from MARIA MACHARIA in Nairobi, Kenya NAIROBI – PUPILS from disadvantaged and remote areas are to gain equitable access to digital learning in Kenya. This follows the piloting of the Accessible Digital Textbook by Nokia and United Nations Children’s’ Fund (UNICEF). The launch of the partnership is to boost digital literacy in primary schools […]

by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – TWO South Africa’s finest young female scientists will compete against learners from around the world in Turkey’s most prestigious science fair for high school learners. Anica Dennis from Potchefstroom Girls High School in North West and Kelsi Hewitt from Pietermaritzburg Girls’ School in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal are to […]

by MTHULISI SIBANDA  JOHANNESBURG – AFRICAN governments and the private sector must adopt relevant, homegrown solutions as well as keep abreast with modern technology trends in the quest to build smart cities. Urban planning expert, Geci Karuri-Sebina (PHD), bemoaned prevailing trends whereby stakeholders in the continent pinched strategies which were relevant to cities […]