President Macky Sall of Senegal is giving his enthusiastic backing to eLearning Africa, because the convention heads again to West Africa. The President has agreed to grow to be the official patron of the occasion.
eLearning Africa has printed a duplicate of a letter from President Sall to the occasion’s founder and director, Ms Rebecca Stromeyer. In it, the President mentioned:
“I congratulate you and encourage you as you develop this vital summit, which contributes in an excellent strategy to schooling, coaching {and professional} improvement, by the usage of digital applied sciences, to which I connect such nice significance.”
Rebecca Stromeyer, the Founding father of eLearning Africa, welcomed the help of President Sall and his Authorities saying:
“President Sall and the Authorities of Senegal know the way vital digitally assisted schooling and coaching are to financial development. They’ve seen how know-how has helped to unfold the advantage of schooling throughout Africa. In Senegal, there have not too long ago been main enhancements in infrastructure and the nation is changing into an financial powerhouse underneath the President’s management.
“I’m delighted that eLearning Africa is returning to Senegal for what guarantees to be our most vital and thrilling occasion ever. The truth that President Sall and his Authorities are giving such enthusiastic help to eLearning Africa reveals the importance they connect not solely to the occasion itself but additionally to the EdTech sector and the event of the digital economic system.
“As plans for a single market and a single digital market in Africa take form, Senegal is main the advance into a brand new age of alternative. And the alternatives are immense. Africa is the world’s most enjoyable continent, with its youngest inhabitants and a few of its quickest rising economies. Senegal is likely one of the most revolutionary and inventive nations in Africa, with a thriving digital sector. It has one of many highest ranges of cell phone entry on the continent.
“There can be quite a lot of dialogue at eLearning Africa about funding and partnerships, in addition to concerning the methods, merchandise and options that can allow technology-assisted schooling and coaching to spice up financial development and job creation by equipping Africans with the fashionable abilities they should succeed.”
Training and coaching are central to President Sall’s imaginative and prescient of Senegal as a regional financial powerhouse. In 2018 he launched the ‘Rising Senegal Plan,’ which incorporates measures to help studying amenities, infrastructure, content material improvement, analysis and innovation. So, eLearning Africa, which holds an annual ministerial roundtable on the convention, will present a discussion board for dialogue with one among Africa’s most energetic champions of edTech-based development.
Abdoulaye Mbengue, Chief Govt of 1 Africa’s main social schooling platforms, the Senegalese firm ‘TooShare,’ the Lead Companion of the convention, mentioned:
“Senegal is one among Africa’s most enjoyable economies. The Authorities understands the significance of funding in digital know-how, notably within the schooling and coaching sector. This yr’s eLearning Africa is going down at a vitally vital time for the way forward for the continent, as plans for a single market start to take form, and we couldn’t be in a greater place for what guarantees to be a historic occasion.”
In an extra signal of the significance now connected on the highest ranges in Senegal to digitally supported studying, it has additionally been confirmed that the convention will happen with the help of the ministries of Primary Training, Greater Training, Additional Training and Coaching, and Digital Economic system. And the Minister of Communication, Telecommunication and the Digital Economic system, Moussa Bocar Thiam, has instructed the division’s Secretary Normal, Dr Isaac Sissokho, to help with preparations for the convention.
The convention, which would be the 16th Version of eLearning Africa, will happen from 24 – 26 Could in Dakar, on the Abdou Diouf Worldwide Convention Centre – CICAD. Its total theme can be “New Mannequin Studying: Innovating to Grow to be Sustainable, Self-Reliant, Equitable and Resilient.” For details about the convention theme and sub themes, please go to the convention web site:
eLearning Africa additionally features a main exhibition by a number of the world’s main suppliers of merchandise, providers and programs. Extra info could be discovered right here:
eLearning Africa – Africa’s Residence for Concepts, Innovation and Sustainable Options for Training, Coaching and Abilities Improvement since 2005
www.elearning-africa-conference.com
