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…

GESCI have released four reports that assess the environmental, institutional and individual leadership capacity needs for the Knowledge Society in Africa. The reports provide us with a rare opportunity to get to grips with the concept of the Knowledge Society through hard data, and a breakdown of…