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16^th International Conference & Exhibition on
ICT for Education, Training & Skills Development Dakar, Senegal / May 24→26, 2023

Abdou Diouf International Conference Centre – CICAD
Dakar, Senegal
May 24→26, 2023

→Conference Programme 2023 →Themes →Programme Highlights →Pre-Conference Events →Keynote Speakers →Session Formats →Ministerial Round Table →Speaker Highlights →The eLearning Africa Debate

→The eLearning Africa Debate

The annual eLearning Africa Debate was first introduced in 2009 and has become the most popular session of the whole conference. It is a highly spirited, provocative, yet good humoured parliamentary-style Plenary session on a relevant and topical theme, which allows for a lively exchange of views as it brings two opposing sides to the stage. The format gives all four speakers the chance to make short, informal opening speeches of about 10 minutes in length and one particular feature of the Debate is that during these speeches “interventions” are allowed (during someone else's speech you may comment on their arguments). After about 50 minutes the chairperson throws the Debate open to the floor for questions, comments and contributions from the audience. And after about 90 minutes a vote is taken by a show of hands.

This House Believes that AI Will Do More Harm than Good to Education in Africa

Artificial Intelligence is driving change across the world. It is today's leading technological phenomenon. It has taken hold of industrial sectors and economies. It is changing the way we work, live, think and learn. But is it good for African education? What does it mean for African students and teachers? For Schools and universities? What are likely to be the consequences, for good or ill, for African learning? Are the undoubted benefits in skills transfer, content creation and personalised learning worth the price Africans may soon have to pay for AI with less privacy, security and freedom?

Join us for another fascinating and lively eLearning Africa Debate about one of the great issues of today.

Francisca Oladipo

Thomas Adewumi University, Nigeria

Hon. Michael Onyango

Distributed Ledgers & Artificial Intelligence TaskForce, Government of Kenya, Kenya

Donald Clark

WildFire Learning, UK

Mark West

UNESCO, France

“The whole conference provided plenty of networking opportunities. Really useful for getting more insight on the elearning situation in Africa, learning from other's initiatives and sharing thoughts about the way forward.”

Veronika Schaeffler, Speaker/Facilitator

"This is a must attend for all Africans. The best part was seeing Africans together sharing and empowering each other."

Prof. Zingiswa Jojo, UNISA, South Africa

"Being part of the conference was very enriching – Thank you!"

Vincent Berendes, GIZ, Germany

"I did enjoy the conference very much as it was my first time to attend. We had very good interactions and a lot of things to learn."

Annet Komunda, Ministry of Education and Sports, Uganda

“Excellent speakers, direct yet respectful opinions, high quality conversations. Furthermore, the networking opportunities were great: meeting education and elearning experts in the exhibitors' area, sharing experience and knowledge with them. Thanks for creating a platform, where such discussions can take place. Thank you very much for putting this event together!”

Participant eLearning Africa 2018

“The best part about eLearning Africa is making new networks and learning about new eLearning initiatives in my own country 3000km away from home.”

Gabriel Konayuma, Ministry of Higher Education, Zambia

“eLearning Africa, it's been an energizing few days. I leave Rwanda in awe and admiration as it's rare to witness multiple players in a market coming together from government, academic and the private sector to address and collaborate on a common goal - to prepare the youth of Africa for the fourth industrial revolution in an authentic, African way! I look forward to sharing in your journey towards this goal and to celebrating in your creativity and success.”

LinkedIn Learning Solutions, Africa and Growth Markets

“eLearning Africa sessions in three words: inspiring, enlightening, professionally organized.”

Faika Dilsizoglu, Blackboard EMEA, Turkey

"The 13th eLearning Africa conference in Kigali, Rwanda was a place saturated with knowledge, learning and networking opportunities."

Plan International, Kenya

"The conference has been very interesting. It has brought together diverse views of how we can use ICT to improve learning in West Africa and Africa as a whole. The eLearning Africa conference has been very helpful, in that we have been able to share ideas of how we can improve our various systems of government and eLearning in our countries. A very good experience!"

H.E. Eugene Lenn Nagbe, Former Minister of Youth and Sports, Liberia

"What struck me at this year's eLearning Africa were the broad range of topics addressed, from refugees to Gamification and MOOC, as well as the diversity of the edtech solutions showcased out there."

Rebecca Enonchong, AppsTech, Cameroon

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