For just over a month now sixteen students under the tutelage of four local professionals, with the assistance of four tutors from the Ballyfermot College of Further Education, have been able to hone their skills in graphic design, gaming, music and animation as part of the GESCI African Knowledge…

This week, at Nairobi’s Kenya Institute of Education (KIE), 16 aspiring young digital creatives are gathering together with experts and tutors in animation, graphic design, gaming and apps development, and digital music production, from Ireland and Kenya, to embark on a three month pioneering…

Last Monday I started my new job at GESCI in Nairobi, Kenya. Technically I’m hired by the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), and they seconded me to GESCI. In short I’m here to promote the use of ICT4D in education in East Africa. As such I have been assigned to gather information on…

We’re delighted to announce a new training opportunity for Kenyan youth with an interest in digital creative media. The training program runs from 1st November 2012 - 8th February 2013 and is open to youth who have artistic abilities and want to develop their digital creative media skills with a…

We're here in Addis for the opening of African Leadership in ICT final workshop, where Africa's future leaders in science, technology and innovation, education, and ICT will gather to develop the first ever cross cutting knowledge society roadmap for policy development in Africa. Speaking at the…

Over half-way through a very successful first round of the African Leadership in ICT course, GESCI is preparing to launch the second round of the course in October 2012. Applications are now being accepted from Rwanda Mozambique, Uganda, Botswana, Ethiopia, Namibia, Kenya and Malawi . To be eligible…

Let’s move from schooling to learning. That’s one of the key messages I took away from this excellent report from the Center for Global Development, which presents empirical evidence to support a suspicion that many of us working in education already harbour – that the gap between schooling and…

The African Union and GESCI can now release the list of 7 African countries that will be participating in the next round of the African Leadership in ICT course which commences in October 2012. ALICT launched in January in Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa and Mauritius.

ALICT call for applicants extended to February 10th 2012. Download application forms here: http://www.gesci.org/call-for-applicants.html The regional African Leadershihp in ICT course launched this week in Kenya. Twenty-two senior officials from ministries and public sector institutions gathered…