games for children in South Africa. The company will add Pai Technology’s TJ’s Math Adventure, Stem Lab-Little Engineer, Ocean Pets and Cube Tastic to its offering…
Google gives $1.5m grant to Siyavula Education
Google has granted USD $1.5 million to the non-profit arm of Siyavula Education to provide free access to its maths practice service for 150 000 South African students and a further 150 000 in Nigeria. Siyavula started the process by…
e4 internship to unlock the potential of South African technology graduates
Internships provide a vital link between academic learning and professional employment, and with strategic partnerships, these internships can be effective for business and the youth. With this in mind, e4 partnered with the EOH Youth Job Creation Initiative and the…
Dutch eLearning specialist aNewSpring launches in South Africa
ANewSpring, a dutch-based learning technology company announced on Thursday 21 September 2017 that the company has opened a Johannesburg-based office with exclusive distributor, New Leaf Technologies. The announcement was made at the E-learning Insights 2017 conference in Johannesburg and Cape…
Interview: Smart classrooms to bring digital learning to South Africa
Technological advancements in education can impact the quality of education as well as provide ways in which teachers engage and present lessons. It is clear that the future of education is going to change and schools will soon consist of…
South African teachers trained to develop digital personas
South Africa’s Wireless Application Service Providers’ Association (WASPA) recently helped equip a group of local teachers with the skills they needed to create, safeguard and develop their digital personas. A digital persona is the personality one projects across digital platforms…
New mobile rewards app launched in South Africa
Van Schaik Bookstore has enhanced its rewards programme with a lock-screen replacement android Rewards App. The app will offer student consumers rewards, freebies, deals and information, as well as free Wi-Fi and WhatsApp benefits. Van Schaik has also launched a…
Mellanox InfiniBand central to the growth of South Africa’s CHPC
Nearly two years have passed since The Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) chose Mellanox FDR InfiniBand to assist it in its goal of providing high-end computing resources to the South…
South Africa: First data science academy launches in Cape Town
The emerging field of data science took a quantum leap forward today with the launch of South Africa’s first data science training academy – thanks to an investment of over R50-million by BCX. The investment has largely been fuelled by…
New partnership to grow financial skills of youth in Zambia
Mwabu is partnering with Financial Sector Deepening Zambia (FSDZ) to develop a financial education curriculum for both school learners and young women in Zambia. The educational technology company is creating a blended learning and certification programme that combines face-to-face and…
Virtual Teacher platform launched in South Africa
Vodacom and the Eastern Cape Department of Education have launched ‘Virtual Teacher’, a platform that allows teachers to deliver lessons to multiple remote classes. The move follows Vodacom’s Programme for Mobile Devices introduced in the province earlier this year to…
SAP Trains Hundreds of Teachers in run-up to Africa Code Week 2017
Volunteers from SAP CSR EMEA have successfully trained more than 350 local teachers over the weekend as part of the Train-the-Trainer sessions organised by SAP and Africa Code Week partners at Lusaka International Community School (LICS). Participants learnt to code…
Top 7 Android apps to supercharge your children’s learning
Smartphones can be a wonderful way to extend learning beyond the classroom and complement teacher-led instruction. They have a number of advantages as learning tools: nearly everyone has one, they’re easy to use, and they’re a gateway to a world…
