The Challenges of Teaching Literacy Skills to Somali Refugees in Dadaab
In 2017, Dadaab Refugee Camp was the sixth biggest city in Kenya, with a population of 250,000. With peace returning to Somalia, organisations like the Norwegian...
Apply Now: $900,000 for Early Reader Digital Books in Local Languages
Building on a child’s language foundation, literacy leads to better health, broadens employment opportunities, and creates safer and more stable societies. However,...
Are You Creating Educational Shovelware in Your ICT4Edu Projects?
Do you remember when discount stores sold CD-ROMs with 1,000 fonts? Or 1,000 games? Or best of all 1,000 useless software programs? That’s shovelware: tons...
6 Myths of Online Learning Education Programs in International Development
Online learning is not new. And it’s been a round a long time. Yet, if my work in international education development is any indication, there are a number of...
The Challenges of Sustainable Edtech Ventures in Africa – Your Weekend Long Reads
Earlier this month I attended FUTUR.E.S in Africa in Casablanca, the first event to connect French, Moroccan and African digital ecosystems. Startups, academics...
3 Critical Issues and 4 Solutions to Providing Offline Educational Content
Recently, Kiflom Bezabeh asked an interesting question on LinkedIn’s African ICT Network:
While there were several good answers to Kiflom’s specific...