Foresight Africa viewpoint – Can technology help leapfrog education in Africa?

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Foresight Africa viewpoint – Can technology help leapfrog education in Africa?

The article addresses the critical education gap in sub-Saharan Africa, where only 8 percent of children in low-income countries are on track to master basic secondary skills. The authors present a sobering statistic: at current rates of progress, it would take the average student in this region nearly 100 years to reach the educational attainment levels of peers in high-income nations.

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