Africa: Africa's Learning Crisis Is Solvable, But Only If We Refocus on the Basics - Gates' Benjamin Piper: [allAfrica] Accra, Ghana -- It is estimated that 90% of African children in school are unable to read or write, and the situation is worse in conflict-affected areas. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TNzl9v #Africa #EducationForAll #LearningCrisis #Literacy #ChildEducation

Africa: Prof. Akyeampong Launches Book On Education Reform in Africa Oct 22: [Ghanaian Times] A renowned Ghanaian educationist and global thought leader, Professor Kwame Akyeampong, is set to launch his latest book, co-authored with Dr Sean Higgins, titled "Reconceptualising the Learning Crisis in Africa: Multi-dimensional Pedagogies of Accelerated Learning Programmes." http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TNkZFY #EducationReform #AfricaEducation #KwameAkyeampong #LearningCrisis #Pedagogy

Africa: Ezekwesili, Dangote Foundation, NESG, Others Unite to Tackle Africa's Learning Crisis: [This Day] As global aid to Africa's education sector faces a steep decline, Human Capital Africa (HCA), the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), the Aliko Dangote Foundation, and the African Philanthropy Forum, yesterday, unveiled coalitions to tackle the continent's worsening learning crisis. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TNYzZQ #Africa #Education #LearningCrisis #HumanCapital #DangoteFoundation

Africa: AU Seeks Empirical Practices to Overcome Education Challenges in Africa: [Ethiopian Herald] - Addressing Africa's learning crisis requires gathering, synthesizing, and spotlighting real, evidence-based, scalable practices that have shown success across diverse contexts in the continent, according to the African Union (AU). http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TM6Zrx #EducationInAfrica #AfricanUnion #LearningCrisis #EmpiricalPractices #ScalableSolutions