More than 1200 international education and technology experts, advisers and investors will gather in
“New opportunities for expanding
education and training are being created across Africa,” says Rebecca
Stromeyer, the founder of eLearning Africa . “Everywhere, in every sector, technology is
transforming the nature of learning, opening it up and creating new opportunities
in both education and training. This is an extraordinarily exciting time for
education everywhere. In Africa , the
opportunity to create a massive transformation in the lives and prospects of
tens of millions of people is enormous.
“The change is already happening. Technology is helping people to learn new skills and in many sectors, such as farming, it is beginning to make a huge difference. Technology-assisted learning has begun to make a significant contribution to economic growth in many countries. The pace of change is only going to quicken over the next decade and the effect will be astonishing. We really are going to see a new Africa, a transformed
“Education is at the heart of this change. eLearning Africa this year is all about a vision of
Themes up for discussion at the conference include the workplace skills of the future; changes in the nature and ownership of learning; improving access and creating new opportunities for students, teachers and trainers; innovation, emerging technologies; higher and further education; and the shape of African education institutions in the future.
Keynote
speakers will include Dr Ismael Serageldin, Director of the Library of
Alexandria; Professor Thierry Zomahoun, President of the African Institute for
Mathematical Sciences; HE Dr Elham M.A. Ibrahim, Egypt’s Commissioner for
Infrastructure and Energy; Günter Nooke, German Chancellor's Personal
Representative for Africa in the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
Development; Tarek Shawki, Dean of the School of Sciences and Engineering at
the American University in Cairo; Toby Shapshak, Editor and Strategist;
Toyosi Akerele-Ogunsiji, CEO of the RISE Group; and Professor Sozinho Matsinhe
of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa.
eLearning
For more information about the programme or the conference, please visit the website – www.elearning-africa.com.
Notes For Editors
·
eLearning Africa ,
11th International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training
·
May 24 – 26, 2016
·
Cairo
International Convention Centre
·
Organisers: ICWE GmbH (www.icwe.net), hosted
by ITIDA (itida.gov.eg), under the auspices of the Ministry of ICT
Contact
ICWE GmbH, Ms Rebecca Stromeyer
info@elearning-africa.com, www.eLearning-africa.com, Tel.: +49 (0)30 310 18 18-0
Press Contacts
ICWE GmbH, Juliane Walter
press-service@icwe.net, Tel.: +49 (0)30 310 18 18-0, Fax: +49 (0)30 324 98 33
No comments:
Post a Comment