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A key pillar of the Centre for Innovative Teaching and Learning is to demystify and catalyze the use of technology in education through conversations that inform and engage the public on how technology can democratize education and improve learning across the continent.

Discussing EdTech since 2019

EdTech Mondays began as informal conversations among EdTech entrepreneurs in Kigali, Rwanda. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the conversations graduated to Facebook Live discussions. Later the same year, it was elevated to broadcast format with start-off shows in Kenya and Ghana.

In 2021, an integrated, Africa-wide monthly conversation of EdTech Mondays was launched in partnership with CNBC Africa and streams on the Mastercard Foundation Young Africa Works Facebook Page. Mastercard Foundation offices in Rwanda, Kenya, Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria, Ethiopia, and most recently WAEMU, in collaboration with local EdTech support organizations, disseminate the discussions with local context, experts, nuances, and case studies.

EdTech Fellow Onboarding, Rwanda 2020

EdTech Fellow Onboarding, Rwanda 2020

EdTech Fellow Onboarding, Rwanda 2020

EdTech Monday's Africa September edition Joy Doreen Bira and panelists have a discussion about Inclusive Technology for Learners with Disability — Inclusive Technology For Learners With Disability

The September 2024 edition of EdTech Mondays Africa sought to explore how EdTech solutions can be harnessed to support learners with disabilities, how educators can access assistive, user-centred EdTech tools that emphasize equity and inclusion, and how learning tools can be tailored to different types of disabilities.
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Mastercard Foundation staff on stage at the EdTech conference in Abuja, Nigeria August 2024 — Education Technology For Resilient And Inclusive Learning In Africa

In a special edition of EdTech Mondays Africa this August, we will be filming live from Abuja, Nigeria at the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Conference themed, “education Technology for resilient & inclusive learning in Africa”. In this edition of EdTech Mondays we will dig deeper into how such commitments can be achieved across the continent.
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EdTech Monday's Africa July 2025 episode promotional poster — Scaling Impact For Education Transformation

The July 2024 edition of EdTech Mondays Africa focused on identifying effective education initiatives and simply expanding them to more people is not sufficient in scaling and sustaining education impact. What does it take to effectively scale impact for education transformation in Africa?
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Visit to Kyangwali Refugee Settlement in Uganda, home to a number of Scholars including Joseph Munyambanza, Favourite Regina, Claude Dusabe, and Prisca Bwiza. — Supporting Refugees and Displaced People through EdTech

The June EdTech Mondays Africa questions whether EdTech is appropriate in challenging displaced communities and, if it is, what access routes are available to ensure equitable benefit. Also, most of those who lack access to digital learning skills within refugee communities are girls and women. What can be done to close the digital divide? Can such skills be extended to the host communities? In addition, we try to understand the existing ecosystem of designing EdTech with such users in mind, without universalizing the “refugee community” experience.
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A view over a persons shoulder with them working on a laptop with a desk of papers in front of them — Exploring the Role of Gamification in Africa’s Education Systems

This episode of EdTech Mondays explores the use of gamification in Africa’s education systems.
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Poster for AI in Education — Artificial Intelligence in Education

Mastercard Foundation’s EdTech Mondays discusses the role of AI in education within the African continent’s education system framework.
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A persons hand working on a laptop — Emerging Technologies in Edtech: The Role of Big Data in Advancing Education

This edition of EdTech Mondays Africa explores how the continent’s educational leaders and policymakers can use big data to develop organizational capacity and improve outcomes for students, educators, and their communities.
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Students working on a laptop — Investing In Education for Transformative Learning

Investing in education is an opportunity to not only support the development of the continent but also to empower and lift a generation from poverty, inequality, and social disparities.
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