Transforming how Africa learns with disruptive ed-Tech

Education is without a doubt one of the key focus areas to concentrate on if we want to solve economic and social inequalities in our world. It is one of the 'hottest' SDGs and charities, NGOs, public sector entities as well as private individuals have spent billions of dollars in the last decades trying to fix a broken system.

Yet to this day, in sub-Sharan Africa, millions of children are falling behind and failing to learn. School dropouts have been rising and that part of the continent is plagued by a serious learning crisis. According to a recent report by UNICEF, it would take 11 years to get 70% of Learners to grade 7 maths, and only 1 in 10 learners has foundational skills. 

Edulution was founded in 2015 and runs catch-up programmes in learning centers with offline ipads in South Africa, Namibia, and Zambia.

The platform reaches marginalized Sub Saharan African communities living in inner-city townships, remote rural areas, and refugee camps. The Centres are serving over 18,000 active Learners per month. What is special here is that Edulution is tackling several systematic challenges at once. The large unemployment of youth by giving local youth the opportunity to become a coach and train younger students on the tablets. It also increases high quality education and with its innovative business model promotes entrepreneurship and innovation.

In this episode you will learn:

• Technology alone is insufficient to transform education
• Human development, is the secret ingredient
• Creating a new job class is required to complement the current education systems in sub-Sharan Africa to transform educational outcomes

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