February 2016

Flying Home

A long flight is a good chance to reflect on all of the interviews I have conducted in the last month. My tour started with protests in South Africa over the affordability of education to the middle and lower classes in the #feesmustfall campaign. My time in Tanzania ended with increasing tensions over a disputed […]

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Afri-one Team

The winning team from the eLearning Africa Hackathon 2015 was Afrione. The members, from Congo, Kenya, and Madagascar, had an idea to create a virtual world that represents each of their cultures. Basic elements like houses, utensils, and greetings would introduce children to unique features of many tribes around Africa. The aim is to be

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XPrize Dev4x – Education via offline Android tablets

The Global Learning Xprize challenge is to develop an Open Source  solution to teach 7 – 10 year old children basic literacy and numeracy.  Android tablets will be distributed to remote villages in East Africa with pre-loaded educational content. Pre and post tests after 18 months will identify which team’s approach is the most successful.

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