How to Change Africa’s Destiny Through Education
Inadequate funding, poor infrastructure, low-quality teaching, outdated curricula, lack of political will… On Africa Day, Folawe Omikunle, CEO of Teach for Nigeria, discusses, among other things, the greatest challenges facing education on the continent. Don’t miss the video with the full interview.
What if Teachers Lead the Change in Africa?
African teachers hold the future of an entire continent in their hands. However, the teaching profession in Africa faces significant problems that prevent it from being the engine of change the region desperately needs. In this article, social entrepreneur Folawe Omikunle analyzes these challenges and offers some keys to overcoming them.
NASCO Feeding Minds: When Digital Education Saves Lives
As a child in his native Ghana, Ousman Umar thought the color of your skin determined what you could be in life: you were an engineer or a pilot because you had white skin. Today, 25 years later, and having survived a migration experience he himself describes as “hell on earth,” he knows this is not true. “I understood that white people are not engineers because they have white skin, but because there was something called education, which was the fundamental key.” To ensure no one else had to go through what he did, he founded NASCO Feeding Minds, an organization that provides computer and programming training to Ghanaian children and youth. This is his story.
Building the Future of Education in Africa: Cascade Teacher Training
In Africa, the quality of education faces numerous challenges, and one of the most urgent is the lack of trained teachers. In response to this reality, cascade teacher training has emerged as a promising strategy to boost the professional development of educators and improve education on the continent. In this article, we explore what it entails, how it is being implemented in Africa, and the results and lessons learned so far. Discover how cascade training is building the future of education in Africa and transforming lives in the process.
Showing It Can Be Done: Transforming Education in Nigeria
Discover how collaboration between organizations and pedagogical innovation are transforming education in Nigeria and closing the educational gap in one of the country’s most disadvantaged regions. A sustainable and motivating project that empowers students, teachers, and communities, opening up new opportunities for a bright educational future.
