In an ambitious stride at the intersection of diplomacy and technology, Japan has pledged to train over 30,000 African students in artificial intelligence (AI) within the next three years. Unveiled during the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD),…
In the digital age, Nigerian schools are grappling with a serious question: when students type essays, reply to prompts, or submit biometrics, who owns that content and data? With the increasing use of online platforms, biometric systems and AI tools…
Nigeria’s edtech sector has been the toast of many forward‐thinking investors, educators, and policymakers. Promises of bridging educational gaps, reaching underserved communities, and bringing classrooms into the digital era dominate headlines. Yet for many schools, startups and parents, the story…
At a recent conference in Lagos, Dr. Adeyinka Hassan, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for Enterprise Governance, issued a stark warning: unless African leadership embraces artificial intelligence (AI) seriously and quickly, the continent may well be consigned…
Enugu State is stepping into a new era of education. Governor Peter Mbah has announced the launch of a revolutionary initiative to reposition the state’s schools through the creation of smart green schools. This ambitious programme, which began formally on…
Nigeria is witnessing a silent crisis in its educational landscape: numerous small towns, teeming with students keen to learn, yet utterly lacking in digital and technological resources. These “tech education deserts” are places where ambition and enrolment are high, but…
Picture a space where innovators can try out new tools without fear of legal or regulatory penalty — somewhere they can test AI-powered tutoring systems, see where they excel, where they fail, and learn lessons before rolling them out widely.…
Opeyimika Aremu, now in his final year at the University of Ibadan, once seriously considered quitting medical school. Like many young people, he found the weight of expectations and the days of endless lectures overwhelming. But rather than giving up,…
In this era when artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping every sector — from healthcare to sustainability, from finance to agriculture — the latest MIT Delta V Demo Day offers a rich case study. As 22 MIT accelerator startups unveiled their…
In a bold new move to reshape how Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) are taught across Africa, former Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Emeritus Peter Okebukola, has unveiled a pioneering teaching approach designed to be…
Recently, Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Education introduced a “future-ready” curriculum, spanning from early primary school through to senior secondary and technical college levels. On paper, this reform is impressively ambitious. Primary pupils will see lighter timetables, history restored as a…
In a bold move that could reshape the nation’s workforce and future, the Federal Government of Nigeria has unveiled its target: achieving 95% digital literacy by 2030. As part of a broader drive to embed digital skills across society, the…
Wadhwani AI, a global non-profit known for using artificial intelligence to solve critical problems, has now formally launched into several developing regions—including Africa and Latin America—to offer AI-powered solutions for public systems. The organisation says its aim is to ensure…
In many Nigerian schools, a silent revolution is underway in classrooms and staff rooms alike. Teachers, long bogged down by excessive paperwork, endless forms and manual record-keeping, are now exploring artificial intelligence (AI) tools — especially those that assist note-taking…
In recent years, many universities, exam boards and online‐learning platforms have adopted AI proctoring tools—that is, software that monitors students during exams using cameras, microphones, sometimes facial recognition, voice detection, etc. These tools are often deployed in remote exam settings,…