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Driving Context-Relevant Innovation in EdTech

EdTech Mondays July 2025 Episode poster

EdTech Mondays July Edition

Driving context-relevant innovation in EdTech across Africa is crucial because it ensures that technology-driven educational solutions actually address the continent’s unique challenges, opportunities, and cultural dynamics. This requires establishing clear, timely guidelines and approval processes for content, tools, and licenses.

The 2025 July edition will discuss 2024 EdTech Conference Recommendation No.7: Guide context-relevant innovation with clear and timely guidelines and approval processes for content, tools, and licenses to encourage innovation, investment and technology mainstreaming.

How can African educators and policymakers ensure that EdTech content aligns with local curricula while maintaining global relevance? 

Panelists:

  1. Mme Maimouna Diakhate, Technical Advisor to the Minister of National Education, Senegal
  2. James Ong’ang’a, CEO & Founder – LoHo Learning, Kenya
  3. Caleb Fugah, Chief Business Development Officer – Dext Technologies, Ghana

Moderator: Joy Doreen Bira

Watch the July Episode

Driving Context-Relevant Innovation in EdTech