E-learning education conference looks to unlock Africa’s future

As a Russia-Africa summit opens in Sochi on the Black Sea on October 24, a more modest but significant conference will take place in Abidjan, the capital of Côte d’Ivoire.

International organisations such as Unesco, the European Commission, the World Bank, German development agency GIZ and the African Union are part of the conference programme. “Technology assisted learning has been perhaps the single most important factor in Africa’s development over the last decade,” says Senkondo. “It has fuelled economic growth and its importance cannot be underestimated. For skills, entrepreneurship, innovation and the development of effective practices in many sectors, it has been invaluable. It has really helped to modernise Africa and to attract the world’s attention to the exciting opportunities in many African countries.

The conference programme includes pre-conference workshops on entrepreneurship skills, new technologies, the latest trends in e-learning and the use of design-thinking methodologies. A conference track will be devoted to the issue of “youth and digitalisation” and another will focus on how to empower teachers with continuous professional development and improved digital literacy.

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