Insights on education technology, open source, and building for Africa
While lawyers opened consultancies and doctors built private practices, we tutors had no path forward. No time for side projects. No professional mobility. Just seven-day workweeks teaching British curricula we hadn't designed.
The subjects, the pedagogy, and the rigid grading system are a direct echo of the 1950s, prioritizing academic ‘purity’ over contextual relevance.
In Kenya, the education system remains the primary arena for defining the nation's political identity and economic direction.
Digital education tackles Africa's most pressing challenges: reaching remote populations, supporting vulnerable groups (including girls and adults with disabilities), and reducing adult illiteracy.