Participants' Reviews

Please accept my sincere congratulations on your successful eLearning Africa conference in Dakar, Senegal. I learned so much from this conference. My meeting with Ministers of Education was very productive for my 500/12 Initiative and I will be working with them in the future.

Dr Paul Jhin, UN-GAID, USA

I was at the eLearning conference yesterday morning and I was impressed by the number of participants and the diversity of the workshops.

Aminata Ly Faye, Canadian Embassy, Senegal

I'm very happy to congratulate the entire team which worked very hard to make eLearning Africa 2009 a success, as usual. The innovations introduced this year have been very important, such as the plenary end of conference debate which revealed great concerns of participants on the way technology is to be implemented in Africa, and the recommendation to make it be known by decision makers all over the world. Thanks again, and courage to all. I know it is never done before each of you knows the conference has come to end and every participant is safely back to home.

Gaston Donnat Bappa, Microlog, Cameroon

Let me congratulate you and your team for the great success of the Conference. Its organisation, management, quality of audience and presentations, everything has been at the highest level. I hope that I will be able to attend the next one in Zambia.

Gérard Rwagasana, National University of Rwanda, Rwanda

Thank you very much for a wonderful conference. I would love to be part of next year's proceedings as the conference has allowed me to network, present our research and have lots of interesting discussions. Congratulations on all your hard work, both before and during the conference. I look forward to seeing the pics, videos, and docs that you will be sending to us, delegates. [...]

Karen Ferreira-Meyers, University of Swaziland, Swaziland

I really, really had a great time, intellectually challenging and professionally motivating, so I am, as we say in Southern Africa, 'chaffed about it'.

Karen Ferreira-Meyers, University of Swaziland, Swaziland

Thanks for your help and support with this event. Our guys on-site found it an excellent event and made good contacts. I look forward to receiving the post-event report. As soon as information is available on the 2010 event please let me know.

David Angwin, Wyse Technology, UK

This year’s conference was above previous standards. I feel very honored of chairing the very interesting session. Personally and the members of my company, we would like to participate and offer more to the eLA conference, therefore please let’s be in contact.

Litsa Panayotopoulos, OTE Academy, Greece

eLearning Africa was very fruitful and there are a lot of things I have learnt from this conference. Currently, I am compiling a report which I would like to share with my college. I intend to pick out technologies and organisations which we can employ and involve, respectively, in our eLearning project. After this conference, it is now very exciting and easier to work on our project and we are now doing it with a much wider vision.

Charles Fodya, Chancellor College, Malawi

I just wanted to say, on behalf of the whole team: many thanks for a great great show and the outstanding support from ICWE before and during the show! We met many high level people and had a great time! Great thought leadership event and outstanding audience!

Geraldine Rizzo, NComputing, UK

I must say I am proud to be associated with the eLearning Africa Conference. eLA is a powerful vehicle for popularizing and accelerating eLearning roll out in Africa. Too many of our communities are increasingly being left out of developments, and eLearning is one of the most powerful tools to avail opportunities. Zambia, with your help, is determined to make the eLA2010 a success.

Thomson Sinkala, University of Zambia, Zambia

Je voulais vous remercier de m'avoir incité à participer à eLearning Africa. J'ai pu y suivre des présentations très intéressantes et surtout prendre de nombreux contacts. J'ai reçu quelques messages de propositions de collaboration. J'espère que certaines pourront aboutir. Les collaborations Nord/Sud intéressent mon équipe.

Eric Sanchez, Institut National de Recherche Pédagogique, France

This conference provided CyberSmart! with an excellent networking & market opportunity! We’ll be back!

James Teicher, CyberSmart! Education, USA

Very well done! I am truly impressed with ICWE’s capability in gathering over 1200 people throughout Africa and have such a smooth running of a 2 – 3 day event. Congratulations for a job extremely well done.

Rama George-Alleyne, Global Development Learning Network, USA

Excellent organisation. Friendly staff. Very good turnout of participants.

Batoul Ajlouni, Integrated Technology Group , Jordan

Very well organised event with a diverse and interesting programme. The high-level endorsement of the event from senior decision makers means the event is good value for money for supporting existing commercial relationships and for evaluating new opportunities.

Paul Coyne, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK

An excellent event. Full marks to the organisers.

Iqbal Siddiqui, Designmate, India

A big thumbs up and keep up the good work. Hope to see you again!!

Philise Rasugu, The African Virtual University, Kenya

J’ai été agréablement surprise par le dynamisme, la bonne-humeur et l’ambiance générale rencontrée pendant cette conférence. Certainement á refaire ! !! Merci pour votre excellente organisation.

Maria Beatrice Teixeira, Formateix, Belgium

L’équipe de la conférence est très professionnelle et a su répondre aux demandes que j’ai pu émettre. Merci !

Nicolas Charbonneau, CELCAT, France

Un grand merci à l’équipe. Très intéressant, super organisation !

Ilse Straub, ELIG, France

Thank you for the excellent organisation of the conference and the exhibition! We made a lot of new contacts and we are confident that some new partnerships may develop from these initial meetings. We may certainly be interested in attending the next eLearning Africa event in Zambia.

Lars Strupeit & Katsiaryna Paulavets, International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, Lund University, Sweden

Thank you for the conference, it was superbly organised. Now, I am looking forward to seeing the results.

Ilan Weichselbaum, Sky 2 Net, Israel

My demonstration was a huge success and we will keep you informed of possible collaborative efforts that this demonstration initiated. It was a pleasure to meet like-minded individuals working in the area of rural development.

Justin Mupinda, World Links, Zimbabwe

The conference brings almost the whole of Africa together to discuss important issues such as education and development despite the existing political, religious and cultural differences and that is a very important step in uniting the Continent.

John Stephen Oluoch, Cordio East Africa, Kenya

This conference was exellent.

Richard John Self, University of Derby, UK

A very successful conference.

Jerome Terpase Dooga, University of Jos, Nigeria

A very good and well organised conference.

Dr Peter Adebayo Aborisade, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria

Very good effort! Getting even more exciting and entrenched into the arena of major global events.

Dr Elijah I. Omwenga, University of Nairobi, Kenya

Really think you are doing a great job, I am already advertising for next year :)

Susanna Ackermann, Learnthings Africa, South Africa

I found this conference to be well organised, planned and run in sometimes difficult circumstances. Well done and thank you. If I have a paper to present next year, I will certainly see you in Zambia!!

Peta Bezuidenhout, Rhodes University, South Africa

Continue the good challenging work. We are getting there. You are a great team and we should succeed at all costs.

Morecome Mumba, ZESCO Limited, Zambia

eLearning Africa 2009 has been very inspiring to me!

Ibrahima Sory Coumbassa, Université de Conakry, Guinea

I'm glad that I participated in the eLearning Africa Conference in Dakar, Senegal. It gave me a wider horizon and broadened my views. All in all, the eLearning Africa Conference in Dakar, Senegal was a success. Thank you.

Peace Abraham, AfriHUB Nig Ltd, Nigeria

One of the best organised conferences I attend, both pre-, during and post- conference. The huge commitment of the organisers is clearly evident for which they should be highly commended. Well done!

Anonymous speaker

I am extremely pleased I attended. I was delighted to learn about such a range of initiatives – from texting students to providing radio broadcasts to rural farmers. Would love to attend again to hear updates.

Anonymous participant

I was impressed and satisfied with the overall organisation and management of the 4th eLA Conference. Kudos to ICWE, Dakar Government and eLA Planning Committee and all participants.

Agnes Akuvi Adjabeng, Environmental Protection Agency, Ghana

Thanks for organising such an inspiring event!

Rob van den Bogaard, The Netherlands

I especially appreciate your support through the bursary programme which enabled me to attend this special conference. Thanks a lot. I can not thank you enough. I look forward to next eLearning Africa conferences.

Chinwe Veronica Anunobi, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Nigeria