The document discusses harnessing innovation for wider educational integration in Africa. It argues that the African Diaspora possess wealth of knowledge and innovation needed to advance the continent. However, only 5% of young Africans currently attend college, and they are not being equipped with innovation in education. The document proposes engaging the Diaspora and applying the spirit of innovation in Africa's educational system by utilizing innovative technologies to enhance learning and communicate across borders on the continent.

1. Harnessing
Innova-on
for
wider
Educa-onal
Integra-on
EGK13,
Addis
Ababa,
Ethiopia.
By:
Oforiwa
MacCarthy,
CEO
Africa
New
Media

2. “I
am
an
educated
African,
out
of
Africa,
back
in
Africa”

3. The
African
Diaspora
is
broadly
defined
by
the
African
Union
Commission
as
"peoples
of
African
origin
living
outside
the
con5nent,
irrespec5ve
of
their
ci5zenship
and
na5onality
and
who
are
willing
to
contribute
to
the
development
of
the
con5nent
and
the
building
of
the
African
Union.”
• North
America:
39
million
from
• La-n
America:
113
million
• Caribbean:
13.6
million
• Europe:
3.5
million

4. African
Diaspora
posses
a
wealth
of
knowledge
and
innova-on
that
is
needed
to
push
Africa
forwards.

5.
The
ques(on
is:
How
do
we
resonate
Africa
in
them,
to
inspire
them
to
return
home?
And
furthermore,
u-lize
their
ideas
in
educa-ng
Africa?

6. The
answer
is
simple!

7. Africa
needs
home
grown
talent
who
understands
applying
the
spirit
of
innova-on
in
educa-on.
Considering
how
technology
has
become
our
everyday
part
of
life,
it’s
about
-me
we
integrate
and
enforce
it
in
our
educa-onal
system.

8. How
do
we
en-ce
the
Diaspora?

10. “Marriage
can
wait,
Educa-on
cannot”
Khaled
Hosseini,
A
Thousand
Splendid
Suns
For
the
African
Con-nent
to
liX
itself
from
‘developing’
to
‘developed,
the
human
resources
and
workforce
needs
to
be
educated.
“Innova-on
dis-nguishes
between
a
leader
and
a
follower”
Steve
Jobs
For
our
educated
genera-on
to
be
leaders,
they
must
understand
and
harness
Innova-on

11.
How
can
innova-on
be
harnessed
for
higher
educa-on?
Already,
Africans
are
u-lising
innova-ve
technologies
to
communicate
in
overcoming
the
rigid
boarders
on
the
Con-nent.
Provides
great
poten-al
in
duplica-ng
this
innova-on
to
educa-on
across
the
con-nent.

14. • Technology
provides
opportuni-es
to
enhance
learning
and
new
ways
of
engaging
and
communica-ng
with
learners.
• The
'innova-on
impera-ve'
is
as
valid
for
higher
educa-on
as
for
other
areas
and
while
it
is
perhaps
s-ll
less
visible
in
the
higher
educa-on
sector
there
is
a
clear
benefit
of
addressing
its
poten-al
impact
for
growth,
inclusion
and
compe--veness.

15. A
dismal
sta-s-c
states
that
only
5%
of
young
people
in
Africa
today
a]end
college.
These
are
the
5%,
by
defini-on
are
deemed
to
be
the
leaders
of
Africa
in
the
next
20
years
or
30
years.
Yet
these
5%
are
not
being
equipped
with
innova-on
in
Educa-on

17. We
are
INNOVATIVE!

18. African
Innova-on

19. African
Innova-on

21. Get
in
touch
Oforiwa
MacCarthy
oforiwa@africanewmedia.org
www.africanewmedia.org
@Africa_NewMedia
/AfricaNewMedia