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<p>Digital infrastructure is a cornerstone for the adoption and effective use of EdTech across Africa. However, the development of digital infrastructure faces hurdles like high costs of devices and the internet, uneven access to reliable power, and regional disparities in connectivity. Addressing these challenges with strategic investment and partnerships will be critical to unlocking EdTech’s transformative potential in Africa.</p>


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EdTech Monday: Underwriting Foundational Infrastructure through Creative use of EdTech Resources

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<p>As UNESCO reports, there are widespread concerns that learning outcomes do not match the expansion of education because many countries lack systematic data on who is learning and who is not. To this end, the April edition of EdTech Mondays Africa will review the 2024 EdTech Conference Recommendation No. 4 – “Drive decisions with data by investing in government systems and capabilities for timely collection, analysis and informed decision-making”.</p>


EdTech Monday: Investing in Government Data Systems to Drive Decision Making

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<p>Africa is one of the global regions and continents reported to have a learning crisis. According to the World Bank’s more countries eager to deploy technology to promote learning. This Episode of EdTech Monday will look at best ways to align policies across education, ICT, and finance sectors for EdTech adoption.</p>


EdTech Monday: Harmonizing Cross-Sector Policy for EdTech Adoption

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<p>On this first edition of the new EdTech Monday season, we delve into strategies and policies that integrate EdTech into learning systems with Rwanda as a best practice.</p>


EdTech Monday: Championing EdTech Innovations Through Policy

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<p>Africa Business Weekly on CNBC Africa brings you the most impactful business stories across sub-Saharan Africa every week. From the capital markets to economic news affecting the regions from East, West ad Southern Africa, we will speak to the major newsmakers from across the sub-Saharan Africa region to get exciting and unique angles to the stories shaping the continent.</p>


Africa Business Weekly: Addressing rising debt costs in developing countries

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<p>In this episode of EdTech Monday, stakeholders in education converged in Cape Town, South Africa for the South Africa Edtech Week. Experts expand on the environment for experiential learning and open collaboration and showcase innovative local EdTech solutions.</p>


EdTech Monday: Evaluating progress made in Africa’s EdTech

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<p>This session unpacks the broad spectrum of investment opportunities within Africa’s critical minerals and rare earth projects. It will focus on creating an enabling environment that attracts key producers and buyers, as well as navigating the competitive landscape and exploring collaborative approaches among governments, private sector players and international partners.</p>


Critical Minerals Conference 2024: Investment Forum

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<p>Namita Datta, Program Head of Solutions for Youth Employment (S4YE), World Bank joins CNBC Africa for this discussion.</p>


Africa Side Hustle: Redefining work: The global side hustle revolution

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<p>Social Media has become an integral part of the educational landscape. It has transformed the way students learn, access information, and interact with their peers and teachers. In this episode of EdTech Mondays Africa explores the impact of social media in education. Can educators make use of social media? What are the benefits? What are the pitfalls?</p>


EdTech Monday: The Impact of Social Media on Education and Learning

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<p>Despite increased investment in EdTech in Africa, learning and outcomes have yet to change considerably in some countries. On this edition of EdTech Mondays we ask, for a continent with a deficit of close to 15 million teachers and about 108 million out of school youth, what is the role of policy in advancing education technology in Africa?</p>


EdTech Monday: Role of policy in advancing EdTech in Africa

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<p>In Africa, an estimated 93 million children under age 14 live with moderate or severe disabilities, with four in five residing in developing countries, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite these numbers, children with disabilities face significant barriers to education, with the World Bank estimating they are 2.5 times more likely to never attend school. This September, our edition of #EdTechMondays Africa explores how EdTech solutions can bridge the education gap for learners with disabilities.</p>


EdTech Monday: Inclusive technology for learners with disability

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<p>Speaking at the 10th Future of Education Summit, Dr Sheila Jagannathan, Senior Advisor, AfDB &#038; World Bank &#038; Deputy Ex Director, Saylor Academy, USA speaks to CNBC Africa&#8217;s Editor-in-Chief, Godfrey Mutizwa about Technology as a Springboard to Building a Sustainable Future in Africa.<br />
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Future of Education Summit: Technology as a Springboard to Building a Sustainable Future in Africa

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<p>There&#8217;s a lot of gaps in education in Africa in terms of connectivity and infrastructure. Reaching people with technology is riddled with challenges from accessibility to policy and the lack of strategies. This episode of EdTech Mondays will bring key conversations from the inaugural EdTech Conference that shines the light on solutions to Africa&#8217;s edtech challenges.</p>


EdTech Monday: Education technology for resilient and inclusive learning in Africa

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<p>Identifying effective education initiatives and expanding them to more people is not sufficient in scaling and sustaining education impact. What does it take to effectively scale impact for education transformation in Africa? Join our expert panellists as they share their insights on this.</p>


EdTech Monday: Scaling impact for education transformation

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Ghana to Regain Momentum in 2025 as ECOWAS Gateway

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<p>Investors are expected to remain on the side-lines in anticipation of higher yields at the T-bills market today, ahead of the T-bills Primary Market Auction where bills totalling 221 billion naira will mature and be rolled over. Dipo Ajayi, Head of Fixed Income and FX at Chapel Hill Denham Securities joins CNBC Africa to discuss what to expect this week.</p>


Market focus shifts to primary auction

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<p>Africa is home to some of the largest displaced populations due to past and on-going civil conflicts. In addition, most of those who lack access to digital learning skills within refugee communities are girls and women. What can be done to close the digital divide? Can such skills be extended to the host communities? The June EdTech Mondays Africa will interrogate the above situations and try to understand the existing ecosystem of designing EdTech with such users in mind without universalizing the “refugee community” experience. The key question is: Can EdTech designers realistically achieve that given the general imperative to design for a ‘universal’ reach?</p>


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EdTech Monday: The Impact of Social Media on Education and Learning

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EdTech Monday: Inclusive technology for learners with disability

Future of Education Summit: Technology as a Springboard to Building a Sustainable Future in Africa

EdTech Monday: Education technology for resilient and inclusive learning in Africa

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EdTech Monday: Underwriting Foundational Infrastructure through Creative use of EdTech Resources

EdTech Monday: Investing in Government Data Systems to Drive Decision Making

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EdTech Monday: Championing EdTech Innovations Through Policy

Africa Business Weekly: Addressing rising debt costs in developing countries

EdTech Monday: Evaluating progress made in Africa’s EdTech

Critical Minerals Conference 2024: Investment Forum

Africa Side Hustle: Redefining work: The global side hustle revolution

EdTech Monday: The Impact of Social Media on Education and Learning

EdTech Monday: Role of policy in advancing EdTech in Africa

EdTech Monday: Inclusive technology for learners with disability

Future of Education Summit: Technology as a Springboard to Building a Sustainable Future in Africa

EdTech Monday: Education technology for resilient and inclusive learning in Africa

EdTech Monday: Scaling impact for education transformation

Ghana to Regain Momentum in 2025 as ECOWAS Gateway

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