On 27th- 28th January, 2016, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire an official ceremony will be held at the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) in Abidjan. The event will be co-chaired by Hon. Kandia Camara, Minister of Education (MoE) of Côte d’Ivoire and Jerome Morrissey, Chief Executive Officer of the Global…

December 15, 2015, GESCI officially honoured and awarded participants who successfully completed the leadership programme in ICT and Knowledge Society Development (ALICT) it delivered in Morocco in 2015. The ceremony, which took place at Le Diwan Hotel in Rabat, conferred the ALICT certificates to…

An event honouring the development of ICTs and knowledge societies in Senegal was held in Dakar, December 11, 2015. The event was chaired by Mr. Abdoul Kane Yaya, Minister of Posts and Telecommunications of Senegal and Mr. Jerome Morrissey, CEO of the Global E-Schools and Communities Initiative…

UNESCO held a 3 day colloquium on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Teacher Training in Eastern Africa November 25-27, 2015, in Nairobi, Kenya. The Colloquium, “Taking the Qingdao Declaration forward - Seizing digital opportunities in East Africa to lead education…

December 7, 2015, the Global e-schools and communities initiative (GESCI) officially honoured senior officials and managers from Kenya who successfully completed ALICT, a leadership course in ICT equipping African leaders with skills and a commanding understanding of the key elements needed for the…

The Global E-Schools and Communities Initiative (GESCI) and University of Mauritius (UoM) today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to deliver the course in “Leadership Development in ICT and Knowledge Society" The purpose of this MoU is to leverage on the GESCI’s expertise in delivering…

Esther Gacicio, an alumni of the African Leadership in ICT (ALICT) programme is one of the 2015 winners for the 'Excellence in eLearning' award at the Global Learntech Awards held at the World Education Congress in July. The aim of the awards is to recognize best in the field, and to benchmark…

An event to mark Finland-Kenya 50 years of diplomatic relations was held at the Zen Gardens on 10 June 2015. Under the theme ‘From Rhetoric to Reality - Celebrating the Gains of Women's Political Participation and Economic Empowerment in Kenya and Finland’, this event brought together members of the…

2015 is a key year for global development. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are currently being reviewed and new sustainable goals are being formulated for the next 15 years. The Education For All (EFA) initiative is also being reviewed, outcomes evaluated and new achievable goals are being…

Outstanding secondary students and teachers’ who participated in project-based learning under the Strengthening Innovation and Practice in Secondary Education (SIPSE) project were honoured Thursday 14 May 2015 during the national policy workshop held at the Kenya School of Government, Nairobi. …