6. NOTE!
Africa has a young population
that will require education,
jobs and livelihoods.
Population average age - 2013
Africa - 18 years
Europe –
40 years
William H. Frey, The Brookings
Institution
7. NOTE!
The African Population :
- Have access to increasingly powerful,
affordable mobile devices
- Are empowering themselves using the
Internet and social media
- Are meeting their expectations in
8. NOTE!
Africa is skipping the
“industrial age”.
ICT is Africa’s entry into:
- technology as a industry
- an economic environment
- as a lifestyle
9. Education in Africa
“By 2015, universities will be irrelevant as
knowledge distribution systems.”
Bill Gates, 2010
10. Education in Africa
“The eLimu tablet is engaging Kenyan
primary school students
in the learning process by shifting the
way we think about education.”
11. Opportunities
Consumerisation – “Enterprise” services going
“Mobile”
Personal Cloud – Working away from the Office
and the Client
The Internet of Things – The User and His
Devices
Big Data and Analytics – The Government and
Citizen Engagement
