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Viewpoint: COVID-19 Forced a Billion Children Out of School – Here’s How We Can Save Their Education
The world must take steps to mitigate the damage of COVID-19 on education.
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- Coronavirus, Education
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Interview: How COVID-19 Will Affect Impact Investing in India
Geeta Goel, country director, India, of the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, talks about the need for responsible capitalism
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- Coronavirus, Education, Investing
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- South Asia
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Nigerian Schools Are Being Forced to Rethink Their Digital Limits and Education Models in a Pandemic
Despite the increasing emergence of edtech startups offering digital learning models, the delivery of education in Nigeria has mainly been through in-person learning taking place in classrooms with very little embrace of digital options by schools.
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- Coronavirus, Education, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital inclusion, edtech, startups
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COVID-19 and Higher Education: How Universities in Emerging Economies Are Responding to the Crisis
Universities in emerging economies are playing a key role in the response to the coronavirus crisis through cutting-edge research and development (R&D) and pioneering approaches to learning.
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- Coronavirus, Education
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Edtech Startup Gradely Wins MEST Africa Nigeria Challenge, to Compete For $50,000 Africa Prize
Gradely offers personalised learning with tools and content that can support students’ learning process through its online platform.
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- Education, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Digital Platforms: The Virtual Classrooms That Transform India’s Youth into Productive Workers
India is one of the youngest societies in the world, with people aged 15-24 making up a third of the population. That's why the country's economic growth will depend on youth becoming productive workers, says Sreelakshmi Ramachandran at Ola Mobility Institute. As we celebrate World Youth Skills Day, she explores how digital platforms are upskilling young workers and easing their transition to employment.
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- Education, Technology
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From Cauliflower to Unicorns: Five Lessons from Five Years as a Startup
As the Digital Frontiers Institute (DFI) celebrates its fifth birthday, it recently announced that it's merging with CGAP’s Gateway Academy to form a "stronger, more refined new identity at the frontier of capacity building." DFI's co-founder and CEO, Gavin Krugel, discusses five lessons the organization has learned about running a social enterprise startup.
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- Education, Finance, Social Enterprise
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Press Release: Gateway Academy Merges with Digital Frontiers to Strengthen Capacity Building Initiatives
Gateway Academy, the digital learning platform for financial inclusion incubated by the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), is merging with Digital Frontiers, a globally recognized non-profit that focuses on capacity building for the development community.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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