SAP Africa appoints new head of education

SAP Africa has announced the appointment of Goutam Dev as its new head of education for Africa. Dev, who has been with the enterprise services leader since 2005, has held various leadership roles in services, sales, strategy, and general management across a range of...

Helping to build Soweto’s tech skills

Silence reigns as the school’s students concentrate on the screens of the brand new computers in front of them. The silence is only broken by the click-clacking of keys as they type. This is Sebetsa-O-Tholemoputso Secondary School, a school in Soweto that...

Botswana endorses Africa Code Week

SAP, along with its partners and Botswana’s Ministry of Basic Education, successfully trained more than 400 local Botswana teachers in computer coding this week through a series of Train-the-Trainer sessions in preparation for SAP Africa Code Week 2017. Gathered...

Telkom in R200m education investment

Telkom, through the Telkom Foundation, has announced a major investment in education when it pledged more than R200-million over the next five years to contribute towards improving the quality of teaching and learning with a specific focus on Maths, Science and...

WASPA trains teachers in online safety

The Wireless Application Service Providers’ Association of SA (WASPA) will again be sponsoring digital safety training for educators participating in the ISPA SuperTeacher of the Year Competition. South Africa’s premier IT in education awards are a feature...

Boosting connectivity in underserved communities

Technology can transform the educational experience at an individual student, group or class level, but when the borders of affordability and access get expanded, the benefits obtained get magnified, as schools are empowered to deliver more entrepreneurs, inventors,...