The 2030 Countdown: From Continental Policy to Classroom Impact (EN)
Thursday, June 4, 2026 11:45 – 12:45
Africa made a promise to its children. The EdTech 2030 Vision, born from African expertise and endorsed at the continental level, aims to ensure every learner on this continent, regardless of where they live, what language they speak, or whether their school has Wi-Fi, can access the world's best digital learning tools, built by Africans, for Africans. But promises don't teach children. With 30 million primary-age children still out of school, 17 million teachers needed by 2050, and only four years left on the clock, the gap between ambition and action is widening. This session brings together the people writing the policy and the people living its consequences to ask the hard questions: what's working, what's failing, and what must change before 2030 arrives and finds us unprepared?