Motivations and Aspirations that Drive Learners to Engage in Certificate Programs; Case Study CMU-Africa.
Online learning has grown significantly across Africa in recent years as Internet access improves to complement traditional higher education, where educational institutions look for new ways to overcome infrastructure constraints to serve growing numbers of students. The forced closure of schools, universities and colleges during the COVID-19 pandemic and the shift to remote working accelerated […]
Breaking the Final Connectivity Barriers for Higher Education Institutions in Africa: The Next Steps and A Call to Action
During the late 90s, a growing wave of action started among African universities and research institutions, focusing on the need for global connectivity to provide access to especially journal databases and other online resources. Alongside this was the general continental move towards liberalization of the telecommunications sector to introduce more competition and reach more people. […]