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Championing Local Innovation through EdTech Policies

Joseph Nsengimana, Minister of Education from Rwanda speaking in a classroom in February 2025

This season of EdTech Mondays Africa is keen on bringing to the table policymakers and decision influencers to follow through on actions being taken to implement the recommendations from the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Conference in 2024. On this first edition we bring to the fore recommendation one from the EdTech Conference which was to, “Champion local innovation through supportive EdTech policies, with government as a leader, proactive enabler and consumer of quality content and delivery mechanisms”. We delve into strategies and policies that integrate EdTech into learning systems with Rwanda as a best practice.

Panelists:

  1. Hon. Joseph Nsengimana, Minister of Education, Rwanda 
  2. Dr. Jennifer Batamuliza, Lecturer and Head of Data Driven Incubation Hub & short professional courses, Department of Business and Information Technology at the African Center of Excellence Data Science, University of Rwanda. 
  3. Dr. Emelyne Umunoza Gasana, Lecturer at University of Rwanda, College of Science and Technology, School of Science, Department of Mathematics, University of Rwanda 
  4. Therese Kodjo, a Global Partnership Manager at Academic Bridge 

Moderator: Joy Doreen Bira 

Watch the February Episode