Education reform & innovation in the Global South | Co-Founder, EdWell & Metis | Ex-ALA
Such an important topic - we don't talk enough about how unsteady/limited access to wifi & power limit the scale of so many edtech solutions! Yesterday when I had broken wifi connection in Indonesia while on a call, I was reminded of how this is a real obstacle that makes it harder for education leaders to do their work in many contexts.
If a rich digital life could make up for a poor physical one, then Nigerians would be trying to improve their bandwidth, not japa out of the country. For this month’s edition of Kibo Insider, I write about how Africa’s infrastructure deficit limits young people’s ability to learn and earn online. Read the post here: https://lnkd.in/dTni3rVr I share the story of one of our students who described crying uncontrollably after “bad network” caused her to miss the required orientation for class. During the class, she would go to a betting shop to find a computer to complete her work. Even now that she has her own laptop, she spends too much time trying to find adequate power to charge. It is because of stories like this that we are accelerating plans to open physical co-learning spaces for students. As I write in the article, this is a systemic problem. We need a robust and government-led approach to provide infrastructure that will build up our talent base. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dTni3rVr #onlinelearning #africaedu
