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2021 Africa Webinar
Education as a pillar for the growth & success of Africa
African countries must prioritize education as a foundation of their economies to foster their development
- There needs to be a shift in mindset and a paradigm shift in putting education at the centre of the knowledge economy and this investment
- Throughout the continent there are disparities and a lack of uniformity in terms of access & quality of education
▪ Questions of infrastructure & connectivity
▪ Rural areas and urban pool households
▪ Looking at designing a digital tool, which assesses the quality of Secondary
Education for both students and teachers
▪ COVID have made the management system of education somewhat more
transparent and accountable. And therefore, if that is the case, it will affect
also the quality of education
- Secondary education need to be reprioritize to ensure secondary education
▪ secondary education would give the skills such as of problem solving communication, much more important with a market which is becoming knowledge based
- Covid-19 has had some impacts on education systems both in terms of economic impacts & logistical impacts.
▪ There was a need to adhere with the sanitary conditions and adapt the living spaces & classrooms
Audience
- Charles Mulenga, Director, Ministry of Education, Zambia
- Octravie Nana, Ministry of Education, Cameroon
- Idrissa Sannoh, Advisor, Ministry of Technical and Higher Education, Sierra Leone



Attending Experts
Biniam Bedasso
Senior Research Associate, Education, Center for Global Development
Sampson Kofi Adotey
Manager, Alumni Engagement & Research Reporting Global Network,
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
Adrian Gauci
Economics Affairs Officer with the Gender, Poverty and Social Policy, UNECA
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