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Empowering Literacy Through Mother Tongue: NABU’s Impact on Indigenous Language Education

Empowering Literacy Through Mother Tongue: NABU’s Impact on Indigenous Language Education

By Fidelis MakhambalaIn a bustling Kigali classroom, 10-year-old Belize sits cross-legged, her eyes wide as she swipes through the colorful pages of a digital storybook. It is written in Kinyarwanda, her mother tongue. For Belize, this isn’t just another reading...

26 September 2024

Bridging Gaps in Education: Regional Insights for Effective EdTech Deployment in Kenya

Articles Ecosystem Events EdTech Summit 2024: Kenya Edition

Bridging Gaps in Education: Regional Insights for Effective EdTech Deployment in Kenya

Sam is with the Africa Math Initiative and is based in Western Kenya. Abdullahi is the Education and Governance Sector Lead at the Frontier Counties Development Council (FCDC). Both panelists face different challenges from those affecting Elizabeth Ndung’u and Paul...

22 September 2024

Using EdTech to bridge learning gaps in poor and underprivileged urban centers

Articles Ecosystem Events EdTech Summit 2024: Kenya Edition

Using EdTech to bridge learning gaps in poor and underprivileged urban centers

How can EdTech be used, not just in Nairobi, but also in other urban centers across the country, to address the challenges that learners in poor and underprivileged settings face? This is one of the questions Elizabeth Ndungu tried to...

21 September 2024

How Evidence-Based Practices Strengthen the EdTech Ecosystem: Insights from Kenya’s EdTech Summit 2024

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How Evidence-Based Practices Strengthen the EdTech Ecosystem: Insights from Kenya’s EdTech Summit 2024

The panelists in this session on strengthening EdTech with evidence were Elizabeth Otieno, Ciku Mbugua, Dr. Tiberius Barasa, and Barnabas Sang. Elizabeth is from the Directorate of Basic Primary Education in the Ministry of Education (MoE). Ciku is the co-lead...

21 September 2024

Leveraging EdTech for Education in Emergencies: Insights from Kenya’s 2024 EdTech Summit

Articles Ecosystem Events EdTech Summit 2024: Kenya Edition

Leveraging EdTech for Education in Emergencies: Insights from Kenya’s 2024 EdTech Summit

The panelists were Hannington Mwenda from Save the Children and Abdinoor Alimahdi, an educational technologist and founder of M-Lugha. Hannington is an evangelist for education in emergencies. His work involves embedding technology education with thematic areas like nutrition and health...

19 September 2024

Empowering Teachers: Using Digital Tools to Enhance Social and Emotional Learning in the Classroom

Articles Ecosystem Events EdTech Summit 2024: Kenya Edition

Empowering Teachers: Using Digital Tools to Enhance Social and Emotional Learning in the Classroom

Social and emotional learning (SEL), as defined by the Child Mind Institute, refers to how children develop essential social and emotional skills. This encompasses managing difficult emotions, making responsible decisions, coping with stress, setting goals, and fostering healthy relationships.

18 September 2024

Collective Action in EdTech: Transforming Education in East Africa

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Collective Action in EdTech: Transforming Education in East Africa

Collective Action refers to actions taken together by a group of people whose goal is to enhance their condition and achieve a common objective. It involves individuals working together to address shared interests or concerns, often through organized efforts that...

30 August 2024

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Organizational Spotlight Series: IREX using WhatsApp for Foundational Learning

IREX is a development and education organization committed to cultivating leaders, empowering youth, strengthening institutions, and increasing access to quality education and information because it is the best hope for a brighter today and tomorrow. In Kenya, KPLAY implements a...

31 July 2024

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Digital Literacy Boost: Insights from EdTech Summit in Northern Kenya

By Abdimalik Hajir & Juliet AwuorEdTech East Africa brought tech gurus to a summit held at Garissa University in Garissa to explore the future of education technology in the Frontier Counties.A daylong summit that culminated in the launch of a...

20 June 2024

Call for Technology inclusion in schools during the 2024 Pwani EdTech Summit

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Call for Technology inclusion in schools during the 2024 Pwani EdTech Summit

Kenya is one of the countries that is quickly evolving and ensuring that it is not left behind by introducing digital working spaces not only in offices but also in schools. The introduction of the CBC was one of the...

28 February 2024

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