GESCI (Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative), the Ministry of National Education (MEN) of Côte d’Ivoire and the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) honored yesterday the participants who successfully completed the ICT leadership and development of knowledge societies…

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…

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…

Four participants received certification in the African Leadership in ICT (ALICT) course. The graduation ceremony was organized jointly by the Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative (GESCI) and the Embassy of Finland to Namibia representing Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (MFA). The…

The Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative (GESCI), in partnership with the African Union Commission and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland, has been implementing an 8-month African Leadership in ICT and Knowledge Society (ALICT) course since 2012. There has been exceptionally strong…

Information Communication Technology & Innovation and particularly capacity building in these areas is relatively new area in development programmes globally and by Finland. African Leadership in ICT (ALICT) is building capacity of policy makers and experts in ICT, Education and Science, Technology…