Technology and the Environment: A Two-Way Street for Sustainable Africa
Before we look at the unique unfolding story of the challenges of environmental sustainability intertwined with the burgeoning potential of technology, let us start with understanding the concept of digitainability. Digitainability is a concept that merges digital technology with sustainability principles to address environmental challenges. It focuses on leveraging Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to […]
Unlocking the Potential of East African Online Markets: A Digital Agenda for Business Growth
A digital environment has significant impact on how organizations will develop globally in today’s fast-paced, interconnected world. This is nowhere more apparent than in East Africa, a region with a growing market eager to embrace internet business. However, there are still a lot of difficulties and impediments that prevent the expansion of e-commerce on this […]
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 […]
Connecting all HEIs to High-Speed Broadband
Broadband connectivity is a critical enabler for modernizing higher education institutions (HEIs) in their mission of teaching, research, and community outreach. Connecting African HEIs for improved learning, research collaboration, and access to global scientific resources has been on national and global development agendas for many years but has never achieved top-priority policy consideration.The higher education […]