Africa Speaker Series: Digitizing Africa for the Future

The first edition of IE University’s Africa Speaker Series “Digitizing Africa for the Future” a four-part series on the possibilities and benefits of digitization, featured leading thought leaders across the continent and highlighting the continent’s achievements, while providing inspiration for business and national development through the application of technology and digitization across various fields.

Catch up on the full recordings of the series below:

Africa Claiming the 21st Century: The Role of Digitisation
This session focuses on the practical applications of technology and digitization in governance and business, and the impact, and opportunities for the continent.

The Role of Energy in Digitizing Africa
This panel discussion explores the important role that energy plays in Africa’s digitization. Explore and examine the energy challenges the continent faces and offer some options and alternative ways to address the energy gap.

Fintech and the Future
This panel discussion focuses on the practical applications of technology and digitization in governance and business, and the impact, and opportunities for the continent.

EdTech Propelling Africa’s Digital Future
This panel discussion showcases some of the groundbreaking EdTech solutions already being implemented across the continent and explore pathways to upscaling these solutions so that more people can access these solutions.