Digital Learning for Africa: Ministers, Practitioners and Pathways Forward

Frameworks for the Futures of AI in Education.

Countries are using UNESCO's Readiness Assessment Methodology (RAM) to map weaknesses and opportunities and to guide national AI strategies ; two latest additions being Namibia and Mozambique.

The DRC is prioritizing digital transformation projects, investment partnerships for infrastructure, AI adapted to local languages, and personalized learning, organized around governance, regulation of human capital, and industrialization. RAM has supported startups, scholarships and capacity-building-pointing toward sovereign digital infrastructures and talent retention.

Dr. Turyagenda notes that youth are already using AI and need a structured framework; its National AI Strategy and Digital Agenda Strategy align with UNESCO, AU and East Africanframeworks, with teachers involved from the start.

Preparing learners for an AI-driven economy.

Namibia-among the first in Southern Africa to launch a RAM process-is developing a national AI strategy and a National AI Institute. Hon. Mr. Dino Ballotti, Deputy Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture of Namibia underscores that the national approach is "humanity first" and context-specific-"Namibian problems require Namibian solutions"-with priorities in school connectivity, teacher and learner readiness, and data availability. Indigenous communities are actively involved in developing tools and digital technologies.