Pan African Initiatives
Links to organizations that have implemented ICT education activities in more than one country in Africa as part of an Africa-wide program.
Open Research
Open Research is an ICT research and implementation partnership with a combined experience of more than 15 years in the non-profit and for-profit sectors.
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http://www.openresearch.co.za/
The Africa Leadership Forum
The Africa Leadership Forum (ALF) is Africa’s premier civil society and non-for profit organization. It grew out of the need to assist in improving the capacity and competency of African leaders to confront development challenges. [1345]
http://www.africaleadership.org
Ungana-Afrika
To address the digital divide, Ungana-Afrika has adopted the eRider strategy which has been used successfully in over thirty projects worldwide. An eRider is a multi-disciplined mobile ICT consultant working on-the-ground with the numerous non-profit organizations concurrently. eRiders have a strong understanding of technology needs of nonprofits and the unique opportunities ICT can bring to them. [1109]
http://www.ungana-afrika.org
Educational Research Network for West And Central Africa
As a follow up to studies establishing the need to modify educational policies in Africa, and to the Jomtien Conference, important changes are already occurring in the ways educational systems are managed, and in the respective contributions of governments, donors and local communities to education. [862]
http://www.ernwaca.org/
African Network Campaign on Education for All (ANCEFA)
The Africa Network Campaign on Education for All (ANCEFA) emerged in 2001 following the World Education Summit in Dakar in April 2000. African Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) intent on providing a coherent and proactive African voice on EFA issues, felt the need to organise in a representative manner. ANCEFA exists to promote, enable and build capacity of African civil society to advocate and campaign for access to free quality education for all. [758]
http://www.ancefa.org/about_us.htm
Mindset
Mindset is a bouquet of TV channels - dedicated to education. Right now Mindset focuses on English, Mathematics, Science and Biology for grades 10, 11 and 12. [473]
http://www.mindset.co.za
Association for the Development of Education in Africa
ADEA is a network of partners promoting the development of effective education policies based on African leadership and ownership [472]
http://www.adeanet.org
Schools Online
Schools Schools Online is a public benefit 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to help students gain access and use the communication and information resources of the Internet for learning and cross-cultural dialogue. We accomplish this by providing appropriate technology and Internet access, developing locally-driven and sustainable Internet Learning Centers, facilitating teacher professional development, cultivating online cross-cultural projects, and sharing our knowledge and experience. Since 1996, over 5,700 under-served schools in the US and 400 schools in 32 other countries have received equipment and support necessary to get online. [471]
http://www.schoolsonline.org
iEARN
iEARN is a non-profit organization made up of over 4,000 schools in nearly 100 countries. iEARN empowers teachers and young people to work together online at very low cost using the Internet and other new technologies. SchoolNet Africa has partnered with iEARN on the launch of the African Teachers Network. [470]
http://www.iearn.org
Childnet International
Childnet International was established as a non-profit organisation in 1995 with the mission to help make the Internet a great and safe place for children and to ensure that their interests are promoted and protected [469]
http://www.childnet-int.org
World Computer Exchange
WCE is dedicated to helping the world's poorest youth bridge the disturbing global divides in information, technology and understanding. WCE does this by keeping donated PCs, Macs, and Laptops out of landfills and giving them new life connecting youth to the Internet in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. WCE leverages the resources of businesses, strategic allies, volunteers, schools, and their community service programs to help WCE partners to prepare and train the schools, teachers, and students they recruit to use the Internet as a bridge to information, resources, educational materials, and new opportunities. [468]
http://www.worldcomputerexchange.org
Global Teenager
Global Teenager is a network of secondary school students from around the world; emphasis being on both developing and developed countries. The network is comprised of schools that are coordinated locally by IICD education partners, country coordinators and school leaders. The beauty of Global Teenager lies in the fact that it creates a safe space for students and teachers to discover and practice international learning. [467]
http://www.iicd.org/globalteenager
NetDay
NetDay began in 1995 as a grassroots volunteer effort by companies, educators, families, and communities to wire the nation's K-12 classrooms for Internet access. The organization, headquartered in Irvine, CA, was founded by John Gage from Sun Microsystems and Michael Kaufman from KQED. The first National Wiring Event was held on March 9, 1996 in California, where an estimated 50,000 volunteers wired 4,000 schools - approximately one-third of California's K-12 schools. Since then, NetDay has expanded to 40 states and mobilized over 500,000 volunteers to wire more than 75,000 classrooms in states across the country. [466]
http://www.netday.org
Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) is a non-governmental organisation with members in 11 of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) countries. Officially launched in September 1992, MISA focuses primarily on the need to promote free, independent and pluralistic media, as envisaged in the 1991 Windhoek Declaration. MISA seeks ways in which to promote the free flow of information and co-operation between media workers, as a principal means of nurturing democracy and human rights in Africa. The role of the MISA is primarily one of a coordinator, facilitator and communicator, and for this reason MISA aims to work together with all like-minded organisations and individuals to achieve a genuinely free and pluralistic media in southern Africa. [465]
http://www.misa.org
SANGONeT
SANGONeT is a facilitator in the effective and empowering use of information communication technology (ICT) tools by development and social justice actors in Africa. We aim to share information, build capacity and link people and organisations through the use of ICTs. We have over a decade's experience in servicing civil society organisations in Africa. [460]
http://www.sangonet.org.za
World Links
World Links is a global learning network linking thousands of students and teachers around the world via the Internet for collaborative projects and integration of technology into learning. The core "value-added" of World Links is its training program, designed to help teachers and students learn to use information and communication technologies (particularly the Internet) to improve teaching and learning. [464]
http://www.world-links.org/english/
Department for International Development (DFID)’s Imfundo Program
Imfundo is a unique initiative, providing partners with a rare opportunity to help transform the education sector in Africa. The provision of quality education for young people in Africa is one of the most important tasks for all of us in the international community. Working together with African governments and teachers, we can help to provide relevant and high quality training and knowledge for future generations. But this requires considerable investment and commitment. Imfundo is specifically designed to help make available such resources to African countries. [463]
http://www.imfundo.org/
OneWorld Africa
OneWorld Africa is part of the OneWorld online network committed to harnessing the democratic potential of the internet for human rights and sustainable development. OneWorld Africa is committed to utilizing the internet and other ICTs to bring the voices of African people to a global audience, and make visible their contributions to sustainable development and human rights promotion and protection. OneWorld Africa does this through its various editorial products, the OneWorld Africa edition, DebtChannel.org and AIDSchannel.org. [462]
http://www.oneworld.net/africa
IICD
IICD assists developing countries to realise locally owned sustainable development by harnessing the potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs). IICD works with its partner organisations in selected countries, helping local stakeholders to assess the potential uses of ICTs in development. We also strengthen the capacities of our local partners to formulate, implement and manage development policies and projects that make use of ICTs. IICD has supported SchoolNet Africa's knowledge warehouse and its researching ICTs for education program. [459]
http://www.iicd.org