Kenya is known as the “home” of innovations and technological advancements in Africa, a name its  determined to keep as its set to make history this coming Friday (11th May 2018) with its launch of its first locally made satellite from the Japan Space Agency(JAXA) Tsubuka Space Centre in Tokyo, Japan at 1pm Kenyan time. The satellite is the Nano-Satellite …

Nairobi-based e-learning platform M-Shule last night clinched the runner-up spot at the 2017 Global Edtech Startup Awards (GESA) held in London. M-Shule was one of 15 finalists that took part in the final event which culminated in Japanese startup Arcterus taking top honours. Indian platform MentorMind won third place. M-Shule’s platform makes use of artificial intelligence (AI) and SMS to deliver personalized, accessible education to primary school students across Africa. “We were …

WeThinkCode_ in partnership with the V&A Waterfront to establish the new campus in at Workshop17, this expansion has been made possible through the funding raised in May this year. As of Current WeThinkCode _ runs and trains 300 students in Jo’Burg, and with the addition of the second, campus it plans to welcome 320 students across the country in 2018. Applications to join the 2018 cohort in both …

Co-creation Hub (CcHUB), Nigeria’s leading social innovation centre through its EdTech practice (re: learn) partners with 7 European and African countries to improve students’ participation in STEM subjects across Africa. GO-GA (Go-Lab Goes Africa) is a European Commission funded collaboration project under the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Funding Scheme. GO-GA’s overall purpose is to accelerate the adoption of richer …

Chalkboard Education is an award winning mobile learning company that has already served over 1’000 students in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire. In 2016, it was the winner of Seedstars Ghana and was selected as one of the best African start-ups at the prestigious Seedstars Global Conference. Chalkboard Education, a Ghana-based mobile learning company, has closed EUR 200’000 in expansion financing …

Opportunities Arising from Increases In Affordable Internet Access Africa: Continent of the youth, illiteracy, overpopulation, poverty, lackadaisical governments, etc Edtech: e-learning, gamification, m-learning, online courses (MOOC), etc Is ed tech the tool of the digital age to close the gap with these two issues? M-learning, online courses and other aspects of e-learning technology have the potential to enhance education provision …

WeThinkCode a South African based NGO focused on teaching code has secured US$4.4 million (R60 million) to train even more software developers. WeThinkCode has dedicated its life and resources to educate the common man the benefits of writing professional code and its ethics to cater and bridge the gap of unemployment. “BCX will provide R60 million over three years for WeThinkCode to invest …

Chalkboard a Ghanaian based startup founded by Adrien Bouillot,  Aims to improve the education and training standards of Africa by providing a basic and cheap education platform for training.  With the latest Reports The Sub-Saharan Africa had an Approximate of 427 million subscribers according to the GSMA mobile economy report 2016, and in 2020 the subscriber penetration is expected to increase by 6% …

Unleash an organisation that aims to build the world’s leading lab platform for innovative, implementable and scalable solutions to the sustainable Development Goals  (SDGs). Unleash is on the hunt for top talents in different countries of the world, with a mission of accelerating disruptive ideas by engaging the young talents in problem-solving and co-creative activities. #UNLEASHLAB2017 a 9-day event is set …

The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences Schools Enrichment Center (AIMSSEC) , a not-for-profit organization has collaborated with the Rwandan Government to launch a branch in the country’s beautiful capital city of Kigali. The AIMS institution champions on transforming mathematical thinking throughout Africa by providing professional development courses for mathematics teachers, subject advisers and field trainers through introductory new mathematics teaching …