The changes in sub-Saharan Africa's population structure and characteristics may present the biggest single opportunity for its economies, but countries will only be able to enjoy the dividends if they prioritize investment in education. imf.org/en/Blogs/Artic…

🗨️ 'As a #Librarypreneur , I'm working on tech solutions to support libraries in #Africa not only in using tech tools but also in becoming creators' - Damilare Oyedele talking w/ Robert Hawkins in our latest World Bank #EdTech podcast.

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🎙️ Tune in to our latest #EdTech #podcast !

Hosted by Robert Hawkins, this special episode features youth voices discussing #AI in #education and employment from the perspective of students in #Africa .

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🗨️ ' #GenerativeAI is here to stay. We have to face that reality and take small steps to support the safe and responsible use of #AI in #education ' - Momo Bertrand in conversation with Robert Hawkins in our latest World Bank #EdTech podcast.

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🗨️ 'Students are engaging with #tech in their everyday lives. The opportunity is to leverage #tech nology to foster lifelong learners' - Robert Hawkins, World Bank.

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🗨️ 'Each country approached resilient or #hybridlearning models based on its own context. It's not as simple as saying we'll go hybrid from X date; you need a strategy'- Suraj Shah, Mastercard Foundation in our latest #EdTech podcast with Robert Hawkins World Bank

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Last week, World Bank priced two Sustainable Development Bonds. These transactions demonstrate the vast depth of support from capital markets investors.

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🗨️ 'We brought together countries from across #Africa to review their policies & strategies, focusing on relevant skills and resilience' - Robert Hawkins, World Bank's Global Lead for Technology & Innovation in #Education , in our #EdTech podcast.

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🗨️ 'The Young Africa Works - Mastercard Foundation strategy aims to empower 30 million young Africans, with 70% being women, to find meaningful and fulfilling work' - Suraj Shah, from Mastercard Foundation in our latest #EdTech podcast with Robert Hawkins.

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Students did not earn enough after graduation to repay loans with maturities less than 16 yrs. In addition, it took students an average of five years to complete education, plus a year to find employment, beyond the limits of grace periods normally granted with traditional loans.

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Hosted by Robert Hawkins, with Suraj Shah from Mastercard Foundation, discussing innovative approaches across #Africa to guide youth towards better educational & employment prospects.

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🆕 #EdTech podcast alert!

🎙️Join Robert Hawkins in this episode with Suraj Shah, Lead for Strategic Partnerships at Mastercard Foundation's Center for Innovative #Teaching & #Learning , as they discuss #youth educational and employment opportunities in #Africa .

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Happy Int'l #ChildrensBookDay ! 📚🎙️

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🗨️'Tech-based #education alone is not enough; it's important to break down boundaries like time, space & disciplines' - Cristobal Cobo World Bank's Senior Education Technology Specialist, in our latest #EdTech podcast.

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🗨️'We're crowdsourcing knowledge tools and open-source initiatives to prevent sub-Saharan Africa from being left behind in the innovation wave' - Paul Atherton, Fab Inc., on a recent #EdTech podcast discussing #GenAI w/ Cristobal Cobo & Robert Hawkins

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Researchers gave AI an 'inner monologue' and it massively improved its performance | Scientists trained an AI system to think before speaking with a technique called QuietSTaR. The inner monologue improved common sense reasoning and doubled math performance
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On this day in 2012: Amazon acquired the robot maker Kiva.

Within a year, it had 1,000 robots.

Today, it has more than 750,000 robots.

The Twitter account that I opened 15 years ago for the World Bank's #edtech program, World Bank EduTech, has now been closed; the archive will remain. Thanks to the 18k+ subscribers with whom we interacted over the years. Follow World Bank Education for news on the World Bank's edtech work.