Biography
Ernest Gavor is a Pan-African EdTech strategist, ecosystem architect, and digital innovation leader with over a decade of experience designing and implementing transformative learning and skills initiatives across Africa. His work spans EdTech policy advisory, teacher digital capability, national digital literacy integration, AI governance, EdTech testbeds, and startup ecosystem strengthening. He has collaborated with AUDA-NEPAD, Smart Africa, GIZ, Mastercard Foundation, Village Capital, and government agencies across Ghana, Rwanda, Kenya, South Africa, and Senegal to advance systemic EdTech adoption and strengthen pathways for meaningful youth participation in the digital economy. Ernest serves as Director of Innovation & Strategy at the Ghana Society for Education Technology (GSET) and leads the Africa EdTech Exchange, a continental platform that connects practitioners, founders, policymakers, and development partners to accelerate shared learning and coordinated innovation across Africa. His work reflects a core conviction that Africa’s digital learning future must be locally driven, regionally connected, and globally benchmarked.
Sessions
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ELA-26
EDT07
Africa’s EdTech Inflection Point: From Pilots to System-Level Innovation (EN)
2026-06-04 12:00
“Africa’s EdTech Inflection Point: Designing Sovereign, Scalable and Sustainable Innovation Ecosystems for the Digital Learning Decade”