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Three conference days filled with action, excitement, passion, heated debate and even controversy – Christine Cayré, ICWE member of staff onsite at the venue in Dakar, shares her impressions, capturing both the atmosphere and voices at eLearning Africa 2009.
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Oracle and the Oracle Education Foundation (OEF) support over 1.2 million students in 91 countries each year through the Oracle Academy and ThinkQuest programmes. Partnerships with governments and institutions around the world help students to develop 21st-century skills and meet the growing demand for a skilled workforce. Learn more about what Christopher Binns, Oracle Education Foundation, thought of this year’s eLearning Africa conference and watch an Oracle Foundation video describing the programme’s successes in Ghana.
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“Education is the forgotten aspect of post-conflict humanitarian aid and aid for refugees”, New Security Foundation Chairman Dr Harold Elletson told delegates at a ground-breaking session on ‘post-conflict distance learning’ during eLearning Africa in Dakar, Senegal. With these words, he initiated a debate which should prove to be a hot topic at this year’s Security and Defence Learning Forum in Berlin.
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In Brussels, hands wearing surgical gloves make precise and skilful incisions into an abdomen. In Senegal, attentive participants of the “Demonstrations of Telemedicine” pre-conference workshop at eLearning Africa watch simultaneously on a big screen: The transnational videosurgery, carried out by Professor Guy-Bernard Cadière in Brussels for Senegalese medical students, was a great start to three days packed with topics concerning healthcare. The variety on offer – video conferencing on surgical matters, serious gaming for “Combating Yellow Fever“, malaria documentation, HIV treatment and much more – showed the level of quality, as well as the urgency, of innovative medical workforce training. On the African continent, where about one million physicians, nurses and midwives are lacking and basic medical services cannot be guaranteed, eLearning is seen as an indispensable means to develop human resources. At eLearning Africa, experts from all over Africa and abroad had the chance to learn more about new learning technologies and systems, technical requirements, sustainable content development and implementation strategies.
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Inaugurated last year by Deutsche Welle, a radio project called “Learning by Ear” is reaching into parts of Africa where computers are yet to be seen. Today, more than 33 million people on the African continent are able to listen to this distance-education programme. Its popularity lies in its unconventional format and true-to-life stories that embrace diverse themes depicted in the form of features, interviews and even soaps. Deutsche Welle Journalist Susanne Fuchs presented the story of these African-made radio shows at eLearning Africa 2009.
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eLearning Africa brings people together to exchange ideas and create partnerships. The conference has been the birthplace of numerous fruitful collaborations, and at this year’s event, the ECDL Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation registered in Ireland, and the Senegalese Ministry for Technical Education and Professional Training signed a significant agreement for the development of IT skills and education in Senegal. Their joint venture will promote digital literacy by introducing the “International Computer Driving licence” (ICDL) in Senegal. Daniel Palmer, ECDL Foundation Regional Development Manager for the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, talks about the project, the challenges it has to face and what we can expect from it.
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In a new feature at this year’s conference, highlighting eLearning Africa's innovative approach and setting the tone for future conferences, international guests were able to participate not only on-site in Dakar, but also via video conferences from other locations worldwide.
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How to optimally market honey, to cultivate a field or to avoid soil erosion is what small-holding farmers can learn – among many other topics – from innovative three-dimensional learning visualisations, which are now available in Zimbabwe. At eLearning Africa 2009, Justin Mupinda, Country Programme Coordinator at World Links Zimbabwe, explained how the so-called “interactive 3d learning objects” (i3dlos) tools make use of the power of virtual reality (VR) and a person’s visual strengths to “grow” the human mind. The initiators are the Naledi3D Factory, a South African company situated near Pretoria, which is a UNESCO partner, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, Eskom and regional initiatives such as World Links Zimbabwe.
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A comprehensive new study, led by Professor Tim Unwin of the University of London, will review Africa’s Learning Management Systems. How best to deliver, track and manage education on a broad scale is a controversial subject in Africa and it provided the inspiration for several high-quality sessions on Learning Management Systems (LMSs) at this year’s eLearning Africa conference. Professor Unwin’s study draws on information collected from 385 educational experts in 25 African countries, including both declared LMS advocates and “newbies”. The study, which was undertaken as a joint venture between ICWE, SPIDER and ICT4D, is due to be published soon.
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For the first time, at this year’s eLearning Africa in Dakar, delegates from all over Africa and beyond will join leading international experts for a major debate on an issue of central importance for the future of education in Africa.
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Enabling flexible learning with mobile and wireless technologies is what mLearning advocate John Traxler is passionate about. There is probably no one who has a broader perspective on the issue than the author of widely known textbooks such as "Mobile Learning: A Handbook for Educators and Trainers" and "Mobile Learning in Developing Countries". With an analytical and discursive mind, John Traxler has investigated the African landscape for many years and developed a profound understanding of the role of technology in education. He will be one of the keynote speakers in the eLearning Africa Debate and here he examines some of the key issues surrounding it.
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Imaginez un ordinateur muni d’une webcam devant lequel une personne s’exprime en langue des signes. A des kilomètres de là, ces signes sont interprétés et traduits en mots pour un professeur qui peut ainsi répondre à cette personne ou lui donner un cours qui sera traduit en sens inverse. Imaginez un cours, dicté par un professeur et tapé sur un clavier braille par les étudiants et ensuite également imprimé en braille …Avec ce type de solution, les TICE sont par exemple mises à la disposition des personnes sourdes ou aveugles.
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Montagu Drive Primary School opened its doors in the sprawling Mitchell's Plain area of Cape Town in 1983. Its 1050 pupils are drawn from six suburbs in this economically disadvantaged area. The school strives to give pupils a holistic education and caters to children from the earliest education phase until Grade 8, during which time they will have been exposed to technology for some years. However, the devices were rather worn-out: They had 10 outdated Pentium 1 computers and managed their administrative system with four Pentium 4 computers. In 2005, donor funding was secured to enhance new PC furnishings. Today, Montagu Drive Primary not only boasts top-level computer facilities, they now also have two additional classrooms that have been converted to house two SMART Board interactive whiteboards.
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To equip all African schools with ICT tools and to ensure that African youths graduate with the skills necessary to fully participate in the information society and knowledge economy is the objective of Nepad's e-Schools Initiative. A large-scale roll-out addressing 600,000 schools across Africa is now about to begin. Here Dr Henry Chasia, Executive Deputy Chairperson of the e-Africa Commission and keynote speaker in the Opening Plenary, depicts how a decisive e-Schools business plan will help the ambitious 10-year project become a success.
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As the chairman for Africa at Microsoft, Dr. Cheick Diarra is responsible for the company’s commercial and citizenship activities on the continent — of which education initiatives are a critical part. Since taking on the role in 2006, Dr Diarra has travelled throughout Africa talking to students, youth groups, teachers, universities, government leaders, Ministries of Education and the private sector about the role of ICT in enhancing the effectiveness of education in Africa. eLearning Africa cordially welcomes Dr Diarra as a keynote speaker in the plenary session on Thursday, 18:00 – 19:30.
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Over one thousand registered participants and speakers are looking forward to this year’s eLearning Africa conference in Dakar!

Taking place from May 27th – 29th, this conference is THE event in the field of ICT-supported learning and training! High-level participants from ministries, organisations and companies from all over the world are coming to Dakar. Don’t miss out on this unique conference and the chance to network and share the latest on learning and technology. Find out here what will be happening ...
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Les spécialistes internationaux en chirurgie peuvent désormais opérer dans les hôpitaux du monde entier sans quitter leur propre pays. eLearning Africa 2009 en apportera la preuve le mercredi 27 mai 2009, lors d’un des événements de pré-conférence les plus attendus. Les Professeurs Cheikh Tidiane Touré et Bara Diop, à Dakar, en collaboration avec le Professeur Guy-Bernard Cadière, à Bruxelles, ont mis en place trois démonstrations pratiques de formation chirurgicale menées à distance à l’aide des moyens que leurs offrent les nouvelles technologiques. Que ce soit entre le Sénégal et la Belgique ou entre un centre hospitalier de Dakar et un centre de santé de la campagne sénégalaise, les nouvelles technologies éliminent les distances et permettent d’offrir à tous les étudiants et personnels médicaux, jusque dans les régions les plus reculées, un enseignement de pointe.
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What role can ICT play in women's aspirations? How can ICT advance their hopes for equal opportunity in societies in developing countries? This is a topic Dr Nancy Hafkin has been devoted to for over 30 years. The well-known scholar is not only a pioneer in the field of ICT for Development. Her work with the Association for Progressive Communication, for example, helped bring e-mail connectivity to nations that had no Internet connection. She is also a strong advocate of gender equity in technology usage. Nancy Hafkin will bring a broad perspective to the plenary discussion on Thursday, May 28th.
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The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), an international association with the mission to develop open standards for the web, is inviting the general public to its Senegal Office Launch at eLearning Africa 2009 in Dakar. By launching a new office in Senegal – W3C’s first in West Africa and 17th facility worldwide – the consortium seeks to work with regional web communities to promote W3C technologies in local languages, broaden its geographical base and encourage international participation in its activities. The W3C Senegal office launch is timed to coincide with ‘eLearning Africa 2009,’ Africa’s biggest conference on technology-assisted learning. Click here for registration.
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Les situations les plus critiques génèrent des énergies insoupçonnées. Dans certaines régions en Côte d’Ivoire, une chaîne de solidarité s’est mise en place, pendant ou après les conflits, pour permettre aux enfants de continuer tant bien que mal à être scolarisés et pour que la formation soit maintenue sous différentes formes. C’est par exemple le cas de la région de Dakabala, dont nous parle Fatoumata Kone. Aujourd’hui, cette dernière se bat pour que les efforts conjugués des populations et des ONG ne soient pas vains. Pour que la prochaine étape soit l’accès aux TICE pour tous. Une gageure pour un pays qui pendant plusieurs années de crise a vu ses infrastructures dévastées et été privé d’un système scolaire digne de ce nom. Mais Fatoumata Kone ne manque ni d’énergie ni d’idées.
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EFK, Fondation à but non lucratif ayant pour but de fournir des cours en ligne gratuit pour les enfants de 5 à 12 ans, annonce aujourd’hui le lancement de 72 nouveaux modules à destination de débutants, en 3 langues : espagnol, français et portugais. Davantage de modules seront prochainement proposés. En 2008, EFK a atteint le million d’enfants inscrits !
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How can distance learning become more student-centred? Dr Mpine Elizabeth Makoe, University of South Africa (UNISA), has been preoccupied with this question for several years. In a long-term study she conducted, she found that isolated students have a need for informal support that is often neglected in distance education. This has led her to investigate on how MXit, a popular South African instant messaging system, can help to fill the gap and drive collaborative eLearning in an attractive, age-appropriate manner.
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At several places in rural Botswana, digital citizenship and participation is becoming more and more tangible through an ambitious national development initiative. With the so-called Kitsong Centres, Botswana has mobilised a project for the establishment of information centres equipped with a broad range of digital services across the country, including access to local and community information; eGovernment offerings such as requesting birth certificates , passport applications and school registration; as well as access to distance learning facilities. At the moment 25 centres are functional – most of them in post offices – and an additional 25 centres are being set up. Leatile Nthaga, an IT consultant from the Botswana Technology Centre (BOTEC), will show how learners can be optimally supported at such a Kitsong Centre.
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A recent European Training Foundation (ETF) initiative shows that effective public-private partnerships in North Africa and the Middle East can be key in fostering new technology-based learning solutions that address skills needs in the global market in general and the fast-expanding ICT industry in particular. In close cooperation with the European Learning Industry Group (ELIG), the ETF gathered valuable information on current ICT learning activities and approaches in the region based on interviews with private companies and school representatives.
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eLearning Africa 2009 will welcome nearly 300 speakers from 50 countries to Dakar, Senegal. The programme, which is now available on the eLA website, will feature state-of-the-art presentations and interactive workshops, together with practical demonstrations and cutting-edge debates on key issues in the field of eLearning for the African continent. A range of new initiatives will also be presented.

This newsletter gives a sneak preview of some of the seminars and events scheduled for the day before the conference’s official opening.
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Interview avec Dodji Dovi, Doctorante en sciences de l’éducation à l’Université de Lomé
Dodji Dovi a une formation pluridisciplinaire, à l’intersection entre la sociologie, l’éducation et l’information. Elle a plusieurs cordes à son arc et surtout une passion: « J’aime m’investir dans le social» dit-elle. Quand elle mesure le besoin de ressources pour aider les personnes âgées et leurs accompagnants au Togo, elle fait appel à des amis et des professionnels pour lancer un site internet dédié et toute une palette d’outils. Elle est titulaire d’un DEA en sociologie et d'un master professionnel en information et en communication. Dans le cadre de ce Master son projet professionnel a justement porté sur les TIC et la prise en charge des personnes âgées dépendantes. Elle mène de front sa carrière dans une organisation de développement, la préparation de sa thèse de doctorat en sciences de l’éducation à l’université de Lomé et le développement du projet. Les deux premières lui permettent d’alimenter le troisième en ressources et en financements. Entretien avec une femme de conviction.
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Frans Kalp est venu d’Ermelo dans le Mpumalanga à près de 250km de Pretoria pour participer à un atelier pour l’innovation en matière de TICE organisé par Microsoft et Schoolnet Afrique du Sud. C’est là que nous l’avons rencontré. Il est à l’origine d’un projet qui permet à des écoles rurales défavorisées de recevoir des cours via la téléconférence sans fil. Une histoire de partages des connaissances dans un pays où les disparités entre les écoles sont spectaculaires. Ce professeur de technologie, reconverti pour l’occasion en directeur de projet, a bien l’intention de participer au concours des Enseignants Innovants qui distinguera ceux qui parmi eux auront apporté l’innovation la plus significative dans le domaine des TICE pour l’Afrique du Sud.
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The push to integrate the computer as a teaching tool is set to become a reality soon in Kenya as Intel Corporation – the world’s leading computer chip maker – launches a technology-based programme that will significantly improve teaching in schools.
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Interview with Mehdi Tounsi, Business Development Manager, Gatlin International
Blended learning certificate courses, covering subjects such as health care, management skills, hospitality, media and design, IT and software development are what eLearning Africa’s silver sponsor Gatlin International offers in its latest African Initiative, together with the World Bank’s Global Development Learning Network (GDLN). The related website is hosted in Tanzania and serves as a model for Gatlin’s approach of fostering autonomously operating and economically successful eLearning centres.
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To make use of the enormous capacities today’s computers offer and to help people share them in order to cut costs, provide better access to technology and reduce e-waste: this is the idea behind NComputing. Today, eLA’s Platinum Sponsor NComputing is working with over 40,000 organisations in 100 countries, offering them software and hardware solutions to expand the possible number of users of one personal computer (PC). Here, eLA presents a high school project that was recently launched in Swaziland.
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The so-called cantenna is a cheap and efficient tool to help access Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). The best cans are those used for seed oil and have a screw-on antenna and a short brass wire. Working like regular antennas, cantennas only cost around $2.50 to build. Rachel Chavula learned about them during an internship at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Italy. Since then, the 22-year-old has been trying out cantennas on her Mzuzu University Campus in Malawi. She will present the “making of” in a hands-on demo session.
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Open Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) are becoming widely acknowledged as an appropriate eLearning framework for African universities and institutes that have limited funds to acquire commercial VLEs. At eLA 2009, Felix Olakulehin, Nigeria, and Romaric Sagbo, Benin, will discuss to what extent the Open Educational Resource (OER) movement has gained momentum in Africa and highlight new methods of usage and organisation. The potential benefits of free applications will be examined in terms of practicability and sustainability. Twidox founder Nicholas MacGowan von Holstein, Germany, will add his perspective on how his platform helps to build businesses on VLEs in Africa.
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In Somalia, torn apart after the collapse of the military regime of Syad Barre in 1991, entire generations missed out on an education; others had their schooling interrupted, whilst university students saw their careers and dreams destroyed. Worse, most of the professionals who survived the civil war left the country, mainly for Europe and America. So how do you provide education in a country that has neither government nor a functioning civilian infrastructure?

A few universities have been re-established in Somalia since the year 2000 but resources are still scarce. However, experiences from the African Virtual University’s distance learning initiative in Somalia show how ICT-enhanced learning can support long-term development even in the most desolate and abandoned regions of the continent.
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Africa is showing strong growth in tourism, which has been averaging 7 percent per annum since 2000. South and East Africa, in particular, with their national parks and fascinating fauna, are attracting more travellers than ever. The FIFA World Cup 2010 will provide another boost to tourism. But these positive economic developments also bring new challenges for managers in the travel and tourism sector. In order to keep up with the growing demand for tourism, they need more and specialised training that is both affordable and accessible. Several new eLearning projects address this issue.
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The Safouley Republic, District of Massidou, Monday, March 3rd: A young man presenting signs of yellow fever is rushed to the district hospital. Dr Ba, District Medical Officer, must remain vigilant. If the case is confirmed, an epidemiological investigation involving expertise in epidemiology, entomology and virology will need to be carried out. Dr Ba and his team will have to determine the size of the epidemic, find a vector and create a response.

This fictional case is taken from an immersive distance training tool using serious gaming, which is now available for physicians all across Africa. The CD-ROM, produced by WHO in collaboration with the Agence de Médecine Préventive (AMP), offers the chance to play the role of the District Medical Officer, the epidemiologist or the virologist, and thus be an actor in an epidemiological investigation.
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The start of the first school term in Zambia this year began with a directive from the Ministry of Education that all schools in cholera-affected areas, scheduled to re-open on January 12th, should not open until the Cholera outbreak that had affected Southern Zambia was fully under control. As a result, many schools in the towns of Lusaka and Mazabuka remained closed and the government found itself unprepared to provide alternative means of education to school children. As this was not the first time Zambia had a cholera outbreak, Brenda Zulu asks whether eLearning could provide a solution to the large-scale closure of schools.
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Kenyan farmers, who have suffered from a lack of practical information, are now smiling as they discover innovative information management tools. Reuben Kyama reports about BioVision’s Infonet for Kenyan farmers.
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Catherine Ngugi travaille pour le Mouvement des Ressources Ouvertes pour l’Education en Afrique depuis sa création. Elle devient chef de projet de Ressources Educatives Libres pour l’Afrique en 2008, une initiative qui promeut le libre échange des ressources en provenance et à destination des institutions de hautes études en Afrique. Catherine Ngugi explique à eLA quelles sont les méthodes de REL Afrique  et dans quelle mesure cela peut stimuler le développement des REL sur le continent.
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L’AUF est présente en Afrique à travers un large réseau d’établissements. Pierre-Jean Loiret, directeur délégué du Programme Innovation de l'Agence a répondu à nos questions. La palette des actions de l’AUF sur le continent est très large et le volet concernant l’enseignement à distance particulièrement consistant. Monsieur Loiret nous donne les grandes lignes directrices des programmes de l’AUF, et quelques exemples de résultats éloquents.
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Tidiane Seck dirige l'Agence de l'Informatique de l'Etat (ADIE) depuis 2003. Rattaché à la Présidence de la République, cet organisme a pour mission de mettre en place la stratégie NTIC de l'Etat. Du gouvernement à l'e-gouvernement puis du Sénégal à l'e-Sénégal, voilà les transformations que l'ADIE a pour mission d'accompagner. Placer les nouvelles technologies au coeur du fonctionnement de l'administration cela passe nécessairement par la formation des fonctionnaires. Tidiane Seck connaît son sujet : avant de prendre la tête de l'ADIE, il a été directeur du département informatique à Université de Dakar et il enseigne encore à ses heures perdues. Ce passionné de recherche, de technologie et d'informatique nous dit l'importance de la formation, sous toutes ses formes, pour aider à transformer un pays.
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The recent election of US President Barack Obama has elicited an unprecedented frenzy of hope across Africa. With an African-American president in office, the majority of the continent’s 750 million people anticipate a new dawn in the realm of socio-economic and political affairs. Already, there is an emerging view that US relations with Africa are due to improve dramatically. And pointedly, during his inauguration, President Obama promised a radical shift in terms of America’s relationship with foreign allies. He called for new terms of engagement based on mutual trust to spur fruitful cooperation on all fronts to the benefit of all. In Kenya, leading ICT stakeholders met with government officials on Tuesday this week to discuss the future of the country’s ICT sector. Reuben Kyama reports from Nairobi.
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A malaria vaccine is still the best tool to fight the malaria epidemic in many developing countries. Since 2005, the first human trials of a vaccine have been conducted with encouraging results. Most of the volunteers who received the vaccine developed strong and in some cases long-lasting immune responses. However, as researchers know from earlier vaccine trials, the crucial question is whether these immune responses mean that vaccinated people are actually protected against malaria. One way to test this is to expose the vaccinated trial participants to malaria and see if they are protected. However, this risky test is not ethically justified during the early stages of vaccine testing.
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Le ministre sénégalais de l'Enseignement Secondaire, des Centres Universitaires Régionaux  et des Universités, le Pr Moustapha Sourang, exhorte les chefs d'Etat africains à « s'approprier » les Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication (TIC) pour la réussite de l'Université Virtuelle Africaine (UVA).
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Et si le téléphone portable devenait aussi un outil d’apprentissage à part entière pour les jeunes ? Il y aurait donc une vie après le téléchargement de sonneries. C’est le credo de Philippe Steger qui a créé WapEduc. Professeur avant d’être créateur d’entreprise, il est convaincu que le mobile peut devenir un assistant personnel pour les étudiants. « J’apprends où je veux et quand je veux » est le leitmotiv de WapEduc. Philippe Steger nous parle de WapEduc et particulièrement de son développement prochain au Sénégal.
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Mark Beckford spent 11 years at Intel, where he ran the Emerging Markets Platform Group and served as architect for Intel’s World Ahead programme, which he personally launched in Africa in 2006. Recently, he joined NComputing as VP of Global Business Development. In his new role he is responsible for bringing NComputing’s ultra low-cost computing solutions to Africa.
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Doris Anusi, currently working for the Society for Promotion of Education and Development (SPED), visited this year’s ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN. At the moment she is busy trying to source funding for a new project idea that resulted from the 2nd eLearning Africa conference in Kenya in 2007. There she met Gerald Ingersoll from New Brunswick Community College, Canada, with whom she explored areas of future collaboration. At OEB, Doris outlined the approach to the eLearning Africa newsletter team.
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The 2009 eLearning Africa conference in Senegal is expected to draw more than 1500 participants, with an estimated 80 percent coming from African countries. The conference organisers cordially thank the ST Microelectronics Foundation, Switzerland, for supporting African participation in 2009. With ICT learning projects in 16 countries - among them Congo Democratic Republic, Ethiopia, Tunisia, Morocco, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Senegal - the foundation maintains a strong position in Africa to help people bridge the digital divide.
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Many students regard chemistry as being a dry and difficult subject: This is especially true in developing countries, where most teachers lack resources to make it stimulating and relevant, for example via laboratories, equipment, chemicals as well as “hands-on” experiments. To provide an alternative to teaching overburdened with theory, Jared C. Ogunde initiated the project “Chemistry Aid Initiative”, which is aimed at encouraging chemistry education in Kenyan institutions of learning, and includes online resources accessed via broadband wireless Internet connection, CD-ROM and VHS.
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Easter Kalambo, who is married and a mother of four, lives in the community of Macha in rural Zambia. Since 1987, she has been Chaplain at Macha Mission Hospital, preaching in hospital wards, the outpatient department as well as at the hospital chapel. So far, she has not preached in church, as it is not very common to let women preach at the pulpit. Now Easter has done something that may boost her ministry career: She took part in “Equipping for Ministry” by the Brethren in Christ Church, an online theology course designed for people in the Christian ministry who cannot take part in traditional on-campus training. eLearning Africa reporter Brenda Zulu spoke to Easter in Macha.
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At this year's ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN, we talked to Daniel Stern of U-Connect, an NGO based in Uganda, and Shafika Isaacs, ICT4D consultant to share some experiences and stories from Africa. In another interview, Inge de Waard from the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium shows us how mobile phones are being used to spread health information in the developing world. Tune in to the podcasts.

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Joseph Pierre Ndiaye, Permanent Secretary at the Regional University Centres and Universities, Senegal, held the opening keynote at this year's ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN. He told the audience about promising e-learning approaches in Senegal and invited the participants to the next eLearning Africa in Dakar, Senegal in May 2009. Play in new window

A new UN eLearning initiative was launched during this year’s ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN, which was held from December 3rd – 5th. It aims to establish a UN-wide network on technology-supported learning, with a special focus on the work of UN agencies at the country level.
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Dr Mor Seck en est convaincu : les technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC) peuvent aider l’Afrique à se démocratiser. Dr Seck dirige le Centre d’Enseignement à Distance du Sénégal, qui fait partie du Réseau Global de Développement de l’Enseignement de la Banque Mondiale. Ce centre a déjà plus de 20 ans d’expérience à son actif dans le secteur public et les études supérieures. Dr Seck est un fervent promoteur des TIC pour l’éducation et la formation. Il sera un des éminents participants de la 4ème édition de eLearning Africa qui se tiendra à Dakar l’an prochain. Nous avons rencontré Dr Seck l’été dernier à Berlin et avons parlé avec lui de la façon dont le Sénégal aborde le développement des TIC.
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À la Case des Touts Petits à Dakar, les enfants sont accueillis dès leur plus jeune âge. L’endroit est à la fois un nid protecteur et un tremplin vers la vie pour les petits Sénégalais défavorisés. Ils y reçoivent des soins, de l’affection et ils s’ouvrent au monde à travers des activités d’éveil variées. Ils ont entre autre accès à des ordinateurs comme moyen de jeu et de familiarisation avec l’outil informatique. Cette initiative fait partie des différents programmes mis en place au Sénégal autour des Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication pour l’Enseignement (TICE). Christine Cayre dresse un bref portrait du pays. D'un autre côté, le boum de la téléphonie mobile et l'envolée du nombre des opérateurs du secteur de la télécommunication sont des facteurs pouvant aider le Sénégal à mettre en place une politique TIC dans un futur proche.
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