Digital Skills

  • Digital credentials: A new solution for skills recognition
    ADEA,  Friday, December 21, 2018 - 13:41 

    A key challenge in the African continent is the lack of skills. This critical factor has been affecting the growth of companies in a negative way. When companies lack access to skilled labor, their opportunities for growth is severely hindered.

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  • Policy Note: Recommended Investments in ICT for Resilient Education Systems in Africa
    ADEA,  Friday, June 2, 2023 - 00:52 

    The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the education sector leading to school closures for more than two years in some countries. This resulted in learning loss that impacted education outcomes, especially in Africa. Governments in Africa took immediate responsive actions to remedy the impact of school closures by introducing policy and program changes to education delivery, articulating multi-sectoral national response plans that included remote learning to ensure learning continuity.

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  • Synthesis Report on the use of ICT in Education and Remote Learning during Crises
    ADEA,  Friday, June 2, 2023 - 00:51 

    This study, commissioned by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and the African Development Bank (AfDB), aims to assess the status and capacities of 34 African member countries of the IsDB and AfDB on the use of Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) in education and remote learning during the crisis and the required investment in digital transformation. Anchoring the process will be the review of the state of preparation of the study countries in support of ICT use in education.

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  • Rethinking the role of TVET in Future Work and Lifelong Learning, in light of Digitalization and the 4IR
    ADEA,  Tuesday, October 26, 2021 - 11:03 

    This report provides a general snapshot of the digitalization of TVET and skills systems in a set of countries. The primary data are derived from a desktop literature review on 8 countries, namely Angola, Gabon, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Mauritius, Morocco, Rwanda and Uganda and a set of questions administered through a questionnaire to experts and practitioners in the TVET sectors of Ivory Coast, Mauritius, Morocco, Rwanda and Uganda.

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  • Benefits of Digital Technical and Vocational Education and Training
    ADEA,  Tuesday, March 16, 2021 - 10:40 

    The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the fore the challenge of delivering practical lessons remotely, especially in Africa. This is mainly due to technological and resource limitations in addition to inadequate educator and trainer capacity to deliver such online lessons.

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