News stories from eLearning Africa in 2016

eLearning Africa: impatient Africans 'not going to wait until 2063'

eLearning Africa | 25 May 2016

There is a mood of impatience among the ministers, businessmen and education experts attending this year's eLearning Africa conference in Cairo.

2063 Vision: Ministers move from ideas to action

eLearning Africa | 20 May 2016

African ministers attending the 9th eLearning Africa Ministerial Round Table in Cairo on May 24th are looking to turn dreams into reality. Education and training are at the heart of the African Union’s 2063 Vision for a ‘transformed continent’ and ministers of Education, Skills, Finance and ICT from all over Africa will discuss delivery mechanisms at the annual Round Table on ICT for education, training and development.

eLearning Africa: Sharing infrastructure must be top priority

eLearning Africa | 13 May 2016

The African Union’s Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, HE Mrs Elham Mahmood Ahmed Ibrahim, will tell participants at this year’s eLearning Africa conference that sharing infrastructure must be a top priority for African governments.

Africa’s vision for education and how it will become reality

eLearning Africa | 08 Apr 2016

More than 1200 international education and technology experts, advisers and investors will gather in Cairo in May to discuss how to turn the African Union’s vision of a “transformed continent” into reality. They will look at how developments in technology could enable education and training to boost growth and transform the lives and prospects of the next generation of Africans. The programme for the conference, which is available at www.elearning-africa.com.

African financial services sector “missing a trick” say education experts

eLearning Africa | 18 Feb 2016

Africa’s financial services sector is missing out on big opportunities in the rapidly growing education technology market, say the organisers of the continent’s biggest EdTech conference. They claim that African banks and financial services companies are “missing a trick” by failing to get involved and back innovative start-ups in the education technology sector.