ADSI Kenya
The Government of Kenya recognizes the potential for the use of ICT to improve access to, quality and relevance in its education provision.
DownloadAKE III - What 21st Century Students need from their Education Systems
Concept note: Building Leadership Capacity for ICT and Knowledge Societies in Africa
In 2010 GeSCI, working together with the African Union Commission (AUC) and other African partners, will engage in the development of an African Leaders in ICT (ALICT) programme designed to intensify activities to implement the African Regional Action Plan on the Knowledge Economy. The ALICT programme is based on the African Regional Action Plan for Knowledge Economy (ARAPKE) and is well aligned with the framework of the EU-Africa Strategic Partnership 8th on Science, Information Society and Space (Africa-EU P8).
DownloadAfrican Leadership in ICT and Knowledge Societies: Issues, Tensions and Opportunities for Learning
This paper examines leadership development within the context of the African Leadership in ICT programme. The paper assesses knowledge society and leadership issues, tensions and opportunities for learning based on desk and field research related to: the knowledge society, leadership and issues in the global context; the knowledge society pillars, leadership and issues in the African context; leadership development approaches for the knowledge age; and a four country needs assessment for African leadership in ICT and knowledge societies.
DownloadAfrican Leadership in ICT Model Document 2013
The African Leadership in ICT course is a public sector leadership capacity building initiative for the advancement of knowledge societies across Africa.
DownloadDevelopment of 21st Century Skills for Innovation and Enterprise
Exploring the role of Informal Learning Environments in the Development of Skills and Aptitudes for the Digital Creative Media Industries
DownloadState of Knowledge Society in Côte d’Ivoire, Niger and Senegal
Situational analysis and identification of needs in education, ICT, science, technology and innovation for sustainable development and knowledge society development in Côte d’Ivoire, Niger and Senegal
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Analyse de la situation et identification des besoins de l’éducation, des TIC, de la science, de la technologie et de l’innovation pour le développement durable vers la société du savoir en Côte d’Ivoire, au Niger et au Sénégal
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Education change, leadership and the knowledge society
This short paper builds on the premise that the emergence of knowledge societies—accelerated by information and communications technologies (ICT)—pressures education systems to help students develop 21st-century skills for life and learning. These challenges are especially daunting for schools in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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