The Mastercard Foundation, through its Centre for Innovative Teaching and Learning, is hosting its inaugural edtech conference from July 8– 10, 2024. This year, it is being hosted in collaboration with the federal government of Nigeria and will be held at the Hilton Transcorp, in Abuja, Nigeria.
In line with the African Union’s Year of Education, the 2024 Mastercard Foundation edtech conference is themed, “Education innovation for resistant and inclusive knowing in Africa”.
Discussions will centre on the present state of the edtech community, emerging patterns, the function of edtech in fixing Africa’s instructional difficulties and policies that are required to promote a making it possible for environment for technology-enabled development in education.
Innovation is an effective enabler of possibility and development,” stated Reeta Roy, president and CEO at the Mastercard Foundation. “Across Africa, young innovators and business owners are bringing brand-new energy and concepts to the education sector. Some are developments that might move communities and the future for numerous. This inaugural conference combines youths, edtech innovators, policymakers, financiers, benefactors, information researchers and others to speed up development towards digitally-enabled academic platforms and systems that provide inclusive knowing for all.”
Edtech environment stakeholders from throughout the continent operating at the nexus of education and ICT are anticipated to share know-how on useful services that can increase access to quality, appropriate and inclusive education in Africa.
“Africa might alter the course of education shipment by purchasing home-grown ingenious options that bridge gain access to and finding out spaces. This conference is a chance to review what is working and line up on the actions required to take African edtech to the next level of effect,” included Joseph Nsengimana, director for the Mastercard Foundation Centre for Innovative Teaching and Learning.
The inaugural Mastercard Foundation Edtech Conference will highlight the function of innovation in catalysing change within Africa’s education community.
The Mastercard Foundation was developed in 2006 by Mastercard and deals with visionary organisations to advance education and monetary addition to allow youths in Africa and Indigenous youth in Canada to gain access to dignified and satisfying work. In June in 2015, the structure backed social development centre CcHUB to choose 12 Nigerian start-ups for its inaugural Mastercard edtech fellowship program.
The edtech conference will be a biennial assembling.