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.